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the lower surface pale, the areolae between the reticulations very densely 

 lepidote stellate, the glands entirely obscured; nerves prominent, beneath. 

 7 to 8 on each side of the midrib, curved, ascending, at first pale and 

 densely lepidote-stellate, later dark colored and nearly glabrous; petioles 

 1.5 to 1.8 mm. long. Cj'mes in the axils of the upper leaves, their 

 peduncles 2 cm. long, the bracteoles 3 to 5 mm. long. Flowers white. 

 Calyx stellate-lepidote. 1..5 mm. long, the teeth short, acute. Corolla 

 glabrous, 3.5 mm. long, the lobes 1 mm. long, roimded, the tips slightly 

 lepidote on the outside. Stamens 4, the filaments 4 mm. long, the anthers 

 about 1 mm. long. Style 6 mm. long. Fruit unknown. 



Type specimen Xo. 6266 (A. D. E. Elmer), Mount Santo Tomas, Province 

 of Benguet, Luzon, May, 1904. A tree growing in the forests with very 

 hard yellowish wood and thick yellowish-white, irregularly checked bark. 



Premna oblongifolia, sp. nov. 



A subscandent nearly glabrous shrub with glabrous, oblong, acute or 

 slightly acuminate leaves 9 cm. long or less, the cah-x regularly 4-toothed, 

 the corolla regularly or slightly irregularly 4-lobed. Branches brownish, 

 glabrous, the ultimate branchlets very sparingly puberulous. Leaves mem- 

 branous, opposite, elliptical oblong, the base often slightly irregular, 

 rounded, the margins entire, both surfaces glabrous, shining, 5 to 9 cm. 

 long, 2.5 to 4 cm. wide; nerves prominent on both surfaces, dark brown, 

 sharply ascending, 4 to 5 on each side of the midrib; petioles glabrous 

 or nearly so, 1.5 to 2 cm. long. Corymbs 4 to 6 cm. in diameter, the 

 axis and branches minutely ferruginous pubescent, the bracts lanceolate, 

 nearly glabrous, 1 cin. long or less. Calyx 1.8 mm. long, glabrous or 

 neai'ly so, 4-toothed, the teeth short, obtuse or subacute, their margins 

 minutely ciliate. Corolla 4 mm. long, greenish white, the throat densely 

 pilose, otherwise glabrous, 4-lobed, the lobes subequal, 1.5 to 2 mm. long, 

 rounded. Stamens four, the filaments subequal, 3 mm. long, the anthers 

 0.4 mm. long, wider than long. Ovary glabrous or nearly s^o, the style 

 3.5 mm. long. Stigma bifid. 



Type specimen No. 5990 (A. D. E. Elmer), Baguio, Province of Benguet, 

 Luzon, March, 1904. A subscandent shrub reclining on cliflFs and bluffs, 

 the stem 6 or 7 cm. in diameter, with soft, brittle wood and yellowish, 

 smooth bark. 



BIGNONIACE.^. 



Radermachera elmeri, sp. nov. 



A small tree about 6 ni. high, with bipinnate glabrous leaves, and 

 pendant paniculate inflorescence, the pink flowers 5 cm. long, the branchlets, 

 axis of the inflorescence, and leaf rhachis glabrous, usually with many small 

 white excrescences. Leaves about 35 cm. long, the leaflets elliptical lan- 

 ceolate, glabrous, long acuminate, the base acute, to 10 cm. long, 3 to 5.5 

 cm. wide; nerves about 10 pairs, not prominent, the reticulations lax, 

 obscure; petiolules 5 to 10 mm. long, glabrous. Panicles al)Out 30 cm. long, 

 the branches opposite, spreading, 5 to 6 cm. long, dichotomously branching. 

 few flowered. Flowers few, the pedicels slender, about 1.5 cm. Ion?. 

 Calyx campanulate. glabrous. 1.5 to 1.8 cm. long, 3 to 4 toothed, the 



