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GOQDENOVIACE2E. 
SCAEVOLA Linn. 
Scaevola acuminatissima sp. nov. § Enantiophyllum. 
Scandens, glabra, vel inflorescentiis plus minus pubescentibus ; foliis 
oppositis, ovato-lanceolatis vel late oblongo-lanceolatis, membranaceis, 
nitidis, leviter distanter denticulatis, basi acutis, apice longissime caudato- 
acuminatis, usque ad 11 cm longis; pedunculis axillaribus, brevibus, 
saepe trifloris; floxibus aurantiaeis, 5-meris, circiter 2.5 cm longis. 
A seandent herbaceous vine, nearly glabrous throughout, the stems 
brownish, slightly striate, up to 3.5 mm in diameter, the branches and 
leaves opposite. Leaves ovate-lanceolate to broadly oblong-lanceolate, 
membranaceous, shining, entirely glabrous, 6 to 11 cm long, 2 to 3 cm 
wide, the base acute, the apex gradually narrowed into a long, slender, 
straight or somewhat falcate, caudate acumen, the margins entire or 
distantly and slightly denticulate; nerves about 6 on each side of the 
midrib, slender, anastomosing, the reticulations lax; petioles 5 mm long 
or less. Peduncles ax-illary, solitary, 5 to 10 mm long, more or less 
appressed-pubescent, the axils of the stems at the insertion of the pedun- 
cles also usually pubescent, each peduncle bearing 3, rarely 5 flowers, the 
pedicels 5 mm long or less, the bracts at the apex of the peduncles narrow, 
up to 4 mm in length. Flowers yellow. Calyx-tube oblong, glabrous or 
nearly so, in anthesis 2 to 3 mm long, the lobes 5, lanceolate, acuminate, 
about 3.5 mm long, 1 mm wide. Corolla 2 to 2.2 cm long, nearly glabrous 
outside or with very few, scattered, appressed hairs, villous within, the 
lobes 5, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 6 to 9 mm long, 1.8 
to 2 mm wide, 3-nerved, the corolla-tube 15-nerved. Filaments slender, 
glabrous, 8 to 9 mm long ; anthers about 2 mm in length. Style glabrous, 
13 mm long, the stigma flattened, 2 to 2.5 mm wide, slightly horned at 
the upper corners, surrounded by a cup 2 to 2.5 mm in diameter which is 
densely ciliate on the margins. Fruits oblong-ellipsoid, about 9 mm long, 
3.5 mm in diameter, somewhat longitudinally sulcate, black when dry, 
glabrous. 
Mindoro, Arunay River, For. Bur. 12125 (type), 12133 Merritt, May 8, 1908, 
in forests at an altitude of about 600 m. 
A species allied to tlie Philippine Scaevola dajoensis Merr., of Jolo, S. mina- 
hassae Koord., of Mindanao and Celebes, S. similis Hemsl., of Celebes, S. novo- 
guineensis K. Sehum., of New Guinea, S. oppositifolia Roxb., of Ternate, and 
S. amboinensis Miq., of Amboina. Specimens sent to Kew for comparison were 
reported as “nearest S. novo-guineensis, differing from it in having larger flowers 
and an almost glabrous corolla.” Among the Philippine species it is manifestly 
allied to S. dajoensis Merr., but differs in its much larger flowers. 
