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This species is manifestly allied to Ardisia fragrans Elm. and to A. loheri 
Merr., but is distinguished from both by numerous characters, the most 
evident one, perhaps, being the greatly reduced leaf-like bracts. 
ARDISIA-LOHERI sp. nov. § Akosmos. 
Arbor parva, circiter 5 m alta, ramulis inflorescentiisque par- 
cissime brunneo-furfuraceo-tomentellis exceptis glabra; foliis 
oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 22 cm longis, utrinque 
subaequaliter angustatis, acuminatis, basi acutis, in siccitate 
pallide olivaceis, nervis utrinque 20 ad 25, subtus prominentibus, 
utrinque, saltem prope margine, punctis permanifestis instructis; 
inflorescentiis axillaribus, bipinnatim paniculatis, pedunculatis, 
usque ad 18 cm longis, multifloris; floribus racemose dispositis, 
5-meris, circiter 3 mm longis, sepalis petalisque punctis paucis 
magnis instructis, connectivo glanduloso. 
. A small tree about 5 m high, the young branchlets and the 
inflorescences sparsely brown furfuraceous-tomentose, otherwise 
glabrous. Branches terete, pale brownish, the branchlets more 
or less angled. Leaves alternate, scattered, firmly chartaceous, 
usually pale olivaceous when dry, oblong to oblong-elliptic, sub- 
equally narrowed to the rather prominently acuminate apex and 
the acute base, 12 to 22 cm long, 3.5 to 6 cm wide, entire, the 
glands evident on both surfaces, but especially numerous near 
the margins; lateral nerves 20 to 25 on each side of the midrib, 
prominent on the lower surface, irregular, anastomosing, the 
secondary nerves and reticulations distinct; petioles 1.5 to 3 em 
long. Panicles in the upper axils, bipinnate, peduncled, up to 
18 cm long, many flowered, the primary branches up to 6 cm 
in length, the flowers racemosely arranged on the ultimate 
branchlets, their pedicels about 3 mm long. Flowers 5-merous. 
Sepals ovate, obtuse or acute, spreading, nearly free, about 1.5 
mm long, with few, large, prominent glands, the margins obs- 
curely ciliate. Petals elliptic-ovate, obtuse, 3 to 3.5 mm long, 
with few, scattered, prominent glands, rarely nearly eglandular. 
Anthers lanceolate, acuminate, 2.5 mm long, the connective di- 
stinctly glandular; style about 2 mm long. 
Luzon, Rizal Province, Oriud, Loher 6146 (type); Montalban, Loher 
6145, both collected in February, 1906: Laguna Province, Mount Maquiling, 
Baker 368, October 27, 1912, For. Bur. 22232 Catalan, March 28, 1914, 
For. Bur. 21305 Foxworthy & Catalan, May, 1914. On Mount Maquiling it 
grows in the mossy forest at an altitude of about 1,000 meters. 
The alliance of this species is manifestly with Ardisia fragrans’ Elm., 
of Mindanao, from which it is distinguished by its thinner, larger, more 
numerously nerved leaves, 
