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ginate at the apex, base cuneate, the smallest leaves 

 scarcely one third as large; midrib stout and glabrous be- 

 neath, olivaceua puberulent along the sunken upper side; 

 lateral nerves of 6 to 8 alternating pairs, ascending and only 

 a trifle curved, tips much curved and anastomosing, reticu- 

 lations quite numerous and more prominent on the under 

 than on the upper side; petiole 1.25 cm long, puberulent 

 especially upon the flattened upper side, thickened toward 

 the base, finally glabrous. Inflorescence not observed. In- 

 frutescence erect or nearly so, solitary in the leaf axils, 

 about equalling the foliage; peduncle 4 to 7 cm long, gla- 

 brous, pale green and smooth, compressed, short branched 

 toward the distal end, branchlets ascending, 1 cm long, 

 also glabrous and compressed, subtended by short and rigid 

 bracts, bearing at the distal end 1 to 3 fruits; pedicels 5 

 mm long or less, stout, subtended by bract vestiges, sub- 

 articulate at the calyx end; calyx a trifle shorter though 

 thicker especially toward its distal end which is provided 

 with 3 or 4 sharply pointed persistent calyx segments, 

 subterete; fruits ovoidly globose or somewhat compressed, 

 pale green, lividus and ultimately shining black on the 

 same infrutescence, erect, 6 to 9 mm in diameter, apparently 

 2-celled and 2-seeded, the exocarp rather thin. 



Type specimen number 13974, A. D. E. Elmer, Cabad- 

 baran (Mt. Urdaneta), Province of Agusan, Mindanao, Oct- 

 ober, 1912. 



Discovered in the woods among many spiny climbers 

 on the summit of Duros peak at 4000 feet altitude. The 

 natives or Manobos call it "Bagodan." 



Fruits and leaves have the aspects of certain species of Ardisia. 



Vavaea surigaoense Elm. n. sp. 



A nearly erect undershrub; stem 5 cm thick, 3 to 4 m 

 high, rebranched from the middle or below it; wood moder- 

 ately hard, dingy white, without odor or taste; bark brown, 

 smooth, hypodermis green, otherwise whitish or yellowish; 

 branches divaricate, crooked, relatively short and few rebranch- 

 ed, the apical portion dirty or yellowish brown short hairy; 

 twigs rigid, ascendingly curved at the leaf bearing tips. 



