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The Philippine Journal of Science 
1919 
acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis utrinque circiter 12, patulis, dis- 
tinctis, anastomosantibus ; inflorescentiis usque ad 5 cm longis, 
paucifloris ; petalis omnibus aequalibus, linearis, basi inflatis, cir- 
citer 1.6 cm longis, pubescentibus ; carpellis solitariis, glabris. 
A scandent shrub, glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches 
and branchlets terete, smooth, dark reddish-brown when dry. 
Leaves subcoriaceous, rather pale when dry, of the same color 
and shining on both surfaces, oblong-elliptic, 15 to 18 cm long, 
5 to 5.7 cm wide, subequally narrowed to the acute base and to 
the shortly blunt-acuminate apex ; lateral nerves about 12 on each 
side of the midrib, spreading, distinct, anastomosing, the pri- 
mary reticulations lax; petioles dark-colored and rugose when 
dry, 5 to 8 mm long. Inflorescences leaf -opposed, up to 5 cm 
long including the flowers, few-flowered, stout, the peduncle 3 to 
4 mm in diameter, sparingly pubescent, ultimately glabrous, 
strongly hooked, slightly compressed. Flowers white, their pedi- 
cels usually about 1 cm long, thickened upward, slightly pubes- 
cent. Sepals broadly ovate, thickly coriaceous, black when dry, 
prominently acuminate, about 3.5 mm long, very slightly pubes- 
cent with widely scattered hairs. Petals all similar, the inflated 
basal portions broadly ovate, 3.5 to 5 mm in diameter, rather 
densely pubescent, the linear limb up to 16 mm long, about 1.5 
mm wide, somewhat pubescent, blunt. Stamens numerous, nearly 
2 mm long. Carpel solitary, broadly ovoid, narrowed upward, 
glabrous, somewhat angled, 1-celled, 2-ovuled. Fruit ellipsoid, 
brown, about 2 cm long. 
Luzon, Zambales Province, Mount Canayayan, near Casti- 
llejos. Bur. Sci. 26826 Edano, December, 1916, in forests, altitude 
about 50 meters. 
A species manifestly in the alliance with Artahotrys suaveolem 
Blume, but with larger leaves. It is readily distinguished from 
all described species by its solitary carpels. 
ARTABOTRYS CAGAYANENSIS sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, floribus exceptis glaber; foliis oblongis ad 
oblongo-oblanceolatis, usque ad 20 cm longis, subcoriaceis, in sic- 
citate pallidis, basi acutis, apice distincte acuminatis, nervis 
utrinque 12 ad 14, distinctis; floribus solitariis, flavidis, circiter 
5 cm diametro, petalis utrinque dense pubescentibus, interioribus 
obovatis, circiter 2.5 cm longis et 1.5 cm latis, exterioribus ovatis 
ad elliptico-ovatis, 3 cm longis et 2 cm latis, obtusis ; carpellis cir- 
citer 14, pubescentibus, 2 mm longis. 
A scandent shrub, glabrous except the flowers. Branches 
terete, rugose, brownish or reddish-brown. Leaves oblong to 
