Novemser 7, 1908} Six New MynsINACEAR 441 
long, ovately acuminate, glabrous; stamens 5, opposite the 
petals and inserted upon the inner base, upon a glabrous 
0.5 mm. long filament; anther triangularly oblong, 2 mm. 
long, 1 mm. wide, base truncate, apex apiculate, dehiscing 
by sublateral longitudinal slits; style 8 mm. long, straight, 
glabrous; its terminal stigma slightly enlarged; ovary also 
glabrous, ovoid or ellipsoid; berry globose, 5 mm. in diameter. 
Type specimen 7887, A. D. E. Elmer, Lucban, Province 
of Tayabas, Luzon, May, 1907. 
An undershrub of dense woods skirting the base of Mount 
Banahao at 2100 feet. Dedicated to Dr. Carl Mez. 
Similar to A. elmeri Mez, but leaves less reticulate, in- 
florescence differently branched and petals rounder. A fruit- 
ing specimen has been collected in October, 1904, in the 
same locality by Dr. H. N. Whitford, number 936. The fruits 
on this specimen are globose, 5 mm. in diameter, bearing 
an apiculate persistent style, glabrous, not striate nor spotted. 
b- Discocalyx linearifolia Elm. n. sp. 
Low unbranched erect or suberect shrub, 2 to 3 m. 
high; stems near tbe top 1 cm. thick, with reddish wood 
and large pith. Leaves crowded toward the top only, linear, 
8 to 5 dm. long, 2 to 3 em. wide, broadest above the middle, 
edges entire, chartaceous, the lower one half gradually atten- 
uate to the very short and thick petiole, toward the apex 
sharply acuminate, glabrous; lateral nerves venosely radiating 
from the very stout midvein which is strongly caniculate on 
the upper surface, the upper blades ascending, the lower ones 
radially spreading. Inflorescence in between the foliage but 
not from the leaf axils, ascending; peduncles bracteate, usually 
strict, subterete, varying from 1 to 3 dm. long, glabrous, 
1 to 2 mm. thick, subtended at the base by 2 to 5 cm. long 
acuminate bracts; foliaceous bracts ascending, scattered, usually 
- above the middle but chiefly near the top, narrowly lanceolate 
and acuminate, the larger ones 1 em. wide and 6 cm. long; 
secondary peduncles from 3 to 5-clustered at the slightly thicken- 
ed distal end of the primary peduncle, each subtended by 2 
sharply acuminate bracts, otherwise ebracteolate, smooth, very. 
slender, diverse in length, from 7 to 17 cm. long; 
