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led, 5-merous, about 2.5 mm in diameter. Sepals nearly free, 
oblong-obovate or oblong, about 1.2 mm long, with few, conspi- 
cuous, dark-brown glands. Petals oblong, obtuse, 1.5 mm long, 
prominently glandular, nearly free. Anthers sessile, 0.5 mm 
long. 
- Samar, Paranas, Bur. Sci. 17646 Ramos, April 11, 1914, in damp forests 
at low altitudes. ‘ 
The alliance of this species is manifestly with Discocalyx insignis Merr. 
from which it is distinguished by its conspicuously maculate leaves and 
its much longer staminate panicles. Other species belonging in the same 
group are Discocalyx congestiflora Elm., D. longifolia Merr., D. montana 
Elm., and D. macrophylla Merr. Discocalyx maculata Merr., among other 
characters, is at once distinguished by its entire leaves. 
DISCOCALYX LUZONIENSIS sp. nov. 
_. Frutex glaber, ramis ramulisque teretibus, ramulis circiter 5 © 
mm diametro; foliis sparsis, coriaceis, nitidis, oblongis ad 
oblongo-ellipticis, integris, acutis, usque ad 9 cm longis, obscure 
maculatis,.nervis primariis utrinque circiter 8, irregularibus, 
subtus distinctis, anastomosantibus; ramis specialibus extra- 
axillaribus, usque ad 12 cm longis, partibus superioribus incras- 
satis, cicatricibus distinctis instructis; paniculis depauperatis, 
circiter 1 cm longis; floribus ¢ 5-meris, pedicellis et sepalis et 
petalis prominente glandulosis. 
_ A glabrous dioecious shrub, the branches and branchlets ra- 
ther stout, terete, grayish-brown when dry, with few, widely 
scattered, large scars of fallen petioles, the ultimate branchlets 
about 5 mm in diameter. Leaves scattered, coriaceous, entire, 
rather pale when dry, shining, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 8 to 9 
em long, 3 to 4 em wide, acute, base acute or acuminate, both 
surfaces obscurely maculate; primary lateral nerves about 8 on 
each side of the midrib, distinct on the lower surface, somewhat 
curved, irregular, distinctly anastomosing, the secondary veins 
nearly as prominent as the primary ones, the reticulations evident 
on both surfaces; petioles rather stout, 3 to 4 cm long. Special- 
ized branches bearing the inflorescences extra-axillary, 8 to 12 
cm long, the apical 1 to 2 cm thickened, cylindric, about 3 mm 
in diameter, marked with distinct scars of fallen bracts, the 
peduncle often dichotomous and bearing two thickened cylindric, 
parts at the apex. Inflorescences at the tips of-the specialized 
branches, depauperate, about 1 cm long, few-flowered. Stami- 
nate flowers 5-merous; the pedicels, calyces, and corollas promi- 
nently glandular. Pedicels 1 to 2 mm long. Calyx 2.2 mm in 
diameter, the teeth 5, ovate, obtuse, 0.7 mm long. Corolla 1.8 
mm long, the lobes ovate or oblong-ovate, rounded, 0.9 mm long. 
