20, 4 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XVII 463: 
1.3 mm long, the stigma 1 mm in diameter. Fruits globose, 6 
to 7 mm in diameter, nearly glabrous, crowned by the shallow 
calyx limb and the prominent, puberulent disk. 
MINDANAO, Lanao District, Mrs. Clemens 882 (type), January, 
1907; Zamboanga District, Merrill 8064, 8098, December, 1911, 
Bur. Sci. 87226 Ramos & Edafio, November, 1918: Bukidnon 
Subprovince, 38988 Ramos & Edaio, June, 1920. In forests 
and along streams at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 
800 meters. 
This species is manifestly allied to Pleiocarpidia enneandra 
(Wight) K. Schum. of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Bor- 
neo, differing among other characters in its leaves being more 
or less pubescent beneath, and in its usually 7-merous flowers. 
It is somewhat intermediate between Pleiocarpidia and Uro- 
phyllum, the two genera being very closely allied; perhaps 
Pleiocarpidia should be merged in Urophyllum. The specimens 
cited above were all distributed as Urophyllum. Aulacodiscus 
Hook. f. non Ehrenb. must be replaced by Pleiocarpidia if this 
group is to be retained as generically distinct from Urophyllum. 
GARDENIA Linnaeus 
GARDENIA MEGALOCARPA sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, ramulis et subtus foliis molliter pubescentibus; 
foliis chartaceig vel submembranaceis, obovatis ad oblongo-obo- 
vatis, 15 ad 22 em longis, acuminatis, basi cuneatis, supra oli- 
vaceis, nitidis, glabris, nervis utrinque 18 ad 22, perspicuis; 
fructibus ellipsoideis, magnis, glabris, leviter 5-carinatis, cir- 
citer 7 cm longis, calycis lobis persistentibus, pubescentibus, pro- 
funde carinatis, carinis productis, anguste oblongis, falcatis, 1.5 
cm longis, 4 mm latis. Species G. carinatae Wall. affinis. 
A small tree, the branchlets and the lower surface of the 
leaves softly pubescent, the ultimate branchlets 4 to 5 mm in 
diameter, grayish. Leaves chartaceous or subcoriaceous, obo- 
vate to oblong-obovate, 15 to 22 cm long, 6 to 10 cm wide, 
the apex distinctly acuminate, the base cuneate, the upper sur- 
face glabrous, olivaceous, shining, the lower surface somewhat 
paler, the indumentum largely confined to the midrib, nerves, and 
reticulations; lateral nerves’18 to 22 on each side of the mid- 
rib, prominent on the lower surface, spreading or somewhat 
ascending, the primary reticulations subparallel, slender; pet- 
ioles pubescent, 1 to 1.3 cm long; stipules 1 to 1.5 cm long, some- 
what sheathing, pubescent. Fruits solitary, in the uppermost 
axils, shortly peduncled, ellipsoid, glabrous, orange-red when 
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