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brous, globose, slightly glandular, red when mature, about 1 
cm in diameter. 
Luzon, Camarines Province, Bur. Sci. 33492 (type), 33554 
Ramos & Edafo, December, 1918, in damp forests at low alti- 
tudes between Paracale and Mambulao. 
This species belongs in the group with Ardisia perrotietiana 
A. DC., from which it is readily distinguished by its larger 
leaves and elongated petioles. 
AMBYLANTHOPSIS Mez 
AMBYLANTHOPSIS CRASSIFOLIA sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus, glaber, ramulis incrassatis, cylindricis, cir- 
citer 1 cm diametro, cicatricibus multis ornatis; foliis crassis- 
sime coriaceis, integris, oblongis ad anguste oblongo-obovatis, 
10 ad 18 cm longis, minute punctatis, obtusis, nervis utrinque 
10, haud perspicuis, admodum_ subobsoletis; inflorescentiis 
axillaribus, plerumque racemosis, usque ad 7 cm longis; flori- 
bus 4-5-meris, 6 ad 7 diametro, petalis ellipticis ad oblongo- 
ellipticis, filamentis petalis aequilongis. 
An erect glabrous shrub, about 2 m high, the ultimate branch- 
lets much thickened, cylindric, about 1 cm in diameter and 
marked with numerous, large, petiolar scars. Leaves very 
thickly coriaceous, entire, oblong to narrowly oblong-obovate, 
10 to 18 cm long, 3.5 to 4 cm wide, obscurely and minutely 
glandular-punctate, the apex obtuse, narrowed below to the 
acuminate base; midrib very stout, the lateral nerves about 10 
on each side of the midrib, not prominent, sometimes nearly 
obsolete; petioles stout, 6 to 15 mm long. Inflorescences in 
the upper axil, up to 7 cm in length, the flowers usually race- 
mosely arranged, sometimes in very depauperate panicles. 
Flowers red, 4- and 5-merous, 6 to 7 mm in diameter, their 
pedicels about 2 mm long. Calyx about 4 mm in diameter, the 
lobes oblong-ovate, obtuse, somewhat glandular-punctate, gla- 
brous. Corolla lobes elliptic to elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 4 mm - 
long, somewhat punctate, united for the lower 1 mm. Filaments 
as long as the petals, the anthers longitudinally dehiscent. 
Ovary and style 2.5 mm long, the ovary ovoid, the style as long 
as the ovary. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Palimlim, Bur. Sci. 
33288 (type), 33381 Ramos, August 21, 1918, on forested slopes, 
altitude about 1,000 meters. 
This species is entirely different from the other described 
forms of the genus Ambylanthopsis, but by definition must be 
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