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An erect shrub. Branches terete, stout, very densely dark-brown- 
pubescent. Leaves broadly oblong-oblanceolate, 23 to 29 cm long, 7 to 
8 cm wide, the apex acute or very obscurely acuminate, gradually nar- 
rowed from about the middle to the acute base, margins recurved, coria- 
ceous, reddish-brown when dry, glabrous and shining on the upper surface, 
beneath, especially on the midrib and lateral nerves, rather densely 
pubescent with short, dark-brown hairs; nerves about 22 on each side 
of the midrib, very prominent beneath, anastomosing very close to the 
margin, somewhat ascending, the primary reticulations subparallel ; 
petioles densely pubescent, stout, about 3 em long. Cymes in the upper 
axils, densely dark-brown-pubescent, three or more on each branchlet, 
their pedyncles stout, about as long as the petioles, the branches short, 
crowded, the primary ones not exceeding 1 cm in length, the flowers 
densely congested, the inflorescence 3 cm or less in diameter. Flowers 
5-merous, their pedicels stout, 1 to 3 mm long, densely pubescent, the 
bracts few, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, about 5 mm long. Calyx pubes- 
cent, the tube 4-angled, 4-sulcate, the rim above the ovary somewhat 
spreading, 3.5 to 4 mm long, the lobes 5, rarely 6, lanceolate, acuminate, 
2 to 2.6 mm long. Corolla unknown. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, near Pamplona, Bur. Sci. 7404 Ramos, March 17, 
1909. 
A species well characterized by its dark-brown pubescence, its congested cymes, 
and by its very prominently nerved, elongated leaves. It is quite different from 
all other Philippine forms known to me. 
Psychotria ramosii sp. nov. 
Arbuscula circiter 2 m alta, glabra, partibus junioribus inflorescen- 
tuisque molliter sublanato-pubescentibus exceptis; foliis membranaceis, 
oblongo-ellipticis vel oblongo-obovatis, in sicco nitidis, pallidis, apice 
acuminatis, basi angustatis, nervis utrinque circiter 12; cymis axillaribus, 
pedunculatis, paucifloris, plus minus dense pallide sublanato-pubescenti- 
bus. 
A shrub about 2 m high. Branches terete, glabrous, smooth, dark- 
colored. Leaves membranaceous, oblong-elliptic to oblong-obovate, 10 
to 12 cm long, 4 to 5 cm wide, pale and shining when dry, the apex 
shortly and obtusely acuminate, the base gradually narrowed, acute or 
acuminate; nerves about 12 on each side of the midrib, prominent 
beneath, the midrib and lateral nerves with weak, scattered, crisped 
hairs; petioles about 2 cm long; stipules deciduous, broadly ovate, pubes- 
cent, about 5 mm long. Cymes in the upper axils; several from each 
branchlet, the peduncles slender, 2 to 3 em long, all parts more or less 
densely covered with weak, soft, pale, somewhat woolly hairs. Flowers 
white, their pedicels 1 to 2 mm long, densely pubescent. Calyx 4 to 5 
mm long, densely pubescent, the lobes 5, ovate, acute or acuminate, 2 mm 
