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glabroiLs within, the lobes ovate, rounded, united for about one-half 

 their length, their margins ciliate, glandular-punctate. Petals ovate, 

 7 to 8 mm long, about 4 mm wide, glabrous, glandular-punctate, acu- 

 minate, the tube short. Anthers lanceolate-ovoid, 5 mm long, the 

 apex long-apiculate-acuminate, the median portion of the back dis- 

 tinctly glandulai-, the filaments very short. Ovary ovoid, minutely 

 ferruginous-puberulent ; style about 4 mm long. Fruit globose or de- 

 pressed-globose, G to 7 mm in diameter, glabrous, minutely apiculate. 



Luzon,. Province of Camarines, near Lupi, in forests, altitude about 100 m, 

 For. Bur. 10760 Curran, July 11, 1908. 



Ardisia darling ii sp. nov. § Tinopsis. 



Arbor glabra circiter 20 m alta; foliis oblongis vel anguste oblongo- 

 obovatis, chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, nitidis, minutissime obscureque 

 puncticulatis, apice rotundatis, obtusis vel obscure late acuminatis, basi 

 cuneatis, marginc recurvatis; iuflorescentiis terminalibus axillaribusque, 

 corymboso-paniculatis ; sepalis glandulosis, margine ciliato-pubescentibus. 

 A tree about 20 m high, glabrous. Branches terete, grayish-brown, 

 rather stout. Leaves alternate, somewhat crowded on the younger branch- 

 lets, oblong or narrowly oblong-obovate, entire, 7 to 11 cm long, 1.5 

 to 3.5 cm wide, shining, chartaceous or subcoriaceous, the apex rounded, 

 obtuse, or broadly and obscurely acuminate, narrowed from about the 

 middle to the cuneate base, the margins recurved, the lower surface very 

 minutely and obscurely glandular-puncticulate ; nerves about 15 on each 

 side of the midrilj, not prominent, obscurely anastomosing, the reticula- 

 tions lax, obscure or subobsolete; -petioles about 1 cm long. Inflorescence 

 terminal and in the upper axils, corymbose-paniculate 10 cm long or less, 

 the lower branches of the terminal panicles about 5 cm long, the upper ones 

 shorter, each branch bearing at its apex a congested raceme or umbel of 

 from 5 to 10 flowers, the pedicels unequal in length, each subtended by an 

 oblong or oblong-ovate, obtuse bracteole about 3.5 mm long, 2 mm wide, the 

 pedicels 3 to 12 mm long. Sepals elliptic-ovate, about 3 mm long, 2.5 

 mm wide, rounded, entire, slightly united at the base, overlapping, dis- 

 tinctly glandular-punctate with small reddish glands, the margins ciliate- 

 pubescent. Petals about 4.5 mm long, 3 mm wide, free or nearly so, acute 

 or obscurely acuminate, obscurely glandular-punctate. Anthers oblong- 

 ovate, apiculate-acuminate, 2.5 mm long, obscurely glandular on the back, 

 the filaments very short. Ovary glabrous: style 2 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Abra, near Bacog, in mountain forests, altitude about 

 1,800 m, For. Bur. 1J,G11 Darling, February 9, 1909 (type) ; Tue, altitude about 

 1,300 m, For. Bur. lJf601 Darling. 



Somewhat remotely allied to Ardisia lanceolata Roxb., but very different from 

 that species. 



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