288 MERRILL. 



Fruit red, depiessed-globose, somewhat compressed, about 1 cm wide, 

 nearly as long, glabrous, smooth, somewhat longitudinally depressed be- 

 tween the seeds, crowned by the short calyx-rim. 



Mindanao, District of Zaniboaiiga. Port Banga, For. Bur. HOW (type), 90.1.'i 

 Whitford d Butchinaon, November 29 and December 2, 1007; Sax River, Williumfi 

 2192, February 4, 1905: Province of Misamis, Malabug River, trail to Mount 

 Malindang, For. Bur. JjltS Meam^ <£ Hutchinson: Lake Lanao, Camp Keitbley, 

 \[rs. Clemens s. n., May and November, 1906. 



Ixora palawanensis sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus 2 ad o m altus, glaber; foliis subcoriaceis, nitidis, acu- 

 niinatis, lanccolatis vel ohlongo-lanceolatis, usque ad 15 cm longi,'*, nervis 

 utrinque circiter 14; eymis terminalibus, dense multifloris; floribus 3.3 

 ad 3.8 cm longis. bibracteolatis, bracteolis parvis; calyeis segmentis 

 ovatis, acutis, (piam tubus brevioribus. 



An erect shrub 'i to 3 m high, giabi'ous throughout. Branches terete 

 or somewhat compressed, smooth, somewhat shining, reddisli-brown. 

 Leaves lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, rarely oblanceolate, 7 to 15 cm 

 long, 1.5 to 4..-) cDi wide, subcoriaceous, somewhat pale wlien dry, 

 shining on both surfaces, the base acute or acuminate, apex sharply 

 a<:'uminate; primary nerves 12 to 15 on each side of the midrib, not 

 prominent, anastomosing, scarcely more distinct than are the alternating 

 secondary ones, the reticulations obscure, lax ; petioles 0.3 to 0.8 cm 

 long; stipules 5 mm long or less, base broad, apex abruptly contracted, 

 prominently acuminate. Cymes terminal, dense, 4 to 8 cm wide, the 

 peduncles 1 cm long or loss, the lower branches up to 5 cm in length, 

 trichotomously branched, the lower bracts lanceolate, acuminate, about 1 

 cm \(in<:!:. the bracts of the secondary branches much smaller, ovate-oblong, 

 acuminate, ?.<! mm long; bracteoles 2 at the base of each iiower. similar 

 to the upper bracts but only 1.5 mm long. Flowers salmon- to orange- 

 colored, numerous, mostly in triads at the ends of the ultimate branch- 

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

 pedicels 3 to 8 jum in length. Calyx 3 to 3.3 mm long, the lobes 4, 

 ovate, acute. 1.5 mm in length. Corolla-tube 3 to 3.5 cm long, less 

 than 1.5 ram in diameter, the lobes oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, rfeticu- 

 late, rather thin, about 11 mm long, 3.5 mm wide. Anthers 3 umi long. 

 Style slightly exserted ; stigma cleft. Fruits ovoid, about 1 cm long, 

 dark-reddisli-l)rown when diw, obtuse or slightly beaked. 



Palawan, in forests about 1^ miles northwest of Iwahig, Bur. ^'ci. 7!)S Fo.r- 

 worihy. April 22, 1906, in forested ravines. 



A species manifestly allied to Ixora conycsta Ro.xb., but with relatively 

 narrower, smaller leaves wliioh are sliarply acuminate, the veins not prominent, etc. 



Ixora philippinensis sp. nov. 



Arbuscula vel arbor parva. 2 ad 7 m alta, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra ; 

 foliis subcoriaceis, subscssilibus, oblongo-ovatis. cllipjico-ovalis. vd ovatis, 



