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2 mm long, the teeth very short. Corolla-tube slender, about 
1.8 cm long, the lobes narrowly oblong, spreading or reflexed, 
5to6mm long. Fruits ovoid, red when fresh, dark brown when 
dry, 6 to 8 mm in diameter. 
MINDANAO, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 34588 Ramos & Pasca- 
sio (type), April 24, 1919. DINAGAT, Bur. Sci. 35222 Ramos & 
Pascasio, June, 1919.. BUCAS GRANDE, Bur. Sci. 35087 Ramos & 
Pascasio, June 11, 1919. On dry forested slopes and ridges at 
low altitudes. 
A species strongly characterized by its narrow, elongated 
leaves, apparently not closely allied to any previously described 
form. 
IXORA TENUIPEDUNCULATA sp. nov, 
Frutex glaber, foliis chartaceis, oblanceolatis, 9 ad 13 cm longis, 
2 ad 3 cm latis, deorsum angustatis, basi cuneatis, apice acumi- 
natis, nervis utrinque circiter 20; inflorescentiis axillaribus, soli- 
tariis, 3-floris, tenuiter pedunculatis, pedunculo 5 ad 6 cm longo; 
calycis dentibus brevissimis, corollae tubo 2.8 cm longo, lobis 
lineari-lanceolatis, circiter 1.2 cm longis. 
A glabrous shrub. Leaves chartaceous, oblanceolate, rather 
pale and somewhat shining when dry, 9 to 13 cm long, 2 to 3 
cm wide, narrowed below to the cuneate base, the apex distinctly 
acuminate; lateral nerves slender, spreading at nearly right 
angles, about 20 on each side of the midrib; petioles rather stout, 
2 to 3 mm long; stipules broad, subtruncate, terminated by a 
5-mm long filiform tip. Inflorescences axillary, solitary, 3- 
flowered, their peduncles very slender, 5 to 6 cm long, the pedicels 
slender, about 1 cm long. Flowers pink, the calyx about 2 mm 
long, the teeth very short. Corolla-tube slender, about 2.3 cm 
long, the lobes linear-lanceolate, about 1.2 cmlong. Fruits brown 
when dry, about 7 mm long and nearly 1 cm wide. 
MINDANAO, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 34475 Ramos & Pas- 
casio, April 30, 1919, in damp forests at low altitudes. 
A species strongly characterized by its 3-flowered inflorescen- 
ces and its very slender elongated peduncles. 
IXORA CONFERTIFLORA sp. nov. 
Frutex glaber, circiter 3 m altus; foliis coriaceis, oblongo- 
ellipticis ad oblongo-obovatis, 9 ad 13 cm longis, basi cuneatis, 
apice acute acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 12, tenuibus; sti-_ 
pulis tenuiter caudato-acuminatis; cymis subcapitatis, peduncu- 
latis, axillaribus terminalibusque, 1.5 ad 3 cm diametro, pedun- 
culo 2 ad 6 cm longo; bracteis bracteolisque linearis, 2.5 ad 
