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distinctis; inflorescentiis terminalibus, cymosis, multifloris; flor- 
ibus 4-meris, rubris, bracteolatis, calycis brevibus, dentibus 
obtusis, quam tubus brevioribus, coroUae tubo 4 cm longo. 
A glabrous shrub 3 to 4 m high, the bianches terete, brownish, 
smooth. Leaves oblong, S to 15 em long, 3 to 5 cm wide, char- 
taceous or subcoriaceous, of the same color on both surfaces 
when dry, scarcely shining, the apex blunt, rarely nearly acute, 
not at all acuminate, base acute; nerves 10 to 12 on each side 
of the midrib, spreading, anastomosing near the margin, distinct, 
the reticulations evident, rather lax; petioles 5 to 10 mm long; 
stipules broad, about 4 mm long, shortly acuminate. Inflores- 
cence cymose, terminal, the panicle, excluding the corollas, 7 
cm long or less, with numerous short branches, the bracts 
triangular-ovate, acuminate or acute, about 2.5 mm long, the 
pedicels 3 mm long or less, each with a pair of bracteoles similar 
to the bracts but about 1.5 mm long. Calyx above the bracteoles 
subcylindric, 3.5 to 4 mm long, the lobes 4, broadly ovate to 
subreniform, rounded, 1 to 1.2 mm long. Corolla red, showy, 
the tube slender, cylindric, about 4 cm long, 1.5 mm in diameter, 
the lobes 4, spreading, elliptic-ovate, acute or somewhat acumi- 
nate, about 10 mm long, 5 to 5.5 mm wide, prominently reticulate- 
veined. Style exserted about 2 mm, the arms stout, recurved, 
about 1 mm long. Anthers 2.5 mm long, exserted. Fruit 
unknown. 
Mindanao, Sax River Mountains, back of San Ramon, Merrill 8254, 
November, 1911, in damp forests, altitude about 800 m. 
A species manifestly closely allied to Ixora fulgens RoxK, of the 
Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, differing in a comparatively small 
degree. The most notable differences are that the leaves are not shining, 
not at all acuminate but merely blunt or at most acute, and the stipules 
have a short, not elongate point. My conception of Ixora fulgens Roxb., 
is based on King's interpretation of the species,^ not that of Hooker f.,' 
the latter's description of Ixora fulgens applying to Ixora lobhii Loud., 
fide King l. c. 
NAUCLEA Linnaeus 
NAUCLEA CORDATULA sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, glabra vel subglabra; foliis oblongis vel oblongo- 
ovatis, coriaceis, usque ad 20 cm longis, basi late rotundato- 
cordatis, apice latissime rotundato-acuminatis vel obtusis, supra 
nitidis, subtus pallidioribus, nervis utrinque 11, subtus prom- 
inentibus; pedunculis ternatis, ad apicem bibracteatis, bracteis 
oblongis, 5 mm longis, caducis; capitulis (in alabastro) globosis, 
1 ad 1.5 cm diametro, calycibus haud concretis, ebracteolatis. 
= Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 73^ (1904) 79. =" Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1880) 146. 
