NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VIII. 213 



Ardisia dementis Elui. Lead. Philip. Bot. 2 (1910) G65. § Tinopsis. 



Arbor vel arbuscula, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; foliis elliptico- 

 oblongis vel elliptico-ovatis, cliartaceis vel subcoriaceis,- acuminatis, glan- 

 dulis manifestis destitutis, nervis utrinque circiter 14, subtus promincn- 

 tibiis; paniculis terminalibus qiiam folia brevioribus, bipinnatiin coiii- 

 positis; floribus brevissime racemosis vel subumbellatis ; sepalis imbricatis, 

 integris, rotundatis, margine cillatis. 



A tree or shrub, glabrous except the inflorescence which is somewhat 

 brown-pubescent or pubei-ulent. Branches terete, gray or brownish. 

 Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong to elliptic-ovate, chartaceous or sub- 

 coriaceous, 11 to 25 cm long, 4 to 9 cm wide, entire, the apex acute or 

 acuminate, the base cuneate, dull or slightly shining when dry; nerves 

 about 14 on each side of the midrib, beneath distinct, anastomosing, 

 the reticulations -rather fine ; petioles stout, about 1 cm long. Panicles 

 terminal, about 10 cm long, the lower branches about 4 cm long, usually 

 spreading, the upper ones shorter, each branch bearing from 5 to 7 

 flowers near the apex, subumbellately arranged or in a sliort raceme 

 the pedicels about' 1 cm long, slightly accrescent in fruit. Calyx about 

 5 mm in diameter, the lobes broadly ovate, rounded, overlapping to the 

 right, glandular-punctate, margins ciliate, united for the lower one-third. 

 Petals elliptic-ovate, obtuse, about 7 mm long, 5 mm wide, slightly 

 glandular-punctate in the upper one-half, the tube about 1 mm long. 

 Anthers narrowly ovoid, slightly apiculate, 4 mm long, the median 

 portion of the back with few, rather large glands. Ovaiy glabrous; 

 style about 4.5 mm long, not exserted in bud. Fruit globose, slightly 

 longitudinally striate when dry, about 6 mm in diameter. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 231, 889, and s. n. 

 (type), February, 1906, March, 1907, and January, 1907. 



Ardisia confertiflora sp. nov. § Tinus. 



Arbor parva, usque ad 5 m alta, glabra; foliis ut videtur plus minus 

 succulentis, in sicco cliartaceis vel submembranaceis, oblongo-obovatis, 

 vel obovatis, apice rotundatis, basi cuneatis, nervis lateralibus obscuris; 

 inflorescentiis axillaribus, racemosis, floribus in tertia superiore parte 

 plus minus dense dispositis; sepalis glandulosis, emarginatis, margine 

 minute ciliatis. 



A small tree reaching a height of 5 m, glabrous. Branches and 

 branchlets rather stout, terete, brownish. Leaves somewhat crowded 

 on the younger branchlets, w^hen fresh apparently somewhat thick and 

 succulent, when dry chartaceous or submembranaceous, dull or slightly 

 shining, obovate or narrowly obovate, 6 to 10 cm long, 2.5 to 5 cm long, 

 entire, the apex broad, rounded, narrowed from the upper one-third or 

 one-half to the cuneate base, the lower surface minutely puncticulate ; 

 nerves obscure, about 13 on each side of the midrib, very slender, some- 



