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der, glabrous, equaling the ovary. Stamens 5 or 6, the filaments 
inserted in the tube, the anthers oblong-ovate, 1.2 mm long, 
slightly apiculate and sparingly bearded-at the base. Fruits glo- 
bose, 1.5 cm in diameter, red when fresh, brown when dry, the 
pericarp rather thin, crustaceous. Seed solitary, about 1 cm in 
diameter, 5 mm thick, rather translucent and somewhat rugose 
when dry. 
Luzon, Nueva Vizcaya, Uakal near Bayombong, For. Bur. 
28546 Cenabre, June 19, 1921. In forests along river banks, 
altitude about 450 meters. 
A species strongly characterized by its usually 6-merous flow- 
ers, short cymes, 3-plinerved, strongly shining leaves, and its 
small 1-seeded fruits. It is probably nearest to S. impressinervis 
A. W. Hill. 
APOCYNACEAE 
TABERNAEMONTANA Linnaeus 
TABERNAEMONTANA MINDORENSIS sp. nov. 
Frutex glaber, circiter 2 m alta, ramis ramulisque pallidis, 
tenuibus ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, membranaceis, olivaceis, per- 
spicue caudato-acuminatis, basi acutis, 5 ad 8 cm longis, nervis 
utrinque circiter 9, tenuibus, distinctis; cymis axillaribus, pauci- 
floris, laxis, 1.5 ad 2 cm longis, corollae tubo 5 mm longo (ala- 
bastro) calycis lobis intus glandulosis; folliculis 2 ad 2.5 cm 
longis, inaequilateraliter oblongo-ovoideis, acuminatis, leviter ca- 
rinatis, seminibus circiter 9. 
A glabrous shrub about 2 m high, the branches and branchlets 
slender, terete, pale grayish. Leaves of each pair equal or more 
or less unequal, oblong-lanceolate, membranaceous, olivaceous, 
somewhat shining, 5 to 8 cm long, 1 to 2 cm wide, narrowed up- 
ward to the slenderly caudate-acuminate apex and below to the 
cuneate base, the lower surface paler than the upper; lateral 
nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, slender, distinct, the 
reticulations lax, obscure; petioles 2 to 4mm long. Cymes axil- 
lary, lax, few-flowered, 1.5 to 2 cm long. Mature flowers not 
seen, their pedicels about 5 to 8 mm long. Calyx lobes ovate, 
acute, 0.5 mm long, each with a small gland or appendage near 
the base inside. Corolla tube (in bud) slender, about 5 mm 
long, somewhat inflated in the upper part, the lobes (in bud) 2.5 
mm long, inequilateral. Anthers1.5 mm long. Follicles 2 to 2.5 
cm long, red, glabrous, inequilaterally oblong-ovoid, somewhat 
gibbous, smooth, with 8 or 4 longitudinal ridges, these often ob- 
