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9. P. tacpo (Blco.) Rolfe. 
= = Dorsal side of pyrene prominently ridged. 
¥ Lower surface of leaves ferruginous pubescent along the nerves. 
10. P. rubiginosa n. sp. Shrubby, 3 to 5 m. high; 
its stout young twigs dark brown pubescent. Leaves chiefly 
at the ends of the branchlets, ascending, opposite, 1 to 3 
em. apart, the larger ones 35 cm. long, 8 cm. wide, oblan- 
ceolate or often somewhat obovate, coriaceous, edges little 
recurved, drying to a reddish brown, shining, glabrous on 
the uper surface, rufous pubescent beneath especially along 
the midrib and on the 14 to 17 pairs of lateral nerves 
which are distinctly submarginally united; petiole 1 to 3 
cm. long, glabrous above, pubescent beneath; stipule densely 
covered with reddish brown hairs or becoming subglabrous, 
connate at base, coriaceous, ovate, apex usually with 2 
acuminate teeth. Panicle terminal, much shorter than the 
leaves, upon a 5 to 8 cm. long dark ferruginous pubescent 
peduncle, ovate in outline, 8 cm. long and nearly that across 
the base; branches and branchlets similarly pubescent, di- 
chotemously branched and nearly at right angles, subcom- 
pressed, subtended by short persistent bracts; flowers whit- 
ish, fragrant, sessile; calyx easily falling, 3 mm. long, brown 
puberulous, turbinate. its shallow rim 5-apiculate; corolla 
subcampanulate, united at the base, 5 mm. long, glabrous 
on the outside, throat villous, its 5 segments oblong and 
obtuse; stamens also 5, inserted upon the throat and alter- 
nating with the corolla segments; filaments glabrous, 1 mm. 
long; anthers oblong, 1 mm. long; styles not exceeding the 
throat, gradually tapering from the base; bifid stigma; drupe 
2-celled, obovoid, nearly 1 cm. in length; pericarp thin . 
and glabrous, deep orange red when fully mature; pyrene, 
solitary in each cell, much tapering from the base, apex 
rounded, ventral face nearly flat or only slightly concave, 
dorsal side obscurely 5-ridged, centrally attached. 
Type specimen 6718, A. D. E. Elmer, Mount Mariveles, 
Province of Bataan, Luzon, November, 1904. 
7 7 Leaves glabrous. 
ex Drupe 8 mm. in diameter at the top; lateral nerves of 
pyrenes expanded around the base. 
