Xu, G, 3 Merrill: New Philippine Myrsinaceae 157 
pals broadly ovate, obtuse, about 1 mm long, eglandular, their 
margins glabrous or obscurely ciliate. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Dingalan, Bur. Sci. 26527 Ramos & 
Edano, September 10, 1916, in forests, altitude about 300 meters. 
The alliance of this species is manifestly with Ardisia whitfordii Mez, 
from which it is distinguished by its very much smaller, narrower, fewer- 
nerved leaves. 
ARDISIA PACHYPHYLLA sp. nov. § Tinopsis. 
Frutex vel arbor parva, glabra, 2 ad 5 m alta; foliis coriaceis, 
oblongo-oblanceolatis ad anguste oblongo-obovatis, integris, 
usque ad 13 cm longis, leviter obtuse acuminatis, basi cuneatis, 
obscure puncticulatis, in siccitate brunneis, nervis tenuibus, 
utrinque circiter 25, subadscendentibus; inflorescentiis termina- 
libus, circiter 6 cm longis, floribus 5-meris, in ramulis subum- 
bellatim dispositis, circiter 2 cm diametro; calycibus cupulatis, 
lobis latissime rotundatis, obscure ciliatis, distincte punctatis, 
haud imbricatis; petalis circiter 9 mm longis, punctatis, antheris 
haud puncticulatis. 
A shrub or small tree 2 to 5 m high, glabrous, the branches 
and branchlets terete, smooth, brownish when dry. Leaves al- 
ternate, brown when dry, of the same color on both surfaces, 
somewhat shining, coriaceous, entire, oblong-oblanceolate to nar- 
rowly oblong-obovate, 9 to 138 cm long, 2.5 to 4.5 cm wide, 
narrowed below to the cuneate base, the apex obscurely blunt- 
acuminate, beneath obscurely puncticulate; lateral nerves slen- 
der, somewhat ascending, about 25 on each side of the midrib, 
anastomosing; petioles 8 to 10 mm long. Panicles terminal, 
_ stout, subpyramidal, up to 6 cm in length, the primary branches 
spreading, 1.5 to 2 cm long, the flowers rather densely subrace- 
mosely or subumbellately arranged toward the apices of the 
primary branches, their pedicels less than 10 mm long in anthesis, 
in fruit somewhat elongated. Calyx cup-shaped, coriaceous, 
about 5 mm long in anthesis, brown when dry, distinctly gland- 
ular-puncticulate, slightly accrescent, the lobes 5, broadly 
rounded, not or very obscurely imbricate, about 2 mm long, 2.3 
to 3 mm wide, their margins minutely ciliate. Corolla in full 
anthesis about 2 cm in diameter, pink, the tube about 3 mm long, 
the lobes ovate, 7 to 9 mm long, about 6 mm wide, acute or acu- 
minate, subcoriaceous, glandular-puncticulate. Anthers lanceo- 
- late, acuminate, 6 mm long, eglandular. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; 
style glandular-punctate, 6 mm long. 
PALAWAN, Taytay, Merrill 9216 (type) 9188, April, 1913, in dry thickets 
and open grasslands, altitude 4 to 15 meters. BaLaBac, Bur. Sci. 21613 
Escritor, August, 1913, with immature fruits. 
