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tis, basi acutis vel obtusis, usque ad 13 cm longis, nervis utrinque 
circiter 9 prominentibus; inflorescentiis axillaribus subtermi- 
nalibusque, ferrugineo-pubescentibus, pedunculatis, cymosis, sub- 
laxis, usque ad 8 cm diametro; floribus cylindraceis, brevissime 
pedicellatis, plus minusve confertis, circiter 2.5 cm longis, extus 
pubescentibus. 
An unarmed tree about 18 m high, the branches terete, very 
dark-brown or nearly black when dry, glabrous, the branchlets 
more or less ferruginous-pubescent with appressed hairs, as are 
the petioles and inflorescences. Leaves opposite, those of each 
pair somewhat unequal in size, chartaceous, elliptic to oblong, 
narrowed above to the acuminate apex and below to the acute 
or obtuse base, 9 to 13 cm long, 3.5 to 6 cm wide, the upper 
surface quite glabrous, dark-olivaceous, shining when dry, the 
lower very slightly paler, slightly shining, glabrous, or when 
young with scattered hairs; lateral nerves about 9 on each side 
of the midrib, prominent, curved-anastomosing, the primary 
reticulations distinct, subparallel; petioles densely ferruginous- 
pubescent, 3 to 5 mm long; stipules short, more or less pubes- 
cent. Cymes axillary and subterminal, peduncled, rather open, 
including the flowers up to 8 cm in diameter, the peduncles about 
1 cm long, and with the branches, pedicels, bracts, and calyces 
more or less densely ferruginous-pubescent. Flowers slender, 
cylindric, white, fragrant, about 2.5 cm long, their pedicels 
short, stout, somewhat crowded at the ends of the branchlets. 
Calyx cylindric, somewhat narrowed below, about 7 mm long, 
3 mm in diameter, the limb somewhat produced and densely 
ferruginous-villous inside, the teeth 5, linear, stiff, 1.5 to 2.5 
mm long, blunt. Corolla slender, cylindric, externally appressed 
pubescent with short, grayish-brown hairs, about 2 cm long, 1.5 
to 2 mm in diameter; lobes 5, spreading, narrowly lanceolate, 
blunt, 8 to 10 mm long, 2 mm wide, somewhat narrowed below, 
pubescent externally. Anthers inserted in the upper part of 
the corolla, included, linear, 6 to 7 mm long. Fruit unknown. 
MINDANAO, Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Bur. 17988 Mi- 
randa, February 26, 1918, in forests along streams, altitude 120 meters. 
A caracteristic species, readily recognized by its slender, tubular flowers 
which are arranged in comparatively few-flowered, peduncled cymes, some- 
times, however, up to 25 flowers in a cyme, its leaves in somewhat unequal 
pairs, and its very short petioles. 
GARDENIA Linnaeus 
GARDENIA LAGUNENSIS sp. nov. 
Species G. merrillii simillima et affinis, differt foliis oblan- 
ceolatis ad obovato-oblanceolatis, minoribus, 7 ad 11 cm longis, 
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