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TRICALYSIA A. Richard 
TRICALYSIA FASCICULIFLORA (Elm.) comb. nov. 
Randia fasciculiflora Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 31. 
Diplospora fasciculiflora Elm. 1. c. 3 (1911) 1007. 
This species is apparently closely allied to Tricalysia singularis (Korth.) 
K. Sch., and may prove not to be specifically distinct. It is represented by 
Elmer 6900 (type), For. Bur. 1507, 3320 Ahern’s collector, For. Bur. 5188 
Curran, Whitford 1306, For. Bur. 31138 Meyer, Bur. Sci. 6177 Robinson, 
Vanoverbergh 1124, Loher 6374, 6417, and Williams 607, 1393, 1472. 
Var. OBLONGIFOLIA var. nov. 
A typo differt foliis majoribus, oblongis, usque ad 18 cm 
longis, nervis magis numerosis, circiter 10 utrinque, subtus in 
axillis glandulosis barbatisque. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bur. Sci. 1117 Ramos (type), July, 1906, For. 
Bur. 2266 Ahern’s collector, September, 1905. 
TRICALYSIA PUBERULA sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor parva, subtus foliis ramulis inflorescentiis- 
que plus minusve pubescentibus; foliis oblongis ad late oblongo- 
lanceolatis, chartaceis, usque ad 20 cm longis, acuminatis, basi 
acutis, nervis utrinque circiter 12, prominentibus; cymis axilla- 
ribus, confertis, cum floribus 1 ad 1.5 cm longis, paucifloris; 
floribus circiter 7 mm longis; ovulis solitariis. 
A shrub or small tree, the branches grayish-brown, terete, 
the younger ones and the branchlets more or less cinereous- 
pubescent. Leaves oblong to broadly oblong-lanceolate, charta- 
ceous, about 20 cm long, 4.5 to 5.5 em wide, about equally 
narrowed to the somewhat acuminate apex and to the ‘acute 
base, the upper surface dark-olivaceous when dry, shining, 
slightly pubescent along the midrib, the lower surface pale, 
somewhat shining, distinctly pubescent on the midrib and nerves, 
slightly pubescent on the lamina, the axils not bearded; petioles 
pubescent, about 1 cm long; stipules linear-lanceolate, pubes- 
cent, about 7 mm long, long-acuminate. Inflorescence of short, 
crowded, fascicled, pubescent, few-flowered cymes which, in- 
cluding the flowers, are 1.5 cm long or less, the bracts broadly 
ovate, acuminate, about 2 mm long, the bracteoles similar, more 
or less united, the pedicels very short. Calyx pubescent, about 
2.5 mm long, the limb produced about 1 mm, 4-toothed. Corolla- 
tube 4 mm long, glabrous outside, villous within, the lobes 4, 
imbricate, twisted, broadly ovate, acute, 4mm long. Anthers 2.5 
mm long. Ovary 2-celled, ovules solitary, subpendulous; style 
6 mm long, the two arms 1.5 mm in length. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, San Antonio, Bur. Sci. 20431 Ramos, Feb- 
ruary, 1913. 
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