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 RUTACE.E. 



Evodia semecarpifolia, sp. nov. 



A shrub 3 to 5 in. higli with trifoliate glabrous leaves and axillary, short, 

 narrow, inflorescence 3 to 5 cm. long, the flowers 4-merous. Branches light 

 gray, strKvte, glabrous, the younger parts more or less fulvous pubescent. 

 Leaves opposite, the petioles 3 to 8 cm. long, somewhat pubescent, becoming 

 glabrous ; leaflets usually pale when dry, subcoriaceous, glabrous throughout 

 except the slightly pubescent midrib beneath, obovate to obovate oblong, 

 obtuse or obscurely broadly acuminate, narrowed below to the cuneate base, 

 11 to 18 cm. long, 5 to 8 cm. wide; primary nerves prominent beneath, 

 spreading-ascending, anastomosing. 9 to 11 on each side, the reticulations 

 lax; petiolules of the lateral leaflets 3 to 4 mm. long, that of the terminal 

 leaflet about 1 cm. long. Panicles axillary, the branches few, densely 

 flowered, 1 cm. long or less, spreading, the axis and branches densely 

 pubescent. Flowers about 2.5 mm. long. Calyx cinereous pubescent, the 

 lobes ovate, acute, about 1 mm. long. Petals 4, elliptical ovate, 2 ram. long, 

 1.2 mm. wide, acute, glabrous. Stamens 4, glabrous, included; filaments 1 

 mm. long; anthers 0.4 mm. long. Ovary densely pubescent, 4-celled. 

 Stigma 4-lobed. Cocci slightly pubescent, ovoid, slightly compressed, about 

 3 mm. in diameter. 



Type specimen: Baguio. Province of Benguet, Luzon (58G8 Elmer), 

 March, 19U4: also from the same locality, a specimen collected by Mrs. 

 Pond, same date and No. 1168 Merrill January, 1903, with imperfect fruit. 



A shrub in thickets in ravines and on bluffs near the river, the leaflets 

 similar in appearance to the leaves of some Philippine species of f^cmernrjjus. 



Evodia dubia, sp. nov. 



A shrub 2 to 3 m. high with opposite trifoliate leaves, the leaflets sub- 

 coriaceous. 5 cm. long or less, and axillary, peduncled, few' flowered cymes. 

 Branches light gray, glabrous, striate, the ultimate branchlets densely 

 cinereous-fulvous pubescent. Petioles 1 cm. long or less, pubescent, leaflets 

 shining, glabrous above, sparingly pubescent beneath, at least on the midrib, 

 becoming glabrous, lanceolate to elliptical lanceolate, the base acute, the 

 apex broadly blunt acuminate, apiculate, rarely retuse, 3 to 5 cm. long. 1 to 

 1.5 cm. wide; primary nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, obscure, 

 scarcely more prominent than the reticulations; petiolules 1 to 2 mm. long, 

 pubescent, becoming nearly glabrous, C.^Tiies axillary, very few flowered, 

 peduncled, cinereous pubescent, about 3 cm. long, the peduncle slender, 1 cm. 

 long or longer. Flowers yellowish white, 2 mm. long. Calyx sligjitly 

 pubescent, the lobes acute, about 1 mm. long. Petals 4, glabrous, ovate, 

 acute, 2 mm, long. Stamens 4, glabrous, 1.5 mm, long, included. Disc 

 large, fleshy, glabrous. Cocci 4 from each flower, coriaceous, reticulate, 

 f'labrous. compressed, 4 to ") nun. long. 3 mm. wide, each witli a single 

 seed, 



Baguio. Province of Benguet, Luzon (039 Barnes i. May, 1!»04 (flower); 

 (.5992 Elmer), same locality, March. 1904 (fruit). 



A species leferred to Evodia witli some doubt, as no trace of the ovary 

 could be found in the flowers examined. 



