146 The Philippine Journal of Science 1917 
Anthers sessile, 0.4 mm long. Rudimentary ovary stout, cylin- 
dric, about 1 mm long. 
Luzon, Nueva Ecija Province, Mount Umingan, Bur. Sci. 26474 Ramos 
& Edano, August 16, 1916, on forested slopes, altitude between 300 and 
400 meters. 
The alliance of this species is apparently with Discocalyx maculata Merr., 
from which it is readily distinguished by its much smaller, fewer-nerved, 
obscurely maculate leaves. The specialized branches bearing the inflores- 
cences are frequently dichotomous, bearing two cylindric, thickened branches 
at their apices, 
DISCOCALYX MICRANTHA sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus, glaber, circiter 2 m altus; foliis chartaceis, 
oblongis, longe petiolatis, usque ad 18 cm longis, olivaceis, apice 
breviter acuminatis, basi decurrento-acuminatis, integris, nervis 
utrinque circiter 20, tenuibus, subadscendentibus; paniculis axil- 
laribus, tenuibus, solitariis, circiter 10 cm longis, longe pedun- 
culatis; floribus minutis, pedicellatis, 5-meris, calycibus petalis- 
que distincte glanduloso-puncticulatis, petalis obovatis, circiter 
1.2 mm longis. 
An erect glabrous shrub about 2 m high, apparently dioecious, 
the branches subolivaceous, about 5 mm in diameter, longitud- 
inally wrinkled when dry, the tips brown. Leaves somewhat 
crowded toward the apices of the branchlets, chartaceous, oblong, 
14 to 18 cm long, 3.5 to 5 cm wide, subolivaceous when dry, 
slightly shining, of the same color on both surfaces, entire, the 
apex shortly acuminate, base slenderly decurrent-acuminate; 
lateral nerves slender, the primary ones about 20 on each side 
of the midrib, subascending, slightly curved, the reticulations 
not prominent; petioles 1.5 to 3 em long. Panicles bipinnate, 
axillary, solitary, up to 10 cm long, long peduncled, the branches 
few, the longer primary ones 1.5 to 2.5 em in length. Staminate 
flowers 5-merous, their pedicels about 1 mm long. Calyx about 
1.5 mm in diameter, obscurely 5-toothed, distinctly glandular- 
puncticulate, the teeth short, obtuse, minutely denticulate or sub- 
crenate. Petals obovate, 1.2 mm long, glandular-puncticulate. 
Anthers 0.7 mm long. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Burgos, Bur. Sci. 27132 Ramos, March 12, 
1917, in forests along streams at low altitudes. 
The alliance of this species is manifestly with Discocalyx cybianthoides 
-Mez, which it resembles in its general appearance, in leaf characters, and 
in its panicles springing from the axils of normal leaves, differing essen- 
tially in its very much smaller flowers. 
DISCOCALYX PACHYPHYLLA sp. nov. 
Frutex dioicus, glaber, circiter 5 m altus; foliis numerosis, 
