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but differs in its very short calyx-teeth, shorter and usually more slender corolla, 
which is white or pale-pink, and in its very small, congested, few-flowered cymes. 
In spite of its wide distribution in the Philippines I have been unable to refer 
it with any degree of satisfaction to any previously described species. 
Var. brevituba var. nov. 
A typo differt cymis sessilibus vel brevissime pedunculatis, corollae 
tubo vix 1 cm longo. 
Luzon, Province of Ilocos Norte, Pasuquin, For. Bur. 15527 Merritt & Darling, 
November 3, 1908, on limestone formation, hillsides, altitude about 100 m. 
Ixora coccinea Linn. apparently does not occur in the Philippines except as an 
introduced and cultivated plant. 
Ixora littoralis sp. nov. : ; 
Arbuscula glabra, erecta ; foliis coriaceis, breviter petiolatis, basi leviter 
cordatis, apice acutis vel acuminatis, ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 
6 cm longis; cymis depauperatis, congestis, paucifloris, breviter pedun- 
culatis, axillaribus terminalibusque ; floribus sessilibus vel brevissime pedi- 
cellatis, 1.6 ad 1.8 cm longis, calycis lobis acutis, quam tubus brevioribus. 
A glabrous shrub. Branches stout, terete, dark-gray. Leaves ovate 
to oblong-ovate, 2.5 to 6 em long, 1 to 3 cm wide, subcoriaceous, brown 
and shining when dry, paler beneath, the base rather broad, rounded- 
subcordate, apex acute or obscurely acuminate, apiculate; nerves about 
8 on each side of the midrib, slender, brown, distinct beneath, the 
reticulations rather lax, distinct; petioles about 1 mm long; stipules © 
lanceolate-acuminate, 3 mm long or less. Cymes axillary and termi- 
nating short lateral branches, the peduncles 5 to 6 mm long, subtended 
by about three pairs of imbricated, distichous bracts about 2.5 mm 
long, their bases broad, abruptly caudate-acuminate, the bracts sub- 
tending the few branches ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 2 mm long, the 
bracteoles linear, 1 mm long or less. Cymes few-flowered, congested, the 
branches only about 2mm long. Flowers in triads, the middle one sessile 
or nearly so, the pedicels of the lateral ones 1 to 2 mm long. Calyx 3 
mm long, the teeth broadly triangular-ovate, acute, 0.5 mm long. Corolla- 
tube 14 to 16 cm long, 1 mm in diameter, the lobes coriaceous, not 
reticulated, mottled, elliptic-ovate, 5 mm long, 3 mm wide, acute or obtuse. 
Anthers 3.5 mm long, apiculate. Style slightly exserted ; stigma cleft. 
Bonor, Tagbilaran, on beach cliffs, Bur. Sci. 1274 McGregor, July, 1906; 
flowers white. 
A species closely allied to Ivora philippinensis Merr., differing in its smaller 
leaves and flowers and frequently axillary inflorescence. 
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LASIANTHUS Jack. 
Lasianthus cyanocarpus Jack in Trans. Linn. Soc. 14 (1823) 125; Hook. f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1880) 179; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 112; King in Journ. As. 
Soe. Beng. 73? (1904) 113. . 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Bur. Sci. 7406 Ramos, March, 1909. 
The specimen agrees closely with the description and with the single specimen 
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