IX, C, 4 Merrill: Plantae Wenzelianae, II 369 
CYCLOSTEMON Blume 
CYCLOSTEMON ELLIPSOIDEUS sp. nov. 
Frutex circiter 3 m altus, glaber; foliis hequilateralibus, vel 
subaequilateralibus, integris, oblongis, chartaceis, nitidis, usque 
ad 13 cm longis, obtusis vel obscure acuminatis, basi acutis, 
breviter petiolatis; nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 5, distan- 
‘tibus, tenuibus; fructibus junioribus ellipsoideis, axillaribus, soli- 
- tariis, apice rotundatis, 2-locellatis, parce breviter adpresse 
hirsutis, pedicellatis, pericarpio coriaceo. 
A shrub about 4 m high, quite glabrous except the fruits 
(flowers unknown). Branches slender, terete, light-gray. 
Leaves equilateral or subequilateral, oblong, chartaceous, rather 
pale when dry, shining and of the same color on both surfaces, 
9 to 13 cm long, 2.5 to 4.5 em wide, narrowed upward to the 
obtuse or obscurely acuminate apex and below to the acute base, 
entire; lateral nerves about 5 on each side of the midrib, distant, 
slender, curved-ascending, anastomosing, the reticulations lax; 
petioles 2 to 3 mm long. Flowers unknown. Fruits axillary, 
solitary, ellipsoid, when young (seeds undeveloped) the pericarp 
coriaceous, externally slightly appressed-pubescent with short 
hairs, rounded at both ends, 2-celled, about 1 cm long; pedicels 
about 4 mm long. 
Leyte, Buenavista, near Jaro, C. A. Wenzel 828, in forests, altitude 
about 500 m, June 3, 1914. 
A species characterized by its ellipsoid, pedicelled fruits, its thin pericarp, 
and its equilateral or nearly equilateral, entire leaves. It seems to be most 
closely allied to Cyclostemon gitingensis Elmer, but its fruits are entirely 
different from those of that species. 
RHAMNACEAE 
VENTILAGO Gaertner 
VENTILAGO MULTINERVIA sp. nov. | 
Frutex scandens, inflorescentiis exceptis glaber; foliis sub- 
coriaceis, oblongis, integris, nitidis, usque ad 12 cm longis, obtusis, 
subsessilibus vel breviter petiolatis, basi plerumque leviter in- 
aequilateralibus, obtusis, nervis utrinque circiter 10, prominenti- 
bus; paniculis terminalibus, usque ad 22 cm longis, leviter pubes- 
centibus, pauciramosis; floribus circiter 3 mm diametro, petalis 
obcordatis; fructibus circiter 3.5 m longis, 8 mm latis, leviter 
pubescentibus. 
Seandent, reaching a height of 15 m, glabrous except the 
inflorescence. Branches dark-brown, terete, glabrous. Leaves 
oblong, subcoriaceous, pale when dry, shining, 7 to 12 cm long, 
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