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ulations very lax, often obsolete; petioles stout, 8 to 10 mm 
long. Inflorescences axillary, solitary, paniculate, about 4 cm 
long, the branches spreading, the lower ones 1 to 1.4 cm long, 
the flowers for the most part subumbellately arranged near the 
apices of the branches; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, slightly 
pubescent, 4 to 5 mm long; pedicels about 3 mm long. Calyx 
cup-shaped, about 1.5 mm in diameter, 4-lobed, the lobes triang- 
ular-ovate, acute or obtuse, less than 0.4 mm long. Corolla not 
seen. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; style 0.5 mm long. 
MINDANAO, Lanao District, Bolut River, For. Bur. 20626 Mi- 
randa, June 14, 1913. In forests at sea level. 
A species having more the general appearance of Olea than 
of Linociera, well characterized by its elongated leaves. When 
perfect flowers are available it may prove to belong to the former 
genus. Its alliance is manifestly with Linociera philippinensis 
Merr., from which it is at once distinguished by its vegetative 
characters. 
LOGANIACEAE 
GENIOSTOMA Forster ° 
GENIOSTOMA ACUMINATISSIMA sp. nov. 
Frutex glaber, ramis teretibus; foliis chartaceis, oblongo- 
ellipticis ad lanceolatis, nitidis, 8 ad 12 cm longis, utrinque an- 
gustatis, apice tenuiter caudato-acuminatis, basi cuneatis, nervis 
utrinque 8 ad 10; cymis tenuiter pedunculatis, axillaribus, soli- 
tariis, paucifloris, 2 ad 3 cm longis; floribus circiter 1 cm longis, 
intus villosis. 
A glabrous shrub or small tree, the branches slender, terete, 
the branchlets black when dry. Leaves chartaceous, dark-colored 
when dry, shining, oblong-elliptic to lanceolate, 8 to 12 cm 
long, 2.5 to 4.5 em wide, subequally narrowed to the cuneate base 
and to the slenderly caudate-acuminate apex; primary lateral 
nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, distinct, curved, anas- 
tomosing, the reticulations distinct, slender; petioles 3 to 5 mm 
long; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, 1.5 to 2 mm long. Cymes 
solitary, few-flowered, 2 to 3 cm long, the peduncles slender, up 
to 2 cm long, the pedicels 2 mm long. Flowers white, black 
when dry. Calyx about 2.2 mm long, somewhat urceolate, the 
teeth triangular, short. Corolla glabrous outside, villous inside, 
about 1 cm long, the tube 6 mm long, the lobes 4, oblong, obtuse, 
4 mm long, villous inside. Style 8 mm long. Fruits about 8 
mm long, black when dry, rugose, strongly ventricose, obtuse, 
base decurrent-acuminate. 3 
