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2 ad 4.5 ecm latis, nervis latioribus paucioribus, utrinque 5 ad 
7, floribus minoribus, petalis circiter 1.5 cm longis. 
A small tree, entirely glabrous or the very young branchlets 
slightly pubescent. Branches and branchlets terete, slender, the 
branches grayish, the branchlets usually black when dry. Leaves 
numerous, opposite, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, oblanceolate to 
obovate-oblanceolate, 7 to 9 cm long, 2 to 4.5 cm wide, the apex 
acuminate, the acumen blunt, base narrowed, acute, the upper 
surface strongly shining when dry, blackish, the lower paler, 
slightly shining; lateral nerves 5 to 7 on each side of the midrib, 
slender, anastomosing, the reticulations not prominent, lax; peti- 
oles 5 to 10 mm long; stipules broad, short, somewhat apiculate, 
about 2 mm long. Flowers apparently white, black when dry, 
axillary, solitary and in few-flowered cymes, the pedicels short. 
Calyx 6 to 7 mm long, somewhat narrowed below, sharply 5- 
toothed, the teeth about 1.5 mm long, the inside at the apex 
hirsute. Corolla-tube slender, cylindric, 7 to 8 cm long, the lobes 
5, oblong, obtuse, about 1.5 cm long, spreading. Fruit ovoid or 
ellipsoid, smooth, black when dry, 3 to 5 cm long, crowned by 
the short acute calyx-teeth. Seeds numerous, irregular, elliptic 
to ovate, about 6 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, hills back of Paete, C. F. Baker 3176 (type), 
April 10, 1914, in flower; San Antonio, Bur. Sci. 14984 Ramos, June, 1914, 
Phil. Pl. 1401 Ramos, March, 1913, in fruit. 
This species is manifestly allied to Gardenia merrillii Elm., but is readily 
distinguished by its vegetative characters and its more slender flowers 
which have much smaller corolla-lobes. 
GARDENIA NEGROSENSIS sp. nov. 
Species G. merrillii Elm. affinis, differt subtus foliis minute 
sed distincte puberulis, haud glabris, inflorescentiis calycibusque 
dense ferrugineo-pubescentibus. 
A shrub or small tree 5 to 12 m high, the branches terete, 
slender, glabrous, usually nearly black when dry, the branchlets 
usually puberulent. Leaves opposite, chartaceous to subcoria- 
ceous, oblong or oblong-lanceolate to ovate, 12 to 23 cm long, 5 
to 10 cm wide, narrowed above to the acuminate apex and below 
to the acute base, the upper surface glabrous, strongly shining, 
greenish-olivaceous to nearly black when dry, the lower surface 
minutely puberulent with soft, erect, very short hairs; lateral 
nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, distant, curved, anas- 
tomosing, distinct; petioles 5 mm long or less; stipules broadly 
ovate, pubescent, 3 to 4 mm long. Flowers showy, white, fra- 
grant, about 7 cm long, axillary and subterminal, usually three 
flowers together, fascicled, or on a very short, 3-branched, 
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