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MINDANAO, Bukidnon Subprovince, Mount Candoon, Bur. Sci. 
38837 Ramos & Edano, June 25, 1920. In damp forests, altitude 
about 1,000 meters. i 
A species strongly characterized by its lax, elongated, slenderly 
peduncled cymes and its caudate-acuminate leaves. 
STRYCHNOS Linnaeus 
STRYCHNOS CENABREI sp. nov. § Penicillatae. 
Frutex scandens, ramulis et inflorescentiis et subtus foliis ad 
costa nervisque plus minusve ferrugineo-pubescentibus; foliis 
triplinerviis, chartaceis, olivaceis, nitidissimis, ellipticis ad 
oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 12 cm longis, utrinque subaequaliter 
angustatis, apice acute acuminatis, basi acutis vel decurrentibus ; 
cymis circiter 2 cm longis; floribus 6- vel 5-meris, circiter 3.5 
mm longis, corollae lobi linea pilorum erectorum ad basin in- 
structi, antherae filamenta in tubo corollae inserta; ovarium 
glabrum; antherae basi leviter barbatae; fructibus globosus, 
1.5 em diametro; seminibus solitariis. 
A scandent woody vine, glabrous except the more or less ferru- 
ginous-pubescent branchlets, inflorescences, and younger leaves 
on the nerves beneath. Branches terete, dark-colored, glabrous, 
the younger branchlets about 1.5 mm in diameter, appressed fer- 
ruginous-pubescent with short, scattered hairs, ultimately gla- 
brous or nearly so. Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic, chartaceous, 
7 to 12 cm long, 3.5 to 5 cm wide, subequally narrowed to the acute 
or decurrent, 3-plinerved base and to the sharply acuminate apex, 
the upper surface olivaceous, strongly shining, the lower sur- 
face shining and when young more or less ferruginous-pubescent 
on the midrib and primary nerves, the basal nerves leaving the 
midrib 5 to 10 mm above the base of the leaf and extending nearly 
or quite to the apex, the reticulations distinct on both surfaces; 
petioles 5 to 7 mm long, ferruginous-pubescent, ultimately gla- 
brous. Cymes axillary, ferruginous-pubescent, short-peduncled, 
in anthesis about 2 cm long, in fruit up to 3 cm in length, the 
peduncles 5 to7 mmlong. Flowers 5- or, more usually, 6-merous, 
about 3.5 mm long, their pedicels 2 mm long, the bracteoles nar- 
rowly ovate, acute, 1 mm long. Calyx about 2mm in diameter, 
the tube short, the lobes broadly ovate to orbicular-ovate, 1 to 1.2 
mm long, somewhat pubescent, the margins minutely ciliate. 
Corolla tube about 2 mm long, the lobes nearly as long as the 
tube, oblong-ovate, acute or obtuse, minutely puberulent exter- 
nally, bearded at the base inside with numerous stiff hairs about 
1 mm in length. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, 1 mm long; style slen- 
