IX, C, 5 
Merrill: Philippine Euphorbiaceae, II 
493 
long, much branched in the upper part, pale appressed-hirsute 
with short hairs. Male flowers 5-merous, their pedicels 3 to 5 
mm long. Sepals oblong-ovate, obtuse, 2 to 2.5 mm long, un- 
equal. Petals 5, dark-purple, glabrous, rounded, base cuneate, 
4 mm long. Androphore 1 mm long; anthers 3, 0.8 mm long, 
capitate at the apex of the androphore, slightly bifid at the 
apex. Disk-glands 5, oblong, 0.5 mm long. Rudimentary ovary 
none. 
Samar, Cauayan Valley, Phil. PL 16^5 Ramos, April, 1914, in forests. 
This species is manifestly closely allied to Trigonostemon wenzelii Merr. 
in spite of the difference in the inflorescence. It is distinguished from that 
species by its corymbose, many flowered male inflorescences; in T. wenzelii 
the inflorescence is racemose, and the leaves are rounded at the base. 
Perhaps the present species may prove to be only a form of T. wenzelii 
with abnormal inflorescences. 
[Vol. IX, No. 4, including pages 293 to 390, was issued November 
25, 1914.] 
