SERTULUM BONTOCENSE. 
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A species allied to and with much the general appearance of Sida, 
corylifolia Wall., differing not only in its much larger size (3 m high), but 
also in being more or less densely stellate-puberulent throughout, and 
especially in its carpels having much shorter awns which are not supplied 
with reflexed bristles. 
DILLENIACEAE. 
SAURAUIA Willd. 
Saurauia vanoverberghii sp. nov. 
Arbor parva circiter 6 m alta, ramulis subtus foliis inflores- 
centiisque dense brunneo-setosis ; foliis coriaceis, oblongo-obova- 
tis, usque ad 12 cm longis, denticulatis, supra nervis plus minusve 
setosis exceptis glabra; pedunculis axillaribus, solitariis, quam 
petiolo longioribus, paucifloris; floribus bracteatis, albidis, cir- 
citer 2 cm diametro; styli 5. 
A small tree about 6 m high, the branches and branchlets very 
densely covered with brown or ferruginous, linear, acuminate 
setae, the setae themselves more or less furfuraceous. Leaves 
coriaceous, oblong-obovate, 9 to 12 cm long, 3 to 5.5 cm wide, 
the upper surface ultimately quite glabrous, or the nerves more 
or less setose, much darker than the lower surface which is 
rather densely covered with brown setae which like those of the 
branches and inflorescence are more or less furfuraceous, base 
rounded, apex acute or slightly acuminate, margins denticulate, 
the teeth rather irregular, not very close ; petioles densely brown- 
setaceous, 1 to 2.5 cm long; lateral nerves 9 to 11 on each side of 
the midrib, prominent on the lower surface, curved-ascending, 
anastomosing, the reticulations distinct. Inflorescence in the 
axils, solitary, 5 cm long or less, long-peduncled, few-flowered, 
all parts brown-setose, the peduncle 3 to 4 cm long, the leaf- 
like bracts subtending the flowers 1.5 cm long or less, similar to 
the leaves in shape and texture. Flowers white, few, 2 or 3 to 
several on each inflorescence, about 2 cm in diameter. Sepals 
ovate, about 5 mm long, setose on the back. Petals obovate, 
about 8 mm long, glabrous. Stamens many ; anthers about 2 mm 
long. Styles 5, short, free nearly or quite to the base. 
Luzon, Bontoc Subprovince, Malamey, Vanoverbergh lOH, December 3, 
1910, in forests, altitude about 1,500 m. 
A species, while similar in vegetative characters to other forms, well 
characterized by the furfuraceous setae, all of the other Philippine forms 
having glabrous setae. 
