Vaccinium palawanense Merr.

11470. Vacciniura p«lwin«nM Merr. Ipiphytio shrub
10 feet high upon til« main branch«* of loftj^troea of humid
woods In low moist flat* at 6000 foot of motpf Ape; stems
aseendingly branched, rigid; wood rather hard, whitish,
closely grained, without odor or taste; bark brown longitud-
inally cheeked, greenish black and smooth on tho branohes:
leares rigidly eoriaeeous, ate ending, sillily recurred,
?ery deep dull or shining green above and only shallowly
oonduplieate, much limiter or yellowish green beneath, the
yowng leares reddish; raehis green or reddioh along the
npper side, pedicels recurred, light green; ealyx similar
in ee^er its segmente the color of the corolla which hae
a rery pretty waxy red colorj style and filaments sfoiatA
ttltish, anthers yellowititi brown j *®ay«ttpong;# Todaya,
Auguet, 1909.	ELMER’S FIELD NOTE*
TODAYA (MT. APO), DISTRICT OF DAVAO
ISLAND OF MINDANAO,
. ,	Revised for the
FLORA MALESIANA
s/d. <b/Sfby
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS
DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. E. ELMER
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