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of Brabejum lucidum, but erroneously carried the reduction still further to 

 Alyxia monilifera Vid. Now that I have specimens from Cebu, from which 

 island Blanco received his material, which agree perfectly with his short 

 description, I have no hesitation in redescribing it under the above specific 

 name, for Blanco's name, lucida, is invalid in Alyxia. 



Alyxia blancoi is allied to A. parvifolia Merr., and to A. luzoniensis 

 Merr., but its leaves are shaped very differently from those of either of the 

 above species. 



ANODENDRON A. DC. 



ANODENDRON AXILLARE sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens subglaber; foliis oblongis, nitidis, usque ad 

 15 cm longis, apice breviter acuminatis, basi acutis vel subrotun- 

 datis, nervis patulis, tenuibus, utrinque circiter 13 ; inflorescentiis 

 axillaribus, cymosis, vix 2 cm longis, brevissime pedunculatis, 

 alabastro 8 mm longo. 



A scandent woody vine, the branches, when dry, reddish-brown, 

 slender, minutely and densely brownish-lepidote or punctate. 

 Leaves opposite, oblong, subcoriaceous or firmly chartaceous, 12 

 to 15 cm long, 5 to 6 cm wide, shining and of about the same color 

 on both surfaces when dry, the upper surface entirely glabrous, 

 the lower one with minute, scattered, brown, lepidote spots, base 

 subacute or rounded, apex abruptly short-acuminate; nerves 

 distant, spreading, not prominent, anastomosing near the margin, 

 about 13 on each side of the midrib, the secondary ones nearly as 

 distinct as the primary ones ; petioles 8 to 10 mm long. Inflores- 

 cence axillary, cymose, short, many-flowered, the peduncle 2 to 

 3 mm long. Flowers greenish to yellowish-white, in nearly 

 mature bud about 8 mm long, the pedicels 2 to 3 mm long, each 

 subtended by two or three, ovate, 1 mm long bracteoles. Sepals 

 5, ovate, acute, imbricate, 2 mm long, eglandular. Corolla 

 apparently salver-shaped, the tube cylindric, not inflated, about 

 5 mm long, 1.5 mm in diameter, the lobes twisted to the left, 

 oblong-ovate, acute, somewhat falcate, about 6 mm long, 2.5 mm 

 wide. Stamens inserted at the base of the tube, conniving in a 

 cone around the stigma, united to it by projections from the 

 connective; anthers oblong-ovate, sessile or subsessile, base 

 sagittate by prolongation of the cells, apex acuminate or acute, 

 about 1.5 mm long. Disk cup-shaped, about 0.5 mm high, 

 crenate. Carpels 2, free, united by their backs to the disk, 

 enclosed, that is, not exceeding the disk ; ovules many. Stigma 

 narrowly top-shaped, 1 mm long. 



Negros, Faraon, For. Bur. 13572 Meyer & Foxworthy, August 25, 1909. 

 A species apparently allied to Anodendron pauciflorum Hook, f., of 

 the Malay Peninsula, but judging from the description quite distinct. 



