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ad 15, tenuibus; petiolo 1.5 ad 2 cm longo; inflorescentiis ra- 
cemoso-umbellatis, 3 ad 5 cm longis; sepalis usque ad 4 connatis, 
orbicularis, rotundatis, 4 mm diametro, glabris, eglandulosis, 
margine haud ciliatis; petalis ovatis, obtusis, 9 mm longis, eglan- 
dulosis; connectivo haud glandulosis. 
An entirely glabrous shrub, about 1 m high, the branches and 
branchlets brownish or grayish. Leaves oblong to oblong-ovate, 
entire, 9 to 12 cm long, 3 to 5 em wide, subcoriaceous, olivaceous, 
shining, the apex obtuse to shortly and obtusely acuminate, the 
base cuneate, both surfaces distinctly reticulate, scarcely punc- 
tate-glandular ; primary lateral nerves 12 to 15 on each side of the 
midrib, slender but distinct on both surfaces; petioles 1.5 to 2 
em long. Inflorescences lateral, simply umbellate-racemose, 3 to 
5 cm long, the flowers somewhat crowded near the apex of the 
peduncle, their pedicels stout, 10 to 12 mm long. Sepals united 
for about one-third, orbicular, rounded, about 4 mm in diameter, 
glabrous, their margins not at all ciliate, eglandular. Petals 
pink, ovate, obtuse, about 9 mm long, 6 mm wide, eglandular. 
Anthers oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 6 to 7 mm long, the connec- 
tive not at all glandular. 
MINDoRO, Paluan and Mount Calavite, Bur. Sci. 39435 (type) 
39632 Ramos, April, 1921. In primary forests up to an altitude 
of 600 meters. 
A species in the alliance with Ardisia pirifolia Mez, from 
which it is at once distinguished by its longer petioles, its eglan- 
dular petals, and the distinct and rather distant primary nerves, 
the reticulations being distinct on both surfaces. 
DISCOCALYX Mez 
DISCOCALYX BRACHYBOTRYS gp. nov. 
Frutex glaber, ramulis circiter 4 mm diametro; foliis ses- 
silibus vel subsessilibus, oblongo-ellipticis ad late oblanceolatis, 
9 ad 16 cm longis, integris, chartaceis, pallide olivaceis, utrinque 
subaequaliter angustatis, acuminatis, basi obtusis, subtus per- 
spicue glanduloso-punctatis, nervis utrinque circiter 15, dis- 
tinctis; inflorescentiis racemosis vel depauperato-paniculatis, 1 
ad 1.5 cm longis, in ramis circiter 1 cm longis extra-axillaribus 
dispositis, ramis cicatricibus perspicuis instructis; floribus 5- 
meris, calycis petalisque perspicue atro-glandulosis, calycis lobis 
acutis vel obtusis; petalis elliptico-obovatis, 3 mm longis. 
A glabrous shrub about 1 m high, the ultimate branches terete, 
reddish brown, about 4 mm in diameter. Leaves sessile or sub- 
sessile, oblong-elliptic to broadly oblanceolate, 9 to 16 cm long, 
