236 MERRILL. 



Ixora longistipuia sp. nov. 



Frutex glabor 1.5 ad 3,jii altus; foliis petiolatis, oblongo-lanc-eolatis, 

 chartaceis, acuminatis, basi acutis; stipulis setaceis, 1 ad 1.8 cm longis; 

 inflorescentiis tenniualibus longe pedunculatis, floribus circiter 2 cm 

 longis in capitulis parvis dense confertis; calycis dentibus acutis, quam 

 tubus brevioribus. 



A glabrous shrub 1.5 to 3 m high. Branches terete, slender, reddish- 

 brown. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 10 to 20 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, 

 fhartaceous, usually firmly so, shining, narrowed at both ends, the base 

 acute, the apex shai-ply- acuminate; lateral nen'es about 13 on each side 

 of the midrib, distinct, anastomosing, the reticulations lax; petioles 

 about 1 cm long; stipules setaceous, about 1 cm long, broadened at the 

 base. Infloi'escence terminal, solitary, the peduncles slender, 9 to 15 

 cm long, the flowers subsessile or shortly pedicelled, disposed in a ter- 

 minal, simple, dense head, this head, excluding the corollas, less than 1 cm 

 in diameter, usually about 25 flowers in each. Bracteoles narrowly lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, 1 to 2 nmi long. Calyx narrowly campanulate, 2 

 to 2.5 mm long, the teeth ovate, acute, about 1 mm in length. Corolla 

 slender, pink, the tube about 2 cm long, 1 mm in diameter, the lobes 

 4, broadly elliptic, spreading, rounded, 4 to 4.5 mm long, 3 to 3.5 mm 

 in diameter. Anthers 3 mm long. Style slightly exserted, the arms 

 flattened, 1.5 mm long. Fruit globose, fleshy, white to pink, about 1 

 cm in diameter, the seeds elliptic in outline, 7 mm long, 5 mm wide. 



Negbos, Mount Marapara, For. Bur. 13625 Curran tC- Foxioorthy, September, 

 1909 (type), For. Bur. 13694 Curran; near Cadiz, Bur. Sci. 7327 Celestino, March, 

 1909. MiNDOBO, Mount Halcon, Merrill 5569, November, 1906. 



A sylvan species ranging from 500 to 700 m above the sea, well characterized 

 by its elongated, setaceous stipules, and its long-peduncled, capitulate inflorescence. 



Ixora mearnsii sp. nov. 



Arbuscula erecta glabra; foliis oblongis vel late oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 chartaceis vel submembranaceis, acuminatis, basi acutis vel leviter rotun- 

 datis, petiolatis, usque ad 18 cm longis, in sicco nitidis, nervis utrinque 

 circiter 11, distinctis; cymis terminalibus, multifloris, densis; floribus 

 circiter 3 cm longis, calycis segmentis acutis, quam tubus brevioribus. 



An erect glabrous shrub. Branches terete, or the younger ones ob- 

 scurely angled, dark-reddish-brown, shining. Leaves oblong to broadly 

 oblong-lanceolate, 12 to 18 cm long, 3 to 7 cm Avide, chartaceous oi- 

 submembranaceous, shining on botii surfaces, when dry olivaceous above, 

 paler beneath, the apex very sharply acuminate, the base acute or nar- 

 rowed and slightly abruptly rounded; nerves about 11 on each side of 

 the midrib, distinct on the lower surface, anastomosing, the ;reticulations 

 lax; petioles about 1 cm long; stipules connate, subtruncate, abruptly 

 and shortly apiculate-acuminato, the margins slightly ciliate, 2 to 3 mm 

 long. Cynics terminal, sliortly peduncled, including the flowers about 7 



