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ellipticis, usque ad 13 cm Iongis, integerrimis, breviter acute 

 acuminatis, basi roturidatis et leviter decurrento-acuminatis, in 

 siccitate subolivaceis, subtus pallidioribus ; nervis primariis cir- 

 citer 8, distinctis, supra haud impressis; inflorescentiis axilla- 

 ribus, pedunculatis, depauperato-cymosis, pubescentibus, 1 ad 2 

 cm Iongis ; receptaculis $ depresso-turbinatis, pubescentibus, eir- 

 citer 4 mm diametro, tepalis reniformibus, rotundatis, circiter 

 1.5 mm Iongis ; antheris 3 vel 4, conf ertis, sessilibus, connectivo 

 haud producto. 



A shrub about 4 m high, glabrous except the inflorescence. 

 Branches and branchlets terete, smooth, the former straw-colored, 

 the latter reddish-brown or dark-brown .when dry. Leaves sub- 

 coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, entire, 8 to 13 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, 

 the apex shortly and acutely acuminate, base rounded and some- 

 what decurrent-acuminate, shining when dry, the upper surface 

 subolivaceous, the lower somewhat paler ; primary lateral nerves 

 about 8 on each side of the midrib, spreading, rather prom- 

 inently arched-anastomosing distant from the margin, not at 

 all impressed on the upper surface and scarcely projecting on 

 the lower surface, the reticulations lax; petioles dark-brown, 1 

 to 1.5 cm long. Staminate inflorescences axillary, depauperate- 

 cymose, few-flowered, peduncled, 1 to 2 cm long, appressed-pub- 

 escent with short, brownish hairs. Receptacles depressed-tur- 

 binate, externally sparingly pubescent, about 4 mm in diameter, 

 the bracts oblong, pubescent, 1.5 mm long, the pedicels 5 mm 

 long or less. Tepals subreniform, rounded, about 1.5 mm long, 

 glabrous. Anthers 3 or 4, sessile or subsessile, broadly ovoid or 

 orbicular-ovoid, 1 mm long, the connectives not produced. 



Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Binuang, Bur. Sci. 2B61h Ramos & 

 EdaHo, May, 1917, in forests, altitude about 1,000 meters. 



If the entire leaves be any criterion this species comes near Matthaea 

 calophylla -Perk, and M. latifolia Perk., but it is not otherwise closely 

 allied to these species. It seems to be much more closely allied to Mat- 

 thaea sancta Blume, and in many respects is very similar to the entire- 

 leaved forms of M. sancta Blume var. venulosa Perk. From this it is 

 easily distinguished by its olivaceous leaves, its dark-brown branchlets, 

 and the lateral nerves rather obscure and not at all impressed on the 

 upper surface of the leaves. 



CAPPARIDACEAE 



CAPPARIS Linnaeus 

 CAPPARIS LONGIPES sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, glaber; foliis lanceolatis, membranaceis ad 

 chartaceis, usque ad 11 cm Iongis, acutissime acuminatis, basi 

 acutis, nervis utrinque circiter 15, distinctis; infructescentiis 



