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acute, apex somewhat blunt-acuminate, 7 to 10 cm long, 2 to 
3.5 cm wide, subequally narrowed at both ends; lateral nerves 
about 12 on each side of the midrib, distinct, anastomosing; 
petioles 8 to 12 mm long. Infructescences terminal, about 2 
cm long, one or two terminating each branchlet, simple, each 
bearing one or two sessile fruits. Fruits obovoid, 10 to 12 mm 
long, dark brown when dry, obscurely sulcate. Seeds very 
prominently bicarinate, the keels thin, about 2 mm high. 
Albumen ruminate. 
, Luzon, Nueva Ecija Province, Mount Umingan, Bur. Sci. 26256 Ramos 
& Hdano, August, 1916. 
In vegetative characters this species somewhat resembles Grumilea subal- 
pina (Elm.) Merr., but its leaves are smaller. It differs notably from this 
species in its fewer and very much larger fruits and in its very prominent 
bicarinate seeds. 
GRUMILEA ILOCANA sp. nov, 
Frutex glaber, erectus; foliis oblongo-obovatis ad obovatis, 
subcoriaceis, usque ad 9 cm longis, obtusis ad late obtuseque acum- 
inatis, basi cuneatis, nitidis, in siccitate pallide brunneis, nervis 
utrinque circiter 9, tenuibus, distinctis; stipulis oblongo-ovatis, 
obtusis, circiter 3 mm longis, caducis; infructescentiis 2.5 
ad 5 cm longis, pedunculatis vel e basi ramosis; fructibus paucis, 
obovoideis, teretibus, in siccitate brunneis, circiter 7 mm longis; 
seminibus plano-convexis, laevis, aloumine valde ruminato. 
An erect glabrous shrub, the branches terete, brownish or 
grayish-brown, somewhat wrinkled, the branchlets compressed, 
brownish, smooth. Leaves subcoriaceous, smooth, oblong-obo- 
vate to obovate, 5 to 9 cm long, 2.5 to 4 cm wide, shining, brown- 
ish or pale brownish and of about the same color on both 
surfaces when dry, apex obtuse to shortly and broadly obtuse- 
acuminate, narrowed below to the cuneate base; lateral nerves 
about 9 on each side of the midrib, slender, distinct, obscurely 
anastomosing, the reticulations very lax, nearly obsolete; pet- 
ioles 5 to 10 mm long; stipules caducous, oblong-ovate, obtuse, 
about 3 mm long. Panicles in fruit 2.5 to 5 cm long, peduncled 
or branched from the base. Fruits obovoid, about 7 mm long, 
smooth, terete, longitudinally and faintly ribbed, brown when 
dry. Seeds plano-convex, smooth, the albumen prominently and 
uniformly ruminate throughout. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Bangui, Bur. Sci. 27456 (type), 27459, 
27544 Ramos, February, 1917, in thickets and forests at low altitudes. 
The alliance of this species is manifestly with Grumilea luconiensis 
(Cham.) F.-Vill., from which it is readily distinguished by its differently 
shaped, fewer-nerved leaves. 
