NEW OK NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VI. 259 



obovoid, glahrmis, Hesliy, sliiuing, black when dry, a])out 2 em long", with 

 a single large seed. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, For. Bur. 3091 Ahern's collector, INIay, 

 1905, Bur. Sci. 1073 Itamox, July, 1900; Tanay, Merrill .i32li, May. 1903: Province 

 of Bataan, Lamao River, Whitford 30/f, June, 1904. 



A very cliaracteristic species, readily distinguislu'd by its subcoriaceous, 

 sbarply acuminate and sliininy leaves, and very lar<>e fruits. 



Jasminum truncatum sp. nov. g L'nifoliulata. 



8ul)scaudens, glabriuii ; foliis simplicibus, calycis liniljo trimcato, 

 c-orollae tiibo us<iue ad 1 cm longo, laciniis 7 ad U, lauceolatis. 



A subscandent shrub 2 to 3 m high, glabrous througliout. Branches 

 slender, reddish-brown, terete. Leaves opposite, simple, ovate to oblong- 

 ovate, the base Ijroad, rounded, gradually narrowed above to the acum- 

 inate apex, G to 11 cm long, 3 to G cm wide; nerves about 11 on each 

 side of the midrib: petioles 1 to 2 cm long, jointed at the lower fifth. 

 Inflorescence terminal, lax, each ultinuite branch bearing three flowers, 

 the bracts subulate, about 2 mm long, the bracteoles smaller. Flowers 

 wliite^ fragrant. Cal\^^ cup-sha})ed, 1.5 to 2 mm long, truncate, or 

 with very minute obscure teeth. Corolla tube 1 cm long, the lobes 7 

 to 9, lanceolate, acute, nearly 1 cm long. 



SiBUTU (Sulu Archipelago), Merrill 52S6, October, 190G, in thickets along 

 the seashore. 



A species characterized by its truncate calyx. 



LOGANIACE^. 



GENIOSTOMA Forst. 



Geniostoma phiiippinense sp. nov. 



Arbuscula 2 ad 4 m alta ; ramulis, subtus foliis, petiolis pedicellisque 

 plus minus pubescentibus vel pubemdis; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, ellip- 

 tico-lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis, submembranaceis, nitidis, acum- 

 inatis, 9 ad 13 cm longis ; nervis utrinque 5 ad 7, subtus prominentibus; 

 floribus axillaribus, fasciculatis ; ovario glabro. 



A shrub 2 to 4 m high. Branches terete, slender, light-gray or brown, 

 ultimately glabrous, the branchlets rather densely pubescent or puberulent. 

 Leaves ol^long-lanceolate, elliptical-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, sub- 

 mendjranaceous, 9 to 13 cm long, 3.5 to 5.5 cm wide, base rounded or acute, 

 apex acuminate, the upper surface glabrous and shining, usually blackish 

 in drying, beneath, especially on the midrib and nerves, more or less 

 pubescent with very short rather sti-ff hairs ; nerves rather prominent 

 beneath, 5 to 7 on each side of the midrib, anastomosing, the reticulations 

 lax : petioles 4 to 7 nnn long, usually rather densely pubescent. Flowers 

 in 5- to 10-flowered axillary fascicles, the ])edice]s slender, i)ubescent. 



