Birds from Mindoro and Small Adjacent Islands Volume 31-36; Notes on Three Rare Luzon Birds (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ... small tree reaching a diameter of from 12 to 18 cm. growing on forested slopes at an altitude of about 550 m. above the sea. Phaeanthus acuminatus, sp. nov. A shrub 6 m. high or less, with hirsute-pilose branchlets, membranous leaves, and solitary flowers 1 to 1.5 cm. long, the outer petals about twice as large as the sepals. Branches dark colored, striate, nearly glabrous, the younger branchlets rather densely pilose-hirsute with spreading fulvous hairs. Leaves elliptical-lanceolate, sharply acuminate, 12 to 20 cm. long, 4 to 6 cm. wide, the base somewhat rounded, the upper surface shining, glabrous except for the pilose midrib, the lower surface with scattered hairs and hirsute-pilose on the midrib and nerves; primary nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, prominent beneath, interarching, the reticulations lax; petioles hirsute-pilose, about 2 mm. long. Inflorescence mostly leaf 'Forestry Bureau, Bui. 1:20, 1903. opposed, one, rarely two pedicels from the same tubercle or minute branchlet, the pedicels slender, 2.5 to 3 cm. long, pubescent. Flowers salmon pink, odorless or nearly so. Calyx lobes sparingly pubescent. 3 to 3.5 mm. long, ovate, strongly acuminate. Petals sparingly pubescent, the outer ones similar in shape to the sepals but twice as large, the inner ones oblong, acute, 10 to 14 mm. long, about 4 mm. wide. Stamens many, about 1.5 mm. long, glabrous, the broad truncate connectives concealing the anther cells. Ovaries about 1.5 mm long, pubescent, about 5, each with 2 ovules; stigmas ovoid, pubescent. Ripe carples subglobose, bright red, sparingly pubescent, 2-seeded, 1 cm. or less in diameter. Type specimen: Baeo River, Mindoro (4050 Merrill), March 14, 1905. A small shrub common in the humid river forests, apparently most closelyrelated...