384 The Philippine Journal of Science 1914 
LOGANIACEAE 
GEN IOSTOM A Forster 
GENIOSTOMA BREVIPES sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, circiter 7 m alta, ramulis junioribus parce pube- 
rulis; foliis oblongis, chartaceis, usque ad 11 cm longis, subtus 
parce puberulis, basi acutis ad subacutis, apice briviter acumi- 
natis, nervis utrinque circiter 6 ; fructibus axillaribus, obovoideis 
vel subglobosis, circiter 7 mm diametro, subsessilibus vel breviter 
pedunculatis. 
A tree about 7 m high, except for the somewhat puberulent 
branchlets and the lower surfaces of the leaves glabrous, the 
branches terete, slender, light-gray. Leaves oblong, pale-green- 
ish when dry, slightly shining, 8 to 11 cm long, 2.5 to 4 cm wide, 
the base somewhat rounded to subacute, the apex shortly acu- 
minate ; lateral nerves about 6 on each side of the midrib, slender, 
distinct on the lower surface, obscurely anastomosing, the retic- 
ulations lax; petioles about 3 mm long. Flowers not seen. 
Fruit axillary, fascicled, obovoid to subglobose, dark-colored 
when dry, about 7 mm in diameter, the seeds reddish-yellow; 
peduncles 2 mm long or less, the persistent calyx-lobes about 
1.5 mm long. 
Leyte, Dagami, C. A. Wenzel 441, September 16, 1913, in forests, alti- 
tude about 60 meters. 
Among the Philippine species most closely allied to Geniostoma philip- 
pinense Merr., but in that species the leaves are larger and usually turn 
dark-colored in drying, while the pedicels are much longer. 
APOCYNACEAE 
PARSONSI A R. Brown 
P ARSONS! A APOENSIS (Elm.) comb. nov. 
Aganosma apoensis Elm. Lead. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1445. 
Leyte, Buenavista, near Jaro, C. A. Wenzel 722, May 20, 1914, in forests, 
altitude about 500 m. 
The type of this species is Elmer 11719 from Mount Apo, Mindanao, 
and an examination of this number shows the plant to be a typical Par- 
sonsia, belonging in the group of those species in which the filaments are 
straight, not twisted around the style. The species, which is apparently 
distinct, is here transferred to its proper genus. It is further character- 
ized by having verticellate leaves, most or all of the other species in the 
genus having opposite leaves. 
