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A species manifestly allied to Plectronia viridis Merr., and very similar 
to it. The leaves, however, are smaller, quite different in shape, and the 
venation is decidedly different. 
PLECTRONIA FENICIS sp. nov. 
Species ut videtur P. monstrosae valde affinis, difFert venis 
magis numerosis, utrinque circiter 8, fructibus multo majori- 
bus, usque ad 2.5 cm longis. 
A glabrous tree 8 to 10 m high, the ultimate branches some- 
what compressed, brownish-olivaceous. Leaves oblong-ovate, 
subcoriaceous, brittle when dry, somewhat shining, 10 to 15 cm 
long, 4 to 8 cm wide, apex shortly acuminate, base somewhat 
decurrent-acuminate; petioles about 1 cm long; stipules cadu- 
cous, about 5 mm long; nerves about 8 on each side of the 
midrib, distinct, faintly anastomosing, the reticulations indis- 
tinct, lax. Flowers unknown, but the inflorescence apparently 
similar to that of Plectronia monstrosa A, Rich (Canthium 
arboreum Vid., Canthium mite Earth). Fruit ellipsoid to obo- 
void, wrmkled when dry, brown-olivaceous, 2 to 2.5 cm long, 
1.5 to 2 cm in diameter. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Sablan, Bur, Sci. 12693 Fenix (type), 
November 23, 1910, growing on slopes. A rather incomplete specimen from 
Danao, Cebu, For, Bur. 6m Espinosa, may also be referable here 
A species manifestly allied to Plectronia monstrosa A. Rich., but at 
once distmguished by its larger fruits, and its more numerous veins. In 
Plectroma monstrosa the fruits are 1 cm long or less, while the leaves 
usually have but 5 or 6 pairs of veins. 
PLECTRONIA PEDUNCULARIS (Cav,) Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 
^o, 360. 
Canthium pedunculare Cav. Ic. 5 (1799) 21, t. m; Blanco Fl. Pilip. 
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Canthium monofiorum Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 166 
Canthium lycioides A. Rich. Mem. Rub. (1830) 108, Mem. See. Hist. 
App ("SSO) iT^ ''^' °^- ^"'^"- ' ^'''^^ '*''•' ^-V'»- Novis. 
Plectronia lycioides Elm. 1. c. 28, 360. 
Luzon, Manila and vicinity, Bur. Sci. 12207 Ramos, September 1910 
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This species is common in dry thickets near Manila, and in the piov- 
The onpnal description of Canthium lycioides A. Rich, is short, but I 
