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pyrenes 4 or 5, triquetrous, obovoid, 5 mm. long, apex 
rounded, gradually tapering to a pointed base, attached to 
the middle of the ventral edge. 
Type specimen collected by E. B. Copeland, Gimogon 
River, Negros, January, 1905. In the forests. 
++ ++ Leaves glabrous on the upper surface. 
— Base of leaf rounded, subcordate, oblique. 
5. L. bordeni n. sp. Shrubs, about 2 m. high, with 
pubescent twigs. Leaves distichous, opposite, 2 or more em. 
apart, short but densely pubescent, petioled or subsessile, 4 
to 6 em. long, 2 to 3 em. wide, oblong or narrowly elliptic, 
acute or obtuse at the apex, base truncate and unequally 
cordate, the lower half longer and broader, subcoriaceous, 
glabrous above, beneath prominently 6 to 8-nerved, the whole 
under side strigose with olivaceous hairs especially along 
the nerves; stipule laciniately divided into 5 to 8 unequal 
segments, densely covered with greenish yellow hairs. Flowers 
sessile, minuete, 1 to 3 in the leaf axil, completely sur- 
rounded and covered by laciniate yellowish bracts; drupe 
light blue, fetid, subglobose, nearly 5 mm. in diameter, 
puberulous, crowned by the extremely short calyx teeth; 
pyrene 4, triquetrous, 2 mm. long, 1 mm. wide on each 
side, its apex rounded, the base more pointed, attached at 
the base on the ventral edge. 
Type specimen 6997, A. D. E. Elmer, Mount Mariveles, 
Province of Bataan, Luzon, November, 1904. 
= Base of leaf attenuate. 
6. L. lucidus Blm. 
++ ++ ++ ++ Leaves glabrous on both sides. 
` $ Mature drupes blue; foliage membranous with reticulations 
plainly evident. 
7. L. laevigatus Blm. 
7 7 Mature drupes yellow; foliage not membranous with retic- 
lations not evident. 
8. L. culionensis n. sp. Slender tree, 7 m. high; stem 
7 to 12 em. in diameter. Leaves leathery, opposite, glabrous, 
equally aeuminate at both ends, 7 to 10 em. long includ- 
