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the lower surface, in the lower part of the leaf 5 to 6 mm in 
diameter, the midrib and nerves impressed on the upper surface, 
the nerves 20 or more on each side of the midrib, very prominent 
on the lower surface as are the primary reticulations; petioles 
stout, 3 to 5 cm long, 5 to 7 mm in diameter, the lamina some- 
times very narrowly decurrent almost to the base. Infructes- 
cences panicled, crowded at the apex of specialized lateral 
branches, these specialized branches from the axils of leaves or 
of fallen leaves, stout, 5 to 10 cm long, more or less thickened 
upward, the apical part supplied with numerous conspicuous 
scars of fallen panicles, the bracts lanceolate, acuminate, up to 1 
em long, deciduous. Panicles in fruit 2.5 to 6 cm long; pedicel 
in fruit stout, about 8 mm long. Flowers 5-merous, the per- 
sistent calyx 3 mm in diameter, the lobes broadly ovate, obtuse, 
glandular-punctate, glabrous, 0.6 mm long. Fruit globose, black 
when dry, about 8 mm in diameter. 
MINDANAO, Bukidnon Subprovince, Manilupa River and Mount 
Candoon, Bur. Sci. 38690 (type), 38792 Ramos & Edafio, June 
and July, 1920. In forests along streams, altitude 1,200 to 
1,400 meters. 
A species belonging in the same group with, and closely 
allied to, Discocalyx insignis Merr., differing especially in its 
narrower leaves. 
EMBELIA Burman f. 
EMBELIA ELLIPTICA sp. nov. § Euembelia. 
Frutex scandens, inflorescentiis puberulis exceptis glaber, ra- 
mulis 3 mm diametro; foliis ellipticis, integris, coriaceis, oliva- 
ceis, nitidis, 7 ad 11 em longis, brevissime et latissime obtuse 
acuminatis, basi rotundatis, nervis utrinque circiter 15, patulis, 
distinctis, reticulis utrinque valde perspicuis; paniculis termina- 
libus, circiter 25 cm longis, multifloris; floribus 5-meris, calycis 
puberulis, 2 mm diametro glandulis paucis conspicuis instructis, 
lobis triangulari-ovatis, acutis, margine leviter ciliatis, petalis 
intus papilloso-puberulis, ellipticis, 2 ad 2.2 mm longis, glandulis 
paucis instructis, connectivo in 4 superiore parte glanduloso. 
A scandent shrub, glabrous except the inflorescences, the 
branches and branchlets lenticellate, reddish brown, the former 
up to 1 cm in diameter, the latter 3 to 4mm in diameter. Leaves 
elliptic, coriaceous, olivaceous, shining, 7 to 11 cm long, 5 to 6 
cm wide, the apex very shortly and obtusely acuminate, the 
base rounded, margins entire, the lower surface paler than the 
upper and with rather conspicuous black glands; lateral nerves 
