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XII, C, 3 Merrill: Philippine Rubiaceae, III 169 
tescentiis terminalibus, circiter 2 cm longis, sessilibus vel brevi- 
ter pedunculatis, simplicibus vel dichotomis, fructibus 1 ad 4, 
globosis, circiter 6 mm diametro, tenuiter pedicellatis. 
An erect glabrous shrub said by the collector to be about 1 
m high, the branches and branchlets slender, terete, grayish to 
brown, the latter about 1 mm in diameter. Leaves oblong, char- 
taceous, rather pale when dry, of about the same color on both 
surfaces, somewhat shining, 4 to 6 cm long, 1 to 2 cm wide, 
slightly and subequally narrowed to the acute or minutely acu- 
minate apex and the acute base; lateral nerves about 12 on each 
side of the midrib, slender, anastomosing, slightly more promi- 
nent than are the secondary ones and the lax reticulations; 
petioles 2 mm long; stipules about 3 mm long, prominently cau- 
date-acuminate from an ovate base. On some branches supple- 
mentary pairs of greatly reduced, linear-oblong, 5 to.10 mm 
long leaves are borne immediately above the normal ones. In- 
fructescences terminal, sessile or shortly peduncled, simple or 
once forked, the primary branches simple or once forked, the 
whole infructescence 2 cm long or less. Fruits 1 to 4, globose, 
reddish-yellow when fresh, brown when dry, smooth, shining, 
about 6 mm in diameter, the pedicels 5 to 7 mm long, the bracts 
and bracteoles linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 2 to 3 mm long. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Burgos, Bur. Sci. 27325 Ramos, March 
11, 1917, in forests along streams at low altitudes. 
This species is apparently most closely allied to Ixora gracilipes Merr., 
and is characterized by its unusually small leaves and depauperate, slender 
infructescences. It differs from Ixora gracilipes notably in its thinner 
leaves; caudate-acuminate, not truncate stipules; and much shorter infruc- 
tescences, 
GRUMILEA Gaertner 
GRUMILEA LAGUNENSIS sp, nov. 
Frutex erectus, partibus junioribus subtus foliis ad costa ner- 
visque et inflorescentiis fusco-pubescentibus; foliis chartaceis, 
oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 20 cm longis, acuminatis, basi acutis, 
nervis utrinque circiter 17, subadscendentibus, subtus promi- 
nentibus; infructescentiis brevibus, fructibus paucis, oblongo- 
obovoideis, in siccitate brunneis, glabris, 1 cm longis, prominente 
longitudinaliter sulcatis, albumine valde ruminato. 
An erect shrub, more or less brown-pubescent. Branches 
_ terete, grayish-brown, smooth, glabrous, the younger branchlets 
rather densely brown-pubescent. Leaves chartaceous, oblong- 
ovate, about 20 cm long, 9 to 10 cm wide, narrowed upward 
to the acuminate apex, base acute, olivaceous when dry, the upper 
surface glabrous, slightly shining, the lower prominently brown- 
