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the petioles 3 to 8 cm long, somewhat dilated at the base, the petiolules 
1.5 to 4 cm long. Leaflets oblong to oblong-ovate, entire, the apex 
caudate-acuminate, the acumen 1.5 to 2 cm long, submembranous, dull, 
the nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, the secondary ones and 
reticulations nearly as prominent as the primary nerves, all evident on 
both surfaces. Inflorescence terminal, its branches few, 20 to 25 cm long, 
springing from the apices of the branchlets, somewhat furfuraceous. 
Flowers numerous, tlie pedicels 4 to- 5 mm long, those on the upper parts 
of the branches in 3- to 6-floAvered fascicles, toward the base frequently 
in pedunculate umbels, the peduncles 8 mm long or less. Fruits oblong, 
G mm long, 3 mm wide, 5-sulcate. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Cuming 800 (typo) : Province of Albay, Tivi, 
Vidal 1J,29: Province of Caniarines Sur, Tigaon, Vidul .V/SO; Sipoeot, Vidal 79/,. 
OLEACEiE. 
JASMINUM Linn. 
Jasminum pseudopinnatum Merrill & Rolfe sp. nov. § Unifoliolata. 
Scandens ; - ramis ranmlis petiolisque pubescentibus ; f oliis distichis, 
ovatis, membranaceis, subtus costa excepta glabris, ovatis, acuminatis, 
pinnatinerviis ; inflorescentiis terminalibus, 1- ad 3-floris; floribus bre- 
viter pedicellatis ; calyce cylindraceo, iisque ad 3.5 mm longo, 4-dentato; 
corollae tubo 1.5 ad 1.8 cm longo, laciniis 7, lanceolatis, 10 ad 12 mm 
longis, 
Scandent, the branches slender, terete, flexuous, the older ones light- 
gray, the younger ones brownish, the branchlets spreading and with the 
opposite leaves having the appearance of a 4- to G-jugate pinnate leaf. 
Leaves ovate, glabrous except on the midrib beneath, which is slightly 
pubescent, the base broad and rounded or acute, acuminate at the apex, 
membranous, 2 to 5 cm long, 1 to 3 cm wide; nerves about 5 on each 
side of the midrib, distant, slender, anastomosing, the reticulations very 
lax; petioles 2 to 3 mm long. Inflorescence terminal, 1- to 3-flowered, 
the flowers short-pedicelled. Flowers white. Calyx cylindrical, about 3.5 
mm long, glabrous, 4-toothed, the teeth less than 0.5 mm long. Corolla- 
tube slender, 1.5 to 1.8 cm long, the lobes 7, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 
10 to 12 mm long, 3 mm wide. Anthers oblong-lanceolate, apiculate, 
about 5 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Bur. Sci. 1111 liamos, July, 1906; without 
locality, Marave 181, November, 1904. 
Manifestly allied to Jasmhuim amdeatum (Blanco) Walp., but diffevin^^ from 
that species by its few-flowered, not paniculate inflorescence, smaller, fewer-nerved 
leaves, shorter petioles, somewhat larger flowers, decidedly larger anthers, and 
fewer calyx-teeth. 
