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cm long, 10 cm wide, dense, many-flowered, the branches trichotoniously 

 branched. Flowers apparently pink, mostly in triads on the ultimate 

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

 pedicels 3 mm long or less; bracts subtending the branches small, ovate, 

 acuminate, the bracteoles similar, ovate, acuminate, 1 to 1.2 mm long. 

 Calyx 2 to 3 mm long, the teeth ovate, acuminate or acute, 1 mm long. 

 Corolla-tube 26 mm long, 1 mm in diameter, the lobes elliptic to elliptic- 

 oblong, reticulate, membranaceous, acute or minutely acuminate, 7 to 8 

 mm long, 4 to 5 mm wide. Anthers 3 mm long, abruptly caudate- 

 apiculate. Stigma about 1 mm long, slightly exserted. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Casiguran, Bur. Sci. 2999 (type), 2976 M earns, 

 June 1, 1907. A specimen from Baler, Province of Tayabas, Luzon, Bur. 8oi. 

 10672 McGregor, August, 1909, is similar but has a more lax inflorescence, 

 longer flowers, the corolla-tube 3 cm in length, and the calyx-teeth are obtuse 

 or rounded. 



A species allied to Ixora congesta Roxb., but with thinner, fewer-nerved leaves, 

 and more lax inflorescence. 



Ixora mindanaensis sp. nov. 



Arbuscula 2 ad 3 m alta, cymis parce puberulis exceptis glabra; 

 foliis lanceolatis, oblongo-lanceolatis, vel oblongo-oblanceolatis, coriaceis 

 vel subcoriaceis, petiolatis, usque ad 16 cm longis, basi acutis vel acu- 

 minatis, apice acuminatis, nervis utrinque 8 ad 10, distinctis, laxissime 

 reticulatis vel reticulis subobsoletis ; cymis terminalibus, e basi 3-ramosis ; 

 floribus circiter 11 mm longis, calycis dentibus parvis, obtusis, quam 

 tubus brevioribus. 



A shrub 2 to 3 m high, erect, branched, glabrous except the inflores- 

 cence. Branches terete, rather slender, light-gray. Leaves lanceolate, 

 oblong-lanceolate, or oblong-oblanceolate, 8 to 16 cm long, 3 to 6 cm 

 wide, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, when dry shining on both surfaces, 

 brown, paler beneath, the apex rather sharply acuminate, the base grad- 

 ually narrowed, acute or somewhat acuminate; nerves 8 to 10 on each 

 side of the midrib, beneath distinct, usually brown, anastomosing, the 

 reticulations very' lax, often nearly obsolete ; petioles about 5 mm long ; 

 stipules ovate to oblong-ovate, acuminate, about 5 mm long, deciduous. 

 Cymes terminal, somewhat puberulent, branched from the base, the 

 branches three, 2 cm long or less, each bearing at the apex from three to 

 five short secondary branches, the flowers all sessile or subsessile, in groups 

 of threes on the ultimate branchlets, densely disposed, the cymes 5 cm 

 long or less; bracts very small, obscure, the bracteoles similar, minute, 

 linear, 0.5 mm long. Calyx 2 to 2.5 mm long, puberulent, the teeth 

 ovate, obtuse, 0.5 mm long. Corolla-tube white or pinkish, about. 9 mm 

 long, 1 mm in diameter, the lobes elliptic-oblong, 3.5 mm long, 1.5 to 

 1.8 mm wide, obtuse, 6-nerved, nerves mostly anastomosing. Anthers 3 

 mm long, acute or obtuse. Stigma slightly exserted, 2 mm long, cleft. 



