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(0()73 Eimcr) November. In thickets lielow 100 ni., exceedingly variable and 
perhajis not distinct frojn the widely distributed M uasa’iida frondosa Linn. 
2. M. anisophylla Vid. Phan. Cuming. Philip. (188.5) 178. 
(2508 Merrill) .June; (3020 Meyer) May. In forests 150 to 300 in. Endemic. 
10. UROPHYLLUM Wall. 
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1. Urophyllum bataanense Elmer in herb. 
A shrub 1 to 3 m. high. Pranches light brown or graydsh, glabrous, terete or 
obscurely angled. Leaves opposite, subcoriaceons, ovate lanceolate to elliptical 
lanceolate, short, sharp acuminate, the base acute, glabrous except for few 
scattered eiliate hairs on both surfaces, shining. 0 to 10 cm. long, 3 to 7 cm. 
wide; nerves 10 to 13 on each side of the midrib; prominent beneath, the reticula- 
tions distinct; petioles 2 to 3.5 cm. long; stipules ovate, acute or acuminate, mem- 
branous, eiliate above, about 1.5 cm. long, caducous, the stipular scar eiliate. 
Flowers axillary, solitary, or two or three in a short raceme, subtended by short 
eiliate bracts, the pedicels about 1 cm. long, glabrous. Calyx glabrous, eam- 
panulate, thick, 5 mm. long, the teeth broad, short, obscure. Corolla glabrous 
outside, 8 mm. long, the lobes about 4 mm. long, the tube 3 to 4 mm. in diameter 
below, constricted above at the jhlose throat, the 5 segments relle.xed. Fila- 
ments 5, alternating with the corolla segments. 8tigma 3-lobed. Fruit glabrous, 
5-celled with many seeds in each cell, subglobose or somewhat com])ressed, about 
5 mm. in diameter, the seeds subglobose, pitted, about 0.5 mm. in diameter. 
(1335, 2080 Borden) July, November, 1004; (2213 Meyer) December, 1904; 
(461 Whitford) July, 1904; (3186, 3874 Merrill) October, 1903, August, 1904; 
(6810 Elmer) November, 1904. On exposed ridges in the mossy forest above 
900 m. 
2. Urophyllum acuminatum Merrill, sp. nov. 
A shrub 3 to 5 m. high. Branches slender, light gray, pubescent 'with ap- 
pressed hairs. Leaves opposite, lanceolate to oblong lanceolate, long, slender 
acuminate, the base acute, submembranoiis, the nerves and midrib beneath, and 
frequently also above, appressed pubescent, becoming more or less glabrous, 
usually pale 'when diy and somewhat shining, 5 to 8 cm. long, 1.5 to 3 cm. wide; 
nerves about 6 on each side of the midrib. cTu ved-ascending, jjrominent beneath ; 
petioles 1 cm. long or less, slender, pubescent. Flowers solitary or in very short 
3 or 4 flowered axillary cj'ines, white. subs(‘ssile. or the pedicels 2 to 3 mm. long, 
subtended l>y 2 or 3 lanceolate pubescent bracts about 2 mm. long. Calyx cup- 
shaped, obscurely tootbed, very slightly pubescent, 3 mm. long. Corcjlla including 
the lobes 5 mm. long, glabrous outside, the tube 2 mm. long, densely villous at the 
throat inside, the lobes usually 6, spreading or retlexed. ol)long ovate, acute, 3 mm. 
long. Anthers 1 mm. long. Fruit subglobose, glabrous, fleshy, about 5 mm. 
in diameter, pnri)lish when mature, the numerous seeds reddish, subglobose, 
minutely pitted, 0.5 mm. in diameter. 
(236 Whitford) May, 1904; (6047 Leihery) July, 1904; (1334 Borden) July, 
1904; (3188 Merrill) October, 1903; (2825 Meyer) March, 1905; (6814 Elmer) 
November, 1904. In the mossy forest on ex])Osed ridges aliove 900 m. Uro- 
yhylhim st repiopodinm Elmer in herb., non Wall. 
11. STYLOCORYNA t 'av., non W. et A. 
1. S. macrophylla Barth in DC. Brodr. 4 (1830) 377. (?) 
(2573, 3030 Borden) February, May; (1245 Whitford) May. In forests 150 
to 350 m. Endemic. 
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