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apex abruptly and shortly acuminate, base acute or decurrent- 
acuminate, the upper surface strongly shining, brownish- 
olivaceous, the lower somewhat paler, the midrib very prominent 
on the lower surface; lateral nerves about 6 on each side of 
the midrib, spreading, straight, anastomosing with the arcuate 
longitudinal pair of nerves at from 3 to 5 mm from the margin, 
the base obscurely triplinerved, all nerves impressed on the 
upper surface, less distinct on the lower surface than on the 
upper, the secondary ones and reticulations obsolete; petioles 
4 to 5 mm long. Infructescences axillary, solitary, 1 to 2 cm 
long, peduncled or branched from the base, the fruits somewhat 
crowded at the ends. of the primary branches, globose or 
depressed-globose, about 5 mm in diameter, subsessile or very 
shortly pedicelled. 
MINDANAO, Surigao Province, Managas, Carrascal, For. Bur. 26475 Mal- 
longa, December 18, 1916, on dry slopes, altitude about 50 meters. 
This species is well characterized by its small, elliptic, thickly coriaceous, 
abruptly and shartly acuminate leaves, with the slender nerves impressed 
on the upper surface, the lateral spreading ones straight, and the longi- 
tudinal connecting nerves arcuate and distant from the margin, of the leaf. 
MEMECYLON PAGHYPHYLLUM sp. nov. § Eumemecylon. 
Frutex 3 ad 4 m altus, glaber, ramis ramulisque teretibus; 
foliis crassissime coriaceis, sessilis, ovatis ad elliptico-ovatis, 
vel oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 12 cm longis, basi late rotundatis 
vel obscurissime cordatis, apice obtusis ad rotundatis, nervis 
transversalibus circiter 10, tenuibus, lateralibus obscuris, leviter 
arcuatis; paniculis axillaribus vel e axillis defoliatis, usque ad 3 
cm longis, ramis brevibus, patulis; fructibus ovoideis, circiter 
6 mm longis. 
A glabrous shrub 3 to 4 m high, the branches and branchlets 
rather stout, terete, the latter smooth, reddish-brown, shining. 
Leaves very thickly coriaceous, stiff, sessile, ovate, elliptic-ovate, 
or oblong-ovate, brownish-olivaceous, shining, of the same color 
on both surfaces when dry, 7 to 12 cm long, 3.5 to 6.5 cm wide, 
base very broadly rounded or sometimes obscurely cordate, apex 
broadly rounded to obtuse, margins somewhat revolute; trans- 
verse nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, slender, not 
prominent, rather more distinct than are the longitudinal lateral 
nerves which are slightly arched between the ends of the trans- 
verse ones. Inflorescences axillary and from the axils of fallen 
leaves, solitary or sometimes two: in an axil, up to 3 cm long, 
the branches spreading. Fruits ovoid, about 6 mm long. 
Luzon, Nueva Ecija Province, Mount Umin i 
; ij gan, Bur. Sci. 26475 (type), 
26464 Ramos & Edato, August, 1914, altitude 250 to 350 meters: Tayabas 
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