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VERBENACEZ. 
- | PREMNA Linn. 
1. P. odorata Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 488. 
In stream depressions, altitude about 1,200 m, 0. M. Z. 18220. 
Abundant and widely distributed in the Philippines at low altitudes; endemic. 
CALLICARPA Linn. 
1. C. caudata Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Pétersb. 31 (1887) 76. 
In the pine region, altitude about 1,700 m, C. M. Z. 18163, and apparently also 
O. M. Z. 18127, a less tomentose form, from the mossy forest. 
Widely distributed at higher altitudes in the Philippines; endemic. 
2. Callicarpa. stenophylla Merrill sp. nov. 
Arbuscula 3 ad 4 m alta, ramis gracilibus, teretibus, glabris, ramulis 
densissime. stellato-pubescentibus; foliis lanceolatis vel anguste lanceo- 
latis, usque ad 15 cm longis, 1 ad 2 cm latis, denticulatis, sensim longe 
subeaudato-acuminatis, supra subglabris vel pilis brevibus simplicibus 
praeditis, subtus minutissime glandulosis et plus minus dense stellato- 
tomentosis; floribus brevibus, tetrameris. 
A shrub 3 to 4 m high, the young branchlets densely stellate-pubescent, 
the leaves beneath more or less densely and simply (not plumose) 
stellate-pubescent. Branches slender, terete, glabrous, grayish- or red- 
dish-brown. Leaves lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, membranaceous 
or chartaceous, 7 to 15 cm long, 1 to 2 cm wide, straight or somewhat 
faleate, the upper surface subglabrous, or with scattered, very short, 
simple hairs, the lower surface with numerous, very minute, dark- 
colored, yellow, or reddish glands, and also more or less densely pubescent 
with rather pale or brownish, stellately arranged hairs, the margins 
denticulate, the base acute, the apex gradually and slenderly long- 
acuminate; nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, curved-ascending, 
anastomosing; petioles stellate-pubescent, 2 to 4 mm long. Cymes 
axillary, solitary, about 2 cm long, 2 to 2.5 cm wide, rather dense, 
stellate-pubescent, the bracts subtending the primary branches linear- 
lanceolate, 3 mm long, the bracteoles similar, 1 mm long, the pedicels 
very short. Calyx nearly glabrous, about 1 mm long, cup-shaped, 
obscurely 4-angled, and with 4 short teeth. Corolla 2 mm long, sub- 
equally 4-lobed, the lobes rounded, 0.4 mm long. Filaments exserted, 3 
mm long; anthers ellipsoid, 0.3 mm in length. Fruit purple, globose, 
about 1.5 mm in diameter when dry. 
In the pine region, altitude about 1,800 m, 0. M. Z. 18162. The type of the 
species is Bur, Sci. 5739 Ramos, from the Sablan River, near Baguio, Benguet, and 
it is also represented by Bur. Sci. 5790 Ramos, probably from the same locality, 
and For. Bur. 16574 Darling, from the District of Lepanto, Mount Malaya, alti- 
tude about 1,500 m. 
