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coriaceous, shining, the tube about 1 mm long, the lobes lanceo- 
late, acuminate, 3.5 mm long, each very densely villous at the 
base inside, alternating with the 1 mm long anthers. Ovary 
4-celled. Young fruit narrowly ellipsoid. 
LuUZzON,.Province of Tayabas, Sinaloan trail, Bur. Sci. 9484 Robinson, 
August, 1909, in forests, altitude about 200 meters. 
Very distinct from the other species in the genus, well characterized by 
being nearly glabrous and by its few-nerved leaves. 
RANDIA Linnaeus 
RANDIA BAKERI sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, glaber, inerme; foliis coriaceis, oblongo-lan- 
ceolatis, rectis vel leviter falcatis, usque ad 16 cm longis, sursum 
sensim angustatis, acuminatis, basi distincte inaequilateralibus, 
haud auriculatis, nervis utrinque circiter 7, subtus distinctis, 
curvatis; cymis axillaribus, circiter 3 cm longis, floribus parvis, 
racemose dispositis, calycibus truncatis, deorsum angustatis, cir- 
citer 4 mm longis. 
An unarmed, entirely glabrous, scandent shrub, the branches 
terete, reddish-brown, the ultimate ones 3 mm in diameter or less, 
smooth. Leaves coriaceous, very smooth and shining, oblong- 
lanceolate, 12 to 16 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, gradually narrowed 
upward to the acuminate apex, straight or somewhat falcate, the 
base distinctly inequilateral, rounded on one side, subacute on 
the other, not at all auriculate; lateral nerves about 7 on each 
side of the midrib, distinct on the lower surface, curved, very 
obscurely anastomosing, the primary reticulations very lax, in- 
distinct, the others quite obsolete; petioles 1 cm long or less; 
stipules oblong-ovate, obtuse or coarsely apiculate, about 4 mm 
long. Cymes axillary and in the axils of fallen leaves, 3 cm 
long, shortly peduncled, with few branches, the flowers 20 or 
fewer on each infloresecence, their pedicels about 3 mm long, 
each subtended by a small bracteole. Calyx about 4 mm long, 
truncate, narrowed below to the acute base, less than 2.5 mm in 
diameter. Corolla tube apparently short, the lobes, in bud, at 
least 5 mm long. Anthers 4 mm long. Ovules numerous. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, hills near Malinao, C. F'. Baker 3253, May 
7, 1914. 
A species manifestly allied to Randia auriculata (Wall.) K. Sch., but 
with entirely differently shaped leaves which are not at all auriculate at 
the base, although distinctly inequilateral. 
RANDIA GRACILIFLORA sp. nov. 
Arbor inermis, circiter 18 m alta, partibus junioribus inflo- 
rescentiisque ferrugineo-pubescentibus; foliis oblongis ad ellip- 
ticis, in paribus plus minusve inaequalibus, chartaceis, acumina- 
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