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RUTAOE^O. 
EVODIA Foist. 
p Evodia reticulata ^NTorrill n. sp. 
Trutex 2 ad 3 nietralis, foliis trifoliatis, rariter unifuliatis, oppositis 
vol suboppo.sitis, folioli,- 5 ad 9 cui. longis, coriaceis, nitidis, supra glabris, 
" RTibtiis ad norvos fulvo-piiboscentibiis, dense retieidatis^ obovatis vel 
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elliptico-ovatis^ apice obtusis tnmcatis vel retusis, paniciilis iixiilarilmw, 
ad 7 cm. ]ong"is/ dense fulvo-pubeseentibus; llores 4-meri, 3 iiini. loiigi, 
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in ramnlis idtimi ordinis congesti. 
A shrub 1 to 3 m. high. Branches stout, the older ones nearly glabrous, 
iiglit gray, the younger ones densely fulvous-pubeseent. Leaves opposite 
or subopposite, trifoliate, rarely unifoliate, the petioles l.Ti to 2 cm. long, 
at first densely pubescent, becoming glabrous and rugose; leaflets coriace- 
ous, shining, densely closely reticulate, glabrous above, fulvous-pubescent 
on the nerves and midrib' beneatb, obovate to elliptical ovate, the base 
subacute or obtuse, tlu)t of tlie lateral ones somewhat inequilateral, the 
> apex obtuse, truncate or somewhat refuse, 5 to 9 cm. long, 3 to 5.5 cm. 
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j wide; nerves prominent, 9 to 11 on each side of the midrib; pctiohile of 
the middle leaflet about 1 cm. long, of the lateral ones 2 to 3 mm. long, 
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pubescent. Panicles in the upper axils, densely fulvous-pubescent, about 
7 cm. long, many flowered; pedicels 1 to 2 mm. long, the bracts and 
bracteoles minute. Flowers white, crowded at the apices of the ultimate 
branches, 4-merous, 3 mm. long. Sepals broadly ovate, acute very slightly 
pubescent, less than 1 mm. long. Petals 4, elliptical ovate, acute, 2.5 
mm. long, glabrous. Ovary glabrous, 4-lobed; style about 1.5 mm. long; 
stigma capitate. 
In open heaths and in thickets at 2,400 m. alt. (No. 5711). 
A species recognizable by its coriaceous leaves which are densely rather pro- 
niinently reticulate and pul>escent on the nerves and midrib beneatli. 
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POLYGALACE.^^. 
POLYGALA Linn. 
Polygala venenosa Jnss. ex Poir, in Lam. Encycl. 5 (1804) 403. 
In forests at about 1,200 m. alt. (No. OlfiO). Found here also by Merritt at 
000 m. alt. (No. 4351) June, 190G. 
Known in the Philippines from Negros and from Mount Apo, ^Tindariao. 
Java, Sumatra and from near Mount Kinabalu, North ISorneo. 
EUPHORBIACE.l^l 
ANTIDESMA Linn. 
Antidesma leptocladum Tul. Ann. Sc. Nat. ITT. 15 (1851) 100. 
In forests at 1,800 in. alt. (No. 5717). 
Widely distributed in the Philii)pines. Endemic? 
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