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and branchlets terete, the former pale, the latter smooth, 

 reddish-brown, slender, about 1 mm in diameter, the internodes 

 2.5 to 6 cm long. Leaves quarternate, chartaceous to subcoria- 

 ceous, lanceolate, 4 to 7 cm long, 1 to 2 cm wide, narrowed below 

 to the acute base and above to the slenderly but obtusely acumi- 

 nate apex, the upper surface subolivaceous when dry, shining, 

 the lower much paler, the midrib prominent but the lateral 

 nerves obsolete or subobsolete; petioles 2.5 to 5 mm long. In- 

 florescences axillary, solitary, peduncled, umbellate, about 2 cm 

 long, each with 3 to 5 pedicelled flowers at the apex of the 

 peduncle, the pedicels 2 to 3 mm long, the bracteoles oblong- 

 ovate, subacute, 1 mm long. Calyx-tube very short, the lobes 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 2 mm long. Corolla-tube cylindric, 

 6 to 7 mm long, the lobes oblong-ovate, somewhat acuminate, 3 

 mm long. 



Luzon, Tayabas Province, Infanta- Siniloan trail, Bur. Sci. 29209 Ramos 

 & Edano, June 14, 1917, in damp forests. Bur. Sci. 28627 Ramos & Edano 

 from Mount Binuang, May, 1917, probably represents the same species, 

 but the flowers are very young and the leaves are uniformly dark-brown 

 on both surfaces; the difference in color in the dried specimens is probably 

 due to a difference of method in drying them. 



The species is a very characteristic one and is distinguished by its 

 lanceolate, prominently acuminate, practically nerveless leaves and its 

 simple umbellate inflorescences. 



ALYXIA LAXI FLORA sp. nov. 



Species A. luzoniensis affinis, differt inflorescentiis tenuiter pe- 

 dunculatis, laxis, paucifloris, 3 ad 6 cm longis. Frutex scandens, 

 glaber, ramis teretibus, ramulis tenuibus, obscure angulatis, in- 

 ternodiis elongatis, usque ad 6 cm longis; foliis ternatis, char- 

 taceis, oblongis, ad oblongo-ellipticis, olivaceis vel brunneo-oliva- 

 ceis, usque ad 6 cm longis, basi acutis, apice late et obtuse subros- 

 trato-acuminatis, nervis utrinque numerosis, tenuibus, obscuris; 

 inflorescentiis axillaribus et terminalibus, laxis, paucifloris, longe 

 pedunculatis, 3 ad 6 cm longis; floribus circiter 1 cm longis. 



A scandent glabrous shrub, the stems terete, 3 to 4 mm in 

 diameter, the branchlets dark-brown, smooth, very slender, 1 

 to 2 mm in diameter, the older ones terete, the younger ones 

 somewhat 3-angled, the internodes 4.5 to 6 cm long. Leaves 

 ternate, chartaceous, olivaceous or dark brownish-olivaceous, 

 of about the same color on both surfaces and shining when dry, 

 oblong to elliptic-oblong, 4 to 6 cm long, 1.5 to 3 cm wide, sub- 

 equally narrowed to the acute base and to the subrostrate-acu- 

 minate apex, the acumen broad, blunt; lateral nerves very 

 slender, obscure, 35 or more on each side of the midrib, the 



