xi, c, 4 Merrill: New Plants from Samar 181 
The seventh species of this recently described genus to be found in the 
Philippines. It is apparently most closely allied to Pajmalthia loheri Merr., 
but is readily distinguished by its indumentum. 
OROPHEA Blume 
OROPHEA LEYTENSIS sp. nov. 
Frutex 3 ad 4 m altus, partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque 
exceptis glaber; foliis plerumque oblongis, usque ad 30 cm 
longis, firme chartaceis, acuminatis, basi subacutis ad rotun- 
datis, nervis utrinque circiter 15; inflorescentiis axillaribus et 
e axillis defoliatis, dense ciliato-hirsutis, floribus fasciculatis vel 
in racemis depauperatis dispositis, pedicellis circiter 1 cm longis ; 
sepalis reflexis ; petalis interioribus circiter 7 mm longis, breviter 
unguiculatis, exterioribus 4 ad 5 mm longis, elliptico-ovatis, 
reflexis; staminibus 5 vel 6 ; carpellis 6 , oblongo-ovatis, hirsutis, 
sursum angustatis. 
A shrub 3 to 4 m high, the younger branchlets and inflores- 
cence densely subappressed-villous with pale-brownish hairs, the 
older parts quite glabrous. Branches reddish-brown, terete, 
wrinkled when dry. Leaves generally oblong, 20 to 30 cm long, 
7 to 12 cm wide, firmly chartaceous, pale or pale-brownish when 
dry, base subacute to rounded, apex generally slenderly acum- 
inate, the very young leaves more or less appressed-pilose, in 
age entirely glabrous; lateral nerves about 15 on each side of 
the midrib, prominent on the lower surface, somewhat ascend- 
ing, obscurely anastomosing close to the margin; petioles stout, 
3 to 5 mm. long. Flowers dull-reddish, axillary, or mostly on 
the branches from the axils of fallen leaves, the inflorescence 
densely subappressed-pubescent with pale hairs, of simple fas- 
cicles or of fascicled, greatly reduced, short racemes, the bracts 
ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3 to 3.5 mm long, densely 
ciliate-pubescent, the pedicels usually about 1 cm long, some- 
times shorter. Sepals reflexed before the flower opens, ovate, 
about 4 mm long, obtuse to acute, pubescent. Outer three 
petals ovate to ovate-elliptic, obtuse, reflexed, pubescent, about 
5 mm long. Inner three petals arched over the stamens and 
carpels, densely pubescent externally, the claw short, about 2 
mm long, the limb rhomboid, about 5 mm long and wide, acute 
to obtuse. Stamens 5, broadly obovoid, about 1.2 mm long. 
Carpels 6, oblong or oblong-ovoid, narrowed upward, appressed- 
pubescent, about 1.5 mm long. 
Samar, Catubig River at Cagmanaba, Bur. Sci. 24468 (type), 24292 
Ramos, February 26, 1916, in damp forests at low altitudes. Leyte, 
Taeloban, Wenzel 1723, April 5, 1916, in forests. 
The Samar specimen being much better than the one from Leyte has 
