XIV, 4 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XV 449 
when dry, the younger ones distinctly 5-angled. Leaves verti- 
cillate, 5 at each node, very thickly coriaceous, obovate to oblong- 
obovate, 5 to 8 cm long, 2.5 to 4 cm wide, the apex broadly 
rounded and retuse, base acute to decurrent-acuminate, margins 
somewhat revolute, the midrib impressed on the upper surface, 
very prominent on the lower surface; lateral nerves numerous, 
slender, indistinct; petioles 1 to 2 cm long. Cymes axillary, 
somewhat pubescent, shortly peduncled, about 3 cm long, ex- 
cluding the fruits. Flowers apparently few, the persistent sepals 
ovate to oblong-ovate, obtuse, slightly pubescent, coriaceous, 
about 2.5 mm long. Fruits shortly pedicelled, either 3 cm long 
and constricted in the middle, with two ellipsoid seed-bearing 
parts, or not constricted and consisting of a single seed-bearing 
part, the seed-bearing parts 10 to 12 mm long, about 8 mm in 
diameter. 
LUZON, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Palimlim, Bur. Sci. 33330 
Ramos, August 21, 1918, on forested slopes, altitude about 1,000 
meters. 
This species is strongly characterized among those with very 
thick coriaceous leaves by the leaves being broadly rounded and 
retuse at their apices. 
RAUWOLFIA Linnaeus 
RAUWOLFIA MEMBRANACEA sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus glaber; foliis membranaceis, oblongis ad 
oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, 7 ad 11 cm longis, nervis 
utrinque circiter 10, tenuibus; cymis axillaribus terminalibusque, 
paucifloris, 4 ad 6 cm longis, fructibus ellipsoideis, leviter com- 
pressis, 1 cm longis, in siccitate rugosis. 
An erect glabrous shrub. Leaves membranaceous, olivaceous, 
oblong to oblong-lanceolate, slenderly acuminate, base acute, oli- 
vaceous and shining when dry, 7 to 11 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide; 
lateral nerves slender, about 10 on each side of the midrib, 
petioles 7 to 12 mm long. Cymes axillary and terminal, pedun- 
cled, 4 to 6 cm long, apparently few-flowered, the persistent 
calyx-lobes lanceolate, acuminate, about 2 mm long. Fruits 
somewhat ellipsoid, slightly compressed when dry, about 1 cm 
long and 6 mm wide, somewhat narrowed to the acute base and 
usually obtuse apex, rugose when dry. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Nagapatan, Bur. Sci. 
83214 Ramos, August 9, 1918, on dry slopes, altitude about 700 
meters. 
This species is not closely allied to any previously described 
