ix, c, 4 Merrill: Plantae W enzelianae, II 377 
about 2.5 mm in diameter, 3-celled; style-arms 3 or 4, about 2 
mm long, united for the lower 1 mm. 
Leyte, Dagami, C. A. Wenzel 32U, July, 1913, in forests, altitude about 
60 meters. 
A comparatively well characterized species on account of its few, ap- 
pressed, more or less scale-like setae, its leaves otherwise glabrous, and 
its peculiar inflorescence, the few, partial, many-flowered, cymose inflores- 
cences being arranged in a more or less leafy panicle. 
THEACEAE 
ADINANDRA Jack 
ADINANDRA LEYTENSIS sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 17 m alta, partibus junioribus floribusque ex- 
ceptis glabra, ramulis in siccitate distincte verruculosis ; foliis 
coriaceis, subellipticis, usque ad 8 cm longis, obtusis, basi acutis 
vel decurrento-acuminatis, margine obscure denticulatis, utrin- 
que obscure verruculoso-puncticulatis ; nervis utrinque circiter 
12, reticulis distinctis ; floribus circiter 3 cm diametro, sepalis 6, 
interioribus gradatim majoribus, crasse coriaceis, 2 ad 8 mm 
longis, petalis 5, late ovato-ellipsoideis, coriaceis, circiter 15 mm 
longis, rotundatis; staminibus circiter 50. 
A tree about 17 m high, glabrous except the very youngest 
parts and the flowers. Branches terete, brown, glabrous, the ter- 
minal buds appressed-hirsute, the younger branchlets distinctly 
verruculose as are also the midribs of the leaves on the lower 
surface. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, subelliptic, 5 to 8 cm 
long, 2.5 to 4 cm wide, brownish or subolivaceous when dry, some- 
what shining, apex rounded or sometimes merely obtuse, base 
narrowed, acute or decurrent-acuminate, margins obscurely 
denticulate, both surfaces minutely and obscurely puncticulate 
or verruculose-puncticulate ; lateral nerves about 12 on each side 
of the midrib, rather prominent, anastomosing, the reticulations 
distinct; petioles 5 mm long or less. Flowers solitary, axillary, 
white, about 3 cm in diameter. Sepals usually 6, thickly coria- 
ceous, outer two 3 to 4 mm long, rounded, inner gradually larger, 
innermost orbicular, rounded, 7 to 8 mm in diameter, somewhat 
pubescent, concave. Petals 5, broadly elliptic-ovate, appressed 
pubescent externally, coriaceous, about 15 mm long, 12 mm wide, 
concave. Stamens about 50, the filaments united into a 4 mm 
long tube, more or less hirsute ; anthers hirsute, lanceolate, acute 
or acuminate, 5 mm long. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, the ovules 
rather few; style stout, about 6 mm long, slightly hirsute. 
Leyte, Masaganap, near Jaro, C. A. Wenzel 760, May 27, 1914, in 
forests, altitude about 600 m. 
