2 1 8 MERRILL. 



A glabrous shrub about 1 m liigh. Branches terete, brown, glabrous. 

 Leaves coriaceous, brown and somewhat shining when dry, lanceolate, 



8 to 10 cm long, 1 to 1.5 cm wide, gradually narrowed at both ends, 

 the apex blunt, the base cuneate, the margins entire, somewhat recurved, 

 the lower surface minutely and densely puncticulate; nerves numerous, 

 obscure, densely disposed, the reticulations also obscure; petioles 1 cm 

 long or less. Inflorescence axillary, solitary, much shorter than the 

 leaves, the peduncles about 2 cm long. Flowers unknown. Fruits 

 umbellately disposed at the apices of the peduncles, their pedicels 1 to 1.5 

 cm long, 4 or 5 at the apex of each peduncle. Persistent calyx about 5 

 mm in diameter, the lobes ovate, rounded, glabrous or nearly so, glandular- 

 punctate, united for about one-half their length. Fruit globose, about 5 

 mm in diameter. 



Cebu, near Toledo, Bur. Sci. 1722 McGregor, October 28, 1906. 

 A species manifestly allied to Ardisia humilis Vahl, and A. boissieri A. DC. 

 distinguishable by its narrow, lanceolate leaves. 



Ardisia mindorensis sp. nov. § Fyrgus. 



Species A. gi-andidenti Mez similis, sed dift'ert petiole multo breviori,. 

 dentibus minoribus, a A. serrata (Cav.) A. DC. differt inflorescentiis 

 plus minus dense ferrugineo-tomentosis, foliis subtus parce pubescentibus. 



A shrub 3 to 5 m high. Branches terete, brown or grayish, striate, 

 usually rather thick, glabrous, the branchlets often ferruginous-pubescent. 

 Leaves pseudo-verticillatel}' crowded at the apices of the branchlets, sub- 

 tending the terminal panicles, elliptic-ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, char- 

 taceous, 9 to 18 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, gradually narrowed towards 

 both ends, the base acute, rarely somewhat obtuse, the apex rather 

 prominently acuminate, margins distinctly and irregularly serrate-dentate, 

 the teeth rather small, the upper surface glabrous and shining, or the 

 midrib and nerves slightly puberulent, beneath also shining and distinctly 

 ferruginous-tomentose on the midrib and primary nerves, obscurely 

 glandular-punctate; nerves 12 to 15 on each side of the midrib, elevated 

 and very prominent on the lower surface, curved-ascending, anastomosing, 

 the reticulations rather distinct; petioles 3 to 7 mm long, ferruginous- 

 tomentose, ultimately nearly glabrous. Panicles terminal, i)yramidal, 

 6 to 13 cm long, the rachis, branches and branchlets densely ferruginous- 

 tomentose, tbe primaiy branches spreading, the lower ones often 5 cm 

 long, the upper ones shorter, the secondary branches mostly in the upper 

 half of the primary ones, each bearing from 5 to 7 flowers arranged in a 

 condensed i-aceme or subumbcllate, the pedicels ferruginous-tomentose, 



9 to 12 mm long. Calyx-lobes broadly triangular-ovate, acute, about 1.5 

 mm long and wide, itnbricale, pubescent, the margins prominently ciliate, 

 glandular-punctate. IVtals nvato. "> mm long, 3 mm wide, acute or 



