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The Philippine Journal of Science 1914 
RUTACEAE 
EVODIA Forster 
EVODIA CRASSIFOLIA sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; foliis 3-foliolatis, 
foliolis coriaceis, oblongis, nitidis, usque ad 18 cm longis, integris, 
basi acutis, apice rotundatis, obtusis, vel obscure late obtuseque 
acuminatis, nervis utrinque 9 ad 13, subpatulis, distinctis, anas- 
tomosantibus; paniculis axillaribus, 9 ad 14 cm longis, dense mul- 
tifloris; floribus albis, confertis, circiter 3 mm longis. 
A small tree, entirely glabrous except the younger parts of the 
inflorescence. Branches stout, smooth, terete or somewhat com- 
pressed, pale yellowish-brown. Leaves 3-foliolate, their petioles 
5 to 9 cm long; leaflets coriaceous, brownish or pale-olivaceous 
when dry, shining on both surfaces, 10 to 18 cm long, 4.5 to 7.5 
cm wide, rounded, acute, obtuse, or broadly and shortly blunt- 
acuminate at the apex, base acute, of the central leaflet equila- 
teral, of the lateral ones somewhat inequilateral; lateral nerves 
9 to 13 on each side of the midrib, prominent, anastomosing, 
somewhat spreading, the reticulations evident on both surfaces; 
petiolules 5 to 8 mm long. Panicles axillary, solitary, 9 to 14 
em long, mostly pyramidal, the lower branches up to 6 cm long, 
spreading or ascending, glabrous except the ultimate branches 
and branchlets which are more or less pubescent. Flowers very 
numerous, white, densely crowded at the apices of the ultimate 
branchlets, the pedicels pubescent, 2 to 3 mm long. Sepals 
broadly ovate, rounded, 1 mm long. Petals ovate, obtuse or 
acute, 2.5 cm long. Stamens 4; filaments 3 to 3.5 mm long; 
anthers 1.2 mm long. Ovary densely pubescent, ovoid; style 
cylindric, stout, about as long as the ovary. 
LEYTE, Buenavista, near Jaro, C. A. Wenzel 699 (type) 715, April, 1914, 
in forests, altitude about 500 meters. 
A species characterized by its comparatively thick leaflets, its ample, 
densely many flowered panicles, and in being entirely glabrous except the 
younger parts of the panicles, the pedicels, and the ovaries. It approaches 
several other Philippine forms in some characters, but does not appear 
to be particularly closely allied to any known to me. 
MELICOPE Forster 
MELICOPE NITIDA sp. nov. 
Frutex 5 m altus partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque leviter 
pubescentibus exceptis glaber; foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis charta- 
ceis vel subcoriaceis, oblongo-obovatis vel elliptico-obovatis utrin- 
que valde nitidis, usque ad 15 cm longis, basi acutis, apice rotun- 
datis ad abrupte late obtuseque acuminatis; nervis utrinque 11 
