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ovoideis vel subglobosis, in siccitate nigris, circiter 6 mm dia- 
metro. : 
A glabrous shrub, about 2 m high, the branches terete, grayish 
or brownish, the branchlets distinctly 4-angled. Leaves black — 
when dry, shining, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, 5 to 7 cm long, 
2 to 3 cm wide, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, subequally narrowed to’ 
the acute base and the acute or somewhat acuminate apex; 
lateral nerves 4 or 5 on each side of the midrib, slender, curved, 
obscurely anastomosing; petioles about 2 mm long; stipules 
broader then long, subacute. Fruits axillary, solitary or in pairs, 
globose or ovoid, black when dry, about 6 mm in diameter, 
_ their peduncles 2 to 2.5 cm long, with few scattered, minute 
bracts. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Dingalan, Bur, Sci. 26536 Ramos & 
Edano, September 8, 1916, in forests, altitude about 300 meters, locally 
known as bitig-bitig. 
A characteristic species, distinguishable by its long-peduncled solitary 
or paired fruits; the peduncles simple, 2 to 2.5 em long. The other Phil- 
ippine species have the flowers and fruits arranged in depauperate cymes. 
In vegetative characters the present species is nearest to Geniostoma bata- 
nense Merr., but differs totally in the characters of its infructescence. 
THYMELAEACEAE 
WIKSTROEMIA Endlicher 
WIKSTROEMIA PACHYPHYLLA sp. nov. 
Frutex glaber, circiter 3 m altus; foliis coriaceis vel subcoria- 
ceis, olivacies, nitidis, late ellipticis, usque ad 7 cm longis et 5.5 
cm latis, apice late rotundatis, basi late rotundatis interdum 
leviter cordatis; fructibus ellipsoideis, circiter 9 mm longis. 
A glabrous shrub, about 3 m high, the branches and branchlets 
smooth, reddish-brown, terete, or the latter somewhat com- 
pressed. Leaves broadly elliptic, 6.5 to 7 cm long, 4.5 to 5.5 
cm wide, broadly rounded at both base and apex, or the base 
sometimes slightly cordate, when dry olivaceous, shining, the 
lower surface slightly paler than the upper; lateral nerves about 
8 on each side of the midrib, rather distinct on the lower surface, 
somewhat curved, anastomosing, the reticulations lax; petioles 
about 2 mm long. Fruits red, fleshy, when dry ellipsoid, about 
9 mm long. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Cadig, Bur. Sci. 25559 Yates, December 
14, 1916, in forests, altitude about 400 meters. 
A species well characterized by its broadly elliptic, rounded, compara- 
tively large leaves. In spite of the great differences in vegetative charac- 
ters, its alliance seems to be with Wikstroemia viridiflora Meisn. 
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