NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VIII. 245 



•long. Corolla glabrous, the tube cylindric, 3 mm loug, the lobes 5, more 

 or less spreading, coriaceous, oblong-ovate, 3 mm long, acute or obtuse. 

 Anthers about 1 mm long. Style and stigma together 2.5 mm long. 

 Ovary 2-celled, each cell with a single ovule. 



LxTzoN, Province of Cagayaii, near Pamplona, Bur. Set. 1J,99 Ramos, March 17, 

 1909. 



A species differing from all Philippine forms known to me in its sublanate 

 inflorescence. 



RANDIA Linn. 



Randia ticaensis sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 6 m alta, glabra ; ramulis teretibus, f oliis breviter petiol- 

 atis, oblongis vel oblongo-ovatis, chartaceis, acuminatis, basi angustatis, 

 leviter cordatis, nervis utrinque circiter 9; floribus axillaribus, solitariis 

 vel fasciculatis, calycis lobis sub fructu lanceolato-acuminatis, circiter 4 

 mm longis. 



A glabrous tree about 6 m high. Branches terete, grayish, slendei'. 

 Leaves oblong or oblong-ovate, chartaceous, brown and only slightly 

 shining when dry, 10 to 13 cm long, 3 to 5.5 cm wide, the apex acu- 

 minate, the base somewhat narrowed and then abruptly rounded-sub- 

 cordate; nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, distinct, somewhat 

 ascending, obscurely anastomosing, the reticulations faint, lax; petioles 

 about 2 mm long; stipules setaceous or lanceolate-acuminate, 4 to 4.5 

 mm long. Flowers unknown, but the fruits axillary, solitary or two in 

 an axil, very shortly pedicelled, black when dry, globose, about 11 mm 

 in diameter (not quite mature), glabrous, the calyx-tube subpersistent, 

 cylindric, slightly puberulent, 3 mm long, with five spreading, lanceolate- 

 acuminate, 4 mm long, 3-nerved lobes, the tube ultimately deciduous. 



TiCAO, Linadlaran Point, For. Bur. 12,5iri Eosenbluth, December 24, 1908, on 

 steep hillsides at an altitude of about 30 m, locally known as turutulang. Allied 

 to R. cumingiana Vid., but quite distinct. 



Randia stenophylla sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor parvus, plus minus puberulus; foliis lauceolatis ve] 

 anguste lanceolatis, subcoriaceis, basi acutis, apice acuminatis, usque ad 

 8 cm longis, 1.2 cm latis; cymis axillaribus, pedunculatis, vel floribus 

 solitariis; floribus circiter 5 mm longis, 5-meris; fructibus carnosis, glo- 

 bosis vel ovoideis, circiter 1 cm diametro. 



An erect shrub or small tree, the branches, leaves and inflorescence 

 more or less grayish-puberulent. Branches slender, terete. Leaves lance- 

 olate or narrowly lanceolate, 3.5 to 8 cm long, 0.5 to 1.2 cm wide, 

 subcoriaceous, scarcely shining when dry, brown, ultimately glabrous or 

 nearly so on the upper surface, base acute, apex acuminate ; lateral nerves 

 faint, about 13 on each side of the midrib, sometimes nearly obsolete ; 

 petioles puberulent, 1 to 2 mm long; stipules ovate, acuminate, puberu- 



