316 MERRILL. 



nun long style; ovules 6 to 8 in each. Drupes united at the base, divari- 

 cate, the pericarp bony, the mesocarp corky, subcylindric, 2.5 to 4 cm 

 long, 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter, somewhat acuminate; seeds 6 to 8 in each 

 drupe, 3 or 4 on cacli side of the placenta, compressed, orbicular, 4 to 6 

 mm in diameter. 



LUZON, Province of Batangas, MalabrigO, For. Bur. 115) Curran d Mrrrilt. 

 November, 1907, along the seashore. 



A species well characterized by its ternate leaves, short cymes, and subcylindric, 

 somewhat acuminate drupes, which are not flattened on the inner surface, and 

 by its unusually large number of seeds. The first species of the genus to be 

 found in the Philippines. 



RAUWOLFIA Linn. 



Rauwolfia samarensis sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra, circiter 8 m alta; foliis quartemis, oblongo-ellipticis, 

 breviter acuteque acuminatis vol acutis, cbartaceis, circiter 20 cm longis, 

 (i cm latis, nervis utrinque 30 ad 35; pedunculis e axillis terminations, 

 superne umbellatis; baccis ellipsoideis, atropurpureis, circiter 1.5 cm 

 Longis, pericarpio carnoso. 



A tree about 8 m high, glabrous tbrougbout. Brandies ligbt-gray, 

 stout, the leaf-scars very prominent. Leaves in whorls of four, oblong- 

 elliptic, 13 to 20 cm long, 4 to 7 cm wide, the apex shortly and sharply 

 acuminate or acute, the base acute or slightly decurrcnt-acuminate, cbar- 

 taceous, sinning, the lower surface paler than the upper; primary nerves 

 30 to 35 on each side of the midrib, distinct, the intermediate secondary 

 ones evident; petioles 1.5 to 3 cm long. Inflorescence from the terminal 

 axils, the peduncles in anthesis about 5 cm long, in fruit elongated and 

 the panicle ultimately about as long as the leaves, the branches umbellately 

 arranged at the apex of the peduncle. Flowers white, umbellately dis- 

 posed, the pedicles 1 to 2 mm long. Calyx 3 mm long, the lohes obtuse. 

 Corolla 5 nun long, cylindric, the Lobes orhicular-ovate, '? mm long, the 

 throat hirsute. Anthers lanceolate, 1.3 mm long. Style about 1.5 mm 

 Long. Fruit ellipsoid, dark-purple when mature, the pericarp fleshy. 



Samak, Lanang, Merrill 5233, October 3, 1906, in thickets on blulfs alon^ the 

 seashore at an altitude of about 10 m. 



A species allied to Rauwolfia spectabilis (Miq.) Boerl., R. javanica Koord. & 

 Valet., and to R. sumatrana Jack., of Malaya, but apparently distinct from all. 

 Well characterized by its many-nerved leaves and rather fleshy fruits. 



TABERNAEMONTANA Linn. 



Tabernaemontana caudata sp. nov. 



Arbuscula circiter 2 m alta, glabra; ramis ramulisque gracilibus, 

 pallidis; foliis ovato-lanceolatis vel elliptico-ovatis, usque ad 4 cm longis, 

 basi acutis vel acuminatis, apice valde caudato-acuminatis; floribus paucis 

 axillaribus, cymosis, albis, circiter 12 mm longis, calycis lobis ovatis, 

 0.5 mm longis. 



