; >1«S MERRILL. 



Tabernaemontana megacarpa sp. nor. 



Arbor cireiter 10 m alta, glabra; foliis ellipticis, oblongo-ellipticis, 

 vol obovato-ellipticis, apioe rotundatis, baai acutia vel obtusis, 15 ad 35 

 cm longis, aervia atrinque 20 ad 24, prominentibue; paniculis termina- 

 lilms. cireiter 80 cm Longis; (ioribus cireiter 3.5 cm diametro; fructibus 

 carnosis. Laevibus, rnbris, in sieeo rugosis, griseis, cireiter 8 cm longis, 

 4 cm lat is, vi\ coatatia. 



A tree about 10 m high, glabrous throughout. Branches and branch- 

 lets light-gray, glabrous, stout. Leaves opposite, firmly chartaceous to 

 subcoriaceous, somewhat shining above, dull beneath, elliptic, oblong- 

 elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 15 to 30 cm long, 9 to 15 cm wide, the apex 

 broad, rounded, the base acute or obtuse; nerves 20 to 24 on each side 

 of the midrib, very prominent, the reticulations obsolete or nearly so; 

 petioles aboul 2 cm long, the hase inflated and somewhat clasping the 

 branches. Panicles terminal, about 20 cm long. Calyx-lobes broadly 

 ovate, about 5 mm long. Corolla-tube 2 cm long, the limb spreading, 3 

 to 3.5 cm in diameter. Follicles smooth and red when fresh, flesh v, 

 when dry strongly wrinkled, gray or brownish, somewhat curved, not 

 costate, about 8 cm long, 4 to 5 cm wide and 3 cm thick. Seeds nu- 

 merous, 10 to 12 mm long. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mr*. Clemens s. n., June. April, and 

 September, L906: Province of Misainis. Mount Maliadang, For. Bur. }?s'/ \hurns 

 it- Hutchinson, May, 1906: District of Zamboanga, Copelattd t. v.. April, 1906; 

 Sax River, William* 9179, February, 11)05. Basilan, For. Bur. MW) Hutchinson, 

 January, 1906; Hullier t. »., January, 1!)()4. 



This species is allied to Vooanga plunutriaefolia Elmer Leall. Philip. Hot. 1 

 (1908) 333, but lias relatively broader leaves, and more numerous nerves. Tbe 

 type of Yoacanga plumeriuefoUa Kim., is a fruiting specimen, and so far la 1 

 can determine from the material before me, is a TtibmiaanonlaiHi, but llowers are 



necessary to determine exactly to which genus it really belongs. 

 Tabernaemontana mucronata sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, cireiter (i m alta, glabra : ramis griseis, teretibus, ramulis 



plus minus angulatis; foliis membranaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, apice 

 acuminatis, acuminibua apiculatis, 6 ad 10 cm longis, 2 ad I em lat is. 

 nervis atrinque 9've) 10; cymes axillaribus, brevibus, solitariis vel fas- 

 ciculatis, cireiter 2 cm Longis; llorihus gracilibus, cireiter 12 mm longis. 



A small tree about (i m high, glabrous thioughout. Branches terete, 

 gray, the branchlels somewhat angled. Leaves membranaceous, oblong- 

 elliptic. 6 to ID em long, 2 to 1 em wide, the apex rather prominently 

 acuminate, the acumen apiculate, the base somewhat decurrent-acuminate, 

 the upper surface brownish when dry, dull, the lower slightly paler; 

 nerves !) or 10 on each side of the midrib, not prominent, the reticula- 

 tions lax, obscure: petioles about :? mm long, ("vines axillary, solitary 

 or several in each axil, short, rather congested, including the llowers 

 2 cm long or less, the peduncles very short, the pedicles about 5 mm 

 long. Calyx-teeth acute, short. Corolla-tube evlindric, verv slender, 



