NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VIII. 235 



the ultimate branclilets, the middle one of each triad sessile or subsessile, 

 the two lateral ones with pedicels o to 5 mm in length, the bracts and 

 bracteoles wanting. Calyx glabrous, ovoid, about 3 mm long, the teeth 

 broadly triangular-ovate, acute, 0.5 mm long. Corolla-tube 6 to 9 mm 

 long, about 2 mm in diameter, the lobes 4, elliptic-oblong, acute or slightly 

 acuminate, 6 mm long, 3.5 to 3 mm wide. Anthers 3.5 mm long, lanceo- 

 late, acuminate. Style slightly exserted ; stigma cleft, 2 mm long. Fruit 

 ovoid, smooth, somewhat fleshy when fresh, 8 mm long or less, dark- 

 colored when dry. 



Luzon, Province of Zambales, Mahumaling, For. Bur. oSJf5 Gurran, January, 

 1907 (type), on dry cogon-covered slopes; other specimens from tlie same province 

 are: Bur. Sci. .'/79S, 5038 Ramos, For. Bur. 375 Maule, Merrill 2953, 2985, 2080. 

 Various local names are pamutim, pilis, lumhoy-manoc, ialah, and tatanic. 



The species is entirely different from Iwora amhoinica DC, to which Mr. Elmer 

 referred several of the specimens above cited; it is distinguished from the 

 majority of the species in the genus by the entire absence of bracts and bracteoles. 



Ixora longissima sp. nov. 



Arbuscula erecta, glabra; foliis petiolatis, lanceolatis, usque ad 40 cm 

 longis, crasse membranaceis, sensim longe acuminatis, margine minute 

 crenato-undulatis ; cymis terminalibus, ^ diffusis, amplis, multifloris ; 

 fioribus circiter 5 cm longis; calycis dcntibus acutis, quam tubus brev- 

 ioribus. 



An erect glabrous shrub. Branches terete, pale-brown, smooth and 

 shining. Leaves lanceolate, about 40 cm long, 5.5 cm widcy thickly 

 chartaceous, shining when dry, the base acute or somewhat decurrent- 

 acuminate, gradually narrowed upward into the long, slender, acuminate 

 apex, the margins minutely crenate-undulate ; nerves about 23 on each 

 side of the midrib, slender, not very prominent, anastomosing, the reti- 

 culations lax; petioles stout, 1 to 1.5 cm long; stipules very broad, connate, 

 abruptly acuminate, about 5 mm long. Cymes terminal, very large, 

 trichotomously branched and rebranched, the peduncle stout, about 5 mm 

 long, the primary branches about as long as the peduncle, spreading, the 

 whole inflorescence, including the corollas, about 20 cm wide. Flowers 

 apparently pink or reddish, numerous, in triads on the ultimate branch- 

 lets, the middle one of each triad sessile, the two lateral ones with 

 pedicels 2 to 3 mm long, the lu-acts oblong-ovate, acuminate, 2 to 3 mm 

 long, the bracteoles similar but smaller, 1 mm long. Calyx 2 mm long, 

 the teeth ovate, acute, about 0.5 mm long. Corolla-tube slender, about 

 4.5 cm long, the lobes broadly ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, thin, reticulate, about 10 mm long, 4 mm wide. 



Leyte, wil^hout definite locality. For. Bur. 16975 RosenUuth, March, 1909. 



A species well characterized by its very long leaves which are long and slenderly 

 acuminate, as well as by its ample, diffuse panicles and very long flowers. It is 

 probably most closely allied to Ixora saUcifolia DC, but seems to be sufficiently 

 distinct. 



