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ARDISIA BASILANENSIS sp. nov. § Acrardisia. 
Frutex, inflorescentiis minute papilloso-glandulosis exceptis 
glaber; foliis oblongo-ovatis, chartaceis, usque ad 18 cm longis, 
in siccitate supra subolivaceis, subtus brunneis, utrinque plus 
minusve glandulosis, acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis utrinque cir- 
citer 18, tenuibus, distinctis; paniculis usque ad 16 cm longis, 
terminalibus, pedunculatis, floribus in ramulis ultimis subum- 
bellatim dispositis, brunneo-papilloso-glandulosis; floribus 5-me- 
ris, sepalis petalisque valde glandulosis, petalis ovatis, acuminatis, 
circiter 8 mm longis. 
A shrub 3 to 4 m high, according to the collector; glabrous ex- 
cept for the short, rather dense, brown, gland-like papillae on 
the inflorescence. Branches and branchlets brownish, terete, 
smooth. Leaves oblong-ovate, chartaceous, entire, 11 to 18 cm 
long, 4.5 to 7.5 cm wide, somewhat shining, the upper surface 
olivaceous or subolivaceous, the lower brownish, both surfaces 
with scattered, distinct, black glands, but those near the margins 
no more distinct than the distant ones, apex acuminate, base 
acute; lateral nerves slender but distinct, the primary ones about 
18 on each side of the midrib, anastomosing; petioles stout, about 
5mm long. Panicles terminal, up to 16 cm long, peduncled, the 
_ branches few, distant, spreading, the lower ones up to 5 cm long, 
simple or rarely once branched, the flowers subumbellately ar- 
ranged at the ends of the branchlets, about 10 on each branchlet, 
their pedicels 8 to 10 mm long. Flowers pink, 5-merous, when 
spread nearly 1.5 cm in diameter. Sepals 5, the free parts 
ovate, acute or somewhat acuminate, spreading, 2 mm long, 
glandular-punctate, back and margins with the minute papillae 
characteristic of the inflorescence. Petals nearly free, ovate, 
sharply acuminate, prominently glandular-punctate, about 8 mm 
long, 4.5 mm wide. Anthers lanceolate, acuminate, 4 mm long, 
the connectives inconspicuously glandular. Ovary ovoid, glab- 
rous, 2 mm long; style 4 mm long, shorter than the petals in 
bud and in anthesis. 
BASILAN, Binauangan, in forests, Bur. Sci. 15428 (type), 15437 Reillo, 
August, 1912, the flowers pink. 
This species is well characterized by its peculiar, dark-brown, minute, 
rather densely arranged gland-like papillae on its inflorescences. The 
flowers are distinctly large in comparison with the other Philippine species 
of the section Acrardisia. 
ARDISIA LAXIFLORA sp. nov § Acrardisia. 
Arbor glabra, circiter 11 m alta; ramis ramulisque plus minusve 
compressis, saltem leviter bicarinatis; foliis alternis, chartaceis, 
