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MERRILL. 
5- to 7 -nerved; inner three petals about 7 mm long, the claw 3 mm long, 
the blade lhomboidal, 4 mm long, free. Stamens about 12, 1 mm long, 
miliusoid. Carpels many, pubescent, 1 mm long, the style very short. 
Fruit unknown. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, San Vicente, For. Bur. 1055 Elemmc, May, 1907, 
in dense flat forests slightly above sea level. Gag., Panganauin. 
A species resembling Orophea cumingiana and 0. enterocarpoiclea in gross char- 
acters but readily distinguished by its large bracteoles. 
Orophea luzoniensis nom. nov. 
Orophea maculata Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 3 5 (1906) 11; Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 54, non Scort. 
In publishing the species under the specific name maculata, the fact was 
overlooked that the same name had previously been used for a different species 
of the same genus. 
UIMONA Linn. f. 
Unona rubra sp. nov. 
Arbuscula 1.5 m alta; foliis lanceolatis vel late oblongo-oblanceolatis, 
submembranaceis, aeuminatis, basi inaequilateralibus, leviter auriculato- 
cordatis, subtus pallidis, glabris; floribus rubris, axillaribus, solitariis, ca. 
2 cm longis. 
A small shrub about 1.5 m high, the branches dark-gray, terete, slender, 
rather densely pubescent with short spreading hairs, especially the 
younger ones. Leaves lanceolate to broadly oblanceolate, about 20 cm 
long, 4 to 6 cm wide, pale, especially beneath, glabrous, submembranaceous, 
apex shortly acuminate, somewhat narrowed below to the inequilateral 
base which is auriculate-cordate ; nerves about 15 on each side of the 
midrib, curved-ascending, anastomosing, distinct beneath, the reticula- 
tions obsolete or nearly so; petioles densely pubescent, about 3 mm 
long. Flowers few, red, solitary, in the upper axils, their pedicels, about 
5 mm long, glabrous. Sepals 3, free, ovate, 7 mm long, 5 mm wide, 
acute, glabrous or with few hairs outside. Petals fleshy, coriaceous, 
oblong, obtuse or blunt, about 18 mm long, 4 to 5 mm wide, the sides 
parallel, nearly glabrous. Stamens indefinite, 2 mm long, connectives 
truncate, overlapping. Carpels about 15, oblong, 1.5 mm long, hirsute, 
each with 4 parietal ovules ; styles ovoid, the stigmas minutely papillate. 
Balabac, Bur. Sci. 1/80 Mangubat, March 1, 1908, in forests. 
A characteristic species, distinguishable by its glabrous pale leaves and solitary 
axillary red flowers. 
POPOWIA Endl. 
Popowia polyandra (Presl) comb. nov. 
Bocagea polyandra Presl Eel. Ilaenk. 2 (1835) 77. 
Luzon, Province of Sorsogon, Haenke, in Herb. Prague: Province of Batangas, 
772// Curran c£- Merrill, November, 1907. Negros, For. Bur. 1)302,. 5229, 5231, 
1280 Everett, June, 1906, and September, 1907 ; Gimagaan River, Whitford 1561, 
May, 1906. Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, For. Bur. 0215 Whitford cG 
Hutchinson, January, 1908; Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 1001, April, 1907, and 
without number July, 1907. 
