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ceolate, membranous, quite variable in size, the average ones 
15 em. long, 4.5 em. wide above the middle, apex abruptly 
„acute, the basal two thirds gradually tapering to an at- 
tenuate base; petiole densely pilose with similarly colored 
hairs, 1 to 2 cm. long; stipule brown, 6 mm. long, rather 
broad at the base, glabrous on the inner surface, caducous; 
nerves conspieuous beneath, subparallel, 9 to 13 on each 
side, very oblique, obscurely arched and united near the 
margin, reticulation obscure. Infrutescence terminal, 2 to 5 
em. long, peduncles strict, 2 to 3 from the base. the cen- 
tral one usually a trifle longer and straight, the two lateral 
ones divaricate, its pubescence similar to that on the pet- 
ioles; fruits 1 to 3-clustered in a single terminal subwhorl 
or occasionally with an additional cluster beneath the ter- 
minal one, sessile, ellipsoid or obovoid, the basal portion 
constricted iuto a 1 to 3 mm. long pedicel like stalk, 1 
to 1.5 em. long, 7.5 mm. thick toward the apex, glabrous, green 
when collected; young pyrenes broadly obovoid, the apex 
subtruncate, the edges rather prominent, the ventral surface 
nearly plane, the dorsal concave and almost without ridge, 
attached at the sharply pointed base; flowers not seen. 
Type specimen 9213, A. D. E. Elmer Lucban, Province 
Tayabas, Luzon, May, 1907. This small undershrub inhabit- 
ing a deep wooded ravine at the foot of a precipice at 850 
meters on Mount Banahao is very rare and should not be 
confused with P. crispipila Merr. which aside from fruit 
characters has thicker, more attenuate leaves which are 
pubescent on the lower surface only and have thicker and 
more prominent nerves. ae 
Pyschotria tayabensis n. sp.—A low 2 to 3 m. high 
crookedly and laxly branched shrub; wood hard, dull or red- 
dish white, with thin and yellowish brown bark. Leaves 
submembranous, flat, dark green above, much paler beneath, : 
drying to a badius brown, rather numerous toward the ends 
of the short ultimate branchlets, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 
quite variable in size, the medium sized blades 9 em. long, 
2.5 em. wide across the middle, acute at both ends, frequently 
curved and somewhat inequilateral, glabrous except the red- 
dish brown seabrous hairs along the nerves, entire margins; 
