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A shrub or small tree 2 to 4 m high, glabrous except the in- 

 florescence and the younger parts. Branches rather stout, 

 smooth, more or less compressed, usually brownish when dry, 

 the growing tips more or less pubescent. Leaves opposite, 

 3-foliolate, their petioles 4 to 9 cm long; leaflets chartaceous, 10 

 to 18 cm long, 5 to 9 cm wide, elliptic, oblong, or oblong-obovate, 

 of about the same color on both surfaces, shining when dry, oli- 

 vaceous or yellowish-brown, the apex distinctly acuminate, the 

 base acute; lateral nerves about 15 on each side of the midrib, 

 rather slender, distinct, anastomosing ; petiolules 3 to 8 mm long. 

 Panicles axillary, narrowly pyramidal, slightly pubescent, 

 about 9 cm long, the branches distant, spreading, the lower 

 ones about 2 cm long on staminate inflorescences, on female 

 ones, in fruit, the panicles up to 15 cm long, and the lower 

 branches 5 cm in length. Male flowers: Pedicels short. Sepals 

 4, slightly pubescent, orbicular-ovate, obtuse, about 1 mm long. 

 Petals 4, elliptic-oblong, acute, 2.5 mm long, about 1.5 mm wide, 

 glabrous. Stamens 4; filaments 2.5 to 3 mm long; anthers 

 elliptic-oblong, 1.2 mm long. Rudimentary ovary densely villous. 

 Female flowers not seen. Cocci subellipsoid, 5 mm long, the 

 shining black seeds 2.5 to 3 mm in diameter. 



Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Leiberg 6133, July, 1904, 

 with d" flowers, For. Bur. 2055 Borden, For. Bur. 1U7U Ahern's collector, 

 both in fruit, August, 1904: Province of Rizal, Bur. Sci. 13601 Ramos, 

 August, 1911, in fruit: Province of Cagayan, Claveria, Bur. Sci. 10732 

 McGregor, August, 1909, with immature c^ flowers. 



The species is perhaps as closely allied to Evodia glabra Blume as to 

 any other, but has quite different leaves and venation. It resembles quite 

 closely the Asiatic material referred to Evodia pteleaefolia (Champ.) Merr., 

 but is specifically distinct. 



EVODIA SUBCAUDATA sp. nov. 



Species quoad foliis inflorescentiisque E. ternatae (Blanco) 

 Merr. simillima differt foliolis subcaudato-acuminatis, nervis 

 lateralibus magis numerosis, floribus hermaphroditis. 



A shrub or small tree the branches, branchlets, inflorescences, 

 petioles and lower surfaces of the leaflets on the midribs and 

 lateral nerves rather softly pubescent with short grayish hairs. 

 Branches and branchlets terete, or the tips of the latter a little 

 compressed. Leaves opposite, 3-foliolate, their petioles 4 to 9 cm 

 long, those of the same pair of leaves unequal in length. Leaflets 

 membranaceous, oblong to oblong-elliptic, or obovate-elliptic, 

 subequally narrowed to the acute base and to the slenderly sub- 

 caudate-acuminate apex, the acumen 1 to 1.5 cm long, the termi- 

 nal leaflet up to 15 cm long and 6 cm wide, the lateral ones 



