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including the pseudo-stalk, about 4 mm long, narrow below, 

 above abruptly widened and 6 to 7 mm in diameter, the lobes 

 glandular-punctate, in anthesis sparingly ciliate on the margins, 

 orbicular-ovate, rounded, spreading, subpersistent or persistent. 

 Petals 4, about 1 cm long, elliptic to elliptic-obovate, rounded, 

 rather prominently nerved. Stamens indefinite, their filaments 

 about 1 cm long. 



Samar, Catubig River at Pinipisakan and at Palapag, Bur. Sci. 2U53 

 (type), 2H21 Ramos, March, 1916, in damp forests at low altitudes, locally 

 known as tulanan, the wood very hard. 



The alliance of this species is with Eugenia aherniana C. B. Rob. from 

 which it is readily distinguished by its glabrous or nearly glabrous 

 inflorescence and much larger flowers. From Eugenia kamelii Merr. it is 

 readily distinguished by its much smaller leaves and by numerous other 

 characters. 



LOGANIACEAE 



STRYCHNOS Linnaeus 

 STRYCHNOS WENZELII sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, inflorescentiis leviter adpresse ferrugineo- 

 pubescentibus exceptis glaber ; f oliis chartaceis, in siccitate utrin- 

 que castaneis valde nitidisque, ellipticis ad oblongo-ellipticis, 

 usque ad 15 cm longis, breviter acuminatis, basi subacutis ad 

 rotundatis, 5-pli- vel 5-nerviis ; inflorescentiis axillaribus, pedun- 

 culatis, 1.5 ad 3 cm longis; floribus 3 mm longis, extus glabris, 

 lobis intus ad basin linea dense hirsuta instructis ; antheris basi 

 leviter barbatis; fructibus ellipsoideis, brunneis, laevis, nitidis, 

 circiter 1 cm longis, monospermis. 



A scandent shrub, attaining a length of 10 m, entirely glabrous 

 except the sparingly appressed ferrugineous-pubescent inflores- 

 cence. Branches and branchlets slender, terete, smooth, shin- 

 ing, dark-brown when dry. Leaves chartaceous, elliptic to 

 oblong-elliptic, 7 to 15 cm long, 4 to 8 cm wide, when dry chest- 

 nut-brown and strongly shining on both surfaces, base acute to 

 rounded, apex shortly blunt-acuminate ; basal nerves 5, the inner 

 pair more prominent than the outer, all leaving the midrib at 

 or near the base or the inner pair up to 1 cm above the base, 

 the reticulations lax, distinct; petioles 5 to 8 mm long. Cymes 

 axillary, peduncled, including the peduncle 1.5 to 3 cm long, 

 sparingly appressed-ferruginous-pubescent, the bracts 2 to 2.5 

 mm long, the bracteoles smaller. Flowers green and white, 

 rather numerous, 5-merous, their pedicels about 2 mm long. 

 Sepals broadly ovate, rounded or slightly apiculate, about 1 mm 

 long, margins slightly ciliate. Corolla-tube about 1.8 mm long, 

 glabrous, the lobes oblong-ovate, obtuse, about 1.2 mm long, 



