THE PHILIPPINE 
Journal of Science 
C. Botany 
VOL. XI NOVEMBER, 1916. No. 6 
RELIQUIAE ROBINSONIANAE 
By E. D. Merrill 
( From the Botanical Section of the Biological Laboratory, Bureau of 
Science, Manila, P. I.) 
(Concluded.) 
SAXIFRAGACEAE 
POLYOSMA Blume 
POLYOSMA BRACHYANTHA sp. nov. 
Arbor usque ad 16 m alta inflorescentiis exceptis glabra ; foliis 
alternis, integris, oblongis, utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, 
apice prominente acuminatis, basi acutis, usque ad 17 cm longis, 
nervis utrinque circiter 12, subtus prominentibus ; racemis usque 
ad 14 cm longis, puberulis, multifloris; floribus 4-meris, 1 cm 
longis, petalis extus minute adpresse puberulis, intus prominente 
pilosis. 
A tree attaining a height of 16 m, entirely glabrous except the 
inflorescence. Branches and branchlets terete, grayish or brown- 
ish. Leaves alternate, firmly chartaceous, olivaceous and some- 
what shining when dry, in general oblong, 10 to 17 cm long, 2.5 
to 5.5 cm wide, entire, subequally narrowed to the acute base and 
to the prominently acuminate apex, the acumen usually rather 
slender, often minutely apiculate ; lateral nerves about 12 on each 
side of the midrib, prominent, anastomosing, the reticulations lax ; 
petioles 1 to 2 cm long. Racemes terminal, solitary, many flow- 
ered, up to 14 cm in length, minutely but not densely puberulent 
with short, appressed, rather pale hairs. Flowers white, 4-mer- 
ous, 1 cm long, their pedicels puberulent, 1 to 2 mm long, the 
subtending bracts very small, oblong-ovate, less than 1 mm long. 
Calyx-tube appressed-puberulent, about 2 mm long, the teeth 4, 
broadly triangular-ovate, acute, short. Petals 8 mm long, about 
1.4 mm wide, obtuse, externally minutely and sparingly ap- 
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