x,0,5 Merrill: New Philippine Shrubs and Trees 295 
nitidis, utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, apice obtusis ad leviter 
acuminatis, basi cuneatis, tenuiter 3-nerviis, nervis lateralibus 
adscendentibus, margine revolutis; petiolo crasso, brevissimo; 
racemis terminalibus, solitariis, sub fructu circiter 3 cm longis; 
fructibus globosis, 5 ad 6 mm diametro, dentibus ovatis, obtusis, 
1 mm longis. 
A glabrous shrub, about 3 m high, the branches terete, the 
branchlets brownish, obscurely angled or subterete. Leaves nu- 
merous, rather crowded, thickly coriaceous, stiff, lanceolate to 
oblanceolate, 4 to 6 cm long, 7 to 10 mm wide, subequally nar- 
rowed to the cuneate base and to the blunt to obscurely acuminate 
apex, margins entire, recurved, olivaceous when dry, the lower — 
surface often brownish, glandular, the base slenderly 3-nerved, 
the lateral basal nerves extending one-half to two-thirds to the 
apex; lateral nerves, including the basal pair, 3 or 4 on each 
side of the midrib, slender, sharply ascending, the primary 
reticulations rather distinct; petioles stout, about 1 mm long. 
Racemes terminal, solitary, in fruit about 3 cm long, the pedicels 
up to 5 mm in length. Fruits globose, black when dry, 5 to 6 
mm in diameter, the persistent calyx-teeth ovate, blunt, about 1 . 
mm long. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, vicinity of Dingalan, Bur. Sci. 26603 Ramos 
& Edano, September 10, 1916, in forests, altitude about 300 meters. - 
A characteristic species distinguishable by its narrow, thickly coriaceous, 
slenderly nerved leaves. It is perhaps as closely allied to Vaccinium jagori 
Warb. as any other described form, but is very different from Warburg’s 
species. 
EBENACEAE 
MABA Forster 
MABA MULTIBRACTEATA sp. nov. § Rhipidostigma? 
Arbor parva, 4 ad 6 m alta, dioica, ramulis valde elongatis, 
usque ad 1 m longis, subpendulis, plus minusve adpresse hirsutis ; 
foliis chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, oblongis, usque ad 20 cm longis, 
brevissime petiolatis, basi cordatis, apice acuminatis, subtus 
obscure puncticulatis, nervis utrinque circiter 10, perspicuis; 
floribus ¢ 3-meris, axillaribus, cylindraceis, 10 mm longis, fas- 
ciculatis ; staminibus 8 vel 9, antheris glabris; fructibus sessilibus, 
ovoideo-ellipsoideis, 2.5 cm longis, obtusis, in siccitate brunneis, 
4-locellatis; seminibus 4, albumine aequabile ; bracteis numerosis, 
lanceolatis, hirsutis, 6 ad 12 mm longis. 
A dioecious tree, 4 to 6 m high, the branches very long, sub- 
pendulous, the ultimate one up to 1 m in length, the younger 
branches, petioles, inflorescences, and to a much less degree the 
