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long. Corolla glabrous, the tube cylindric, 3 mm long, the lobes 5, more 
or less spreading, coriaceous, oblong-ovate, 3 mm long, acute or obtuse. 
Anthers about 1 mm long. Style and stigma together 2.5 mm long. 
Ovary 2-celled, each cell with a single ovule. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, near Pamplona, Bur. Sci. 7499 Ramos, March 17, 
1909. 
A species differing from all Philippine forms known to me in its sublanate 
inflorescence, 
RANDIA Linn. 
Rahdia ticaensis sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 6 m alta, glabra; ramulis teretibus, foliis breviter petiol- 
atis, oblongis vel oblongo-ovatis, chartaceis, acuminatis, basi angustatis, 
leviter cordatis, nervis utrinque circiter 9; floribus axillaribus, solitariis 
vel fasciculatis, calycis lobis sub fructu lanceolato-acuminatis, circiter 4 
mm. longis. 
A glabrous tree about 6 m high. Branches terete, grayish, slender. 
Leaves oblong or oblong-ovate, chartaceous, brown and only slightly 
shining when dry, 10 to 13 cm long, 3 to 5.5 em wide, the apex acu- 
_minate, the base somewhat narrowed and then abruptly rounded-sub- 
cordate; nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, distinct, somewhat 
ascending, obscurely anastomosing, the reticulations faint, lax; petioles 
about 2 mm long; stipules setaceous or lanceolate-acuminate, 4 to 4.5 
mm long. Flowers unknown, but the fruits axillary, solitary or two in 
an axil, very shortly pedicelled, black when dry, globose, about 11 mm 
in diameter (not quite mature), glabrous, the calyx-tube subpersistent, 
eylindric, slightly puberulent, 3 mm long, with five spreading, lanceolate- 
acuminate, 4 mm long, 3-nerved lobes, the tube ultimately deciduous. 
Ticao, Linadlaran Point, For. Bur, 12547 Rosenbluth, December 24, 1908, on 
steep hillsides at an altitude of about 30 m, locally known as turutulang. Allied 
to R. cumingiana Vid., but quite distinct. 
Randia stenophylla sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor parvus, plus minus puberulus; foliis lanceolatis vel 
anguste lanceolatis, subcoriaceis, basi acutis, apice acuminatis, usque ad 
8 cm longis} 1.2 em latis; cymis axillaribus, pedunculatis, vel floribus 
solitariis ; floribus circiter 5 mm longis, 5-meris; fructibus carnosis,, glo- 
bosis vel ovoideis, circiter 1 em diametro. 
An erect shrub or small tree, the branches, leaves and inflorescence 
more or less grayish-puberulent. Branches slender, terete. Leaves lance- 
olate or narrowly lanceolate, 3.5 to 8 cm long, 0.5 to 1.2 em wide, 
subcoriaceous, scarcely shining when dry, brown, ultimately glabrous or 
nearly so on the upper surface, base acute, apex acuminate ; lateral nerves 
faint, about 13 on each side of the midrib, sometimes nearly obsolete ; 
petioles puberulent, 1 to 2 mm long; stipules ovate, acuminate, puberu- 
