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valde prominentibis, anastomosantibus ; fructibus subovoideis, 

 circiter 1 cm longis, in siccitate circiter 7-sulcatis. 



A spiny shrub about 4 m high, the younger branchlets, petioles, 

 and nerves on the lower surfaces of the leaves more or less 

 pubescent. Branches terete, reddish-brown or brown, glabrous, 

 lenticellate, the younger ones with solitary or paired, sharp, 

 nearly straight, 5 to 10 mm long spines subtending each leaf, or 

 the spines often scattered along the branchlet. Leaves oblong, 

 subcoriaceous, brownish when dry and of about the same color on 

 both surfaces, 12 to 18 cm long, 5 to 8 cm wide, the base acute or 

 somewhat rounded, usually with a pair of glands near the in- 

 sertion of the petiole, the apex rather abruptly and shortly 

 acuminate, margins, except near the base, distinctly crenate- 

 serrate, the midrib and lateral nerves on the lower surface, and 

 in younger leaves on the upper surface, rather densely brown- 

 pubescent; lateral nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, 

 very prominent on the lower surface, straight, looped-anas- 

 tomosing near the margin; petioles pubescent, becoming nearly 

 glabrous in age, stout, 4 to 12 mm long. Flowers unknown. 

 Fruit ovoid, fleshy, edible, acid, about 1 cm long, black, when 

 dry, and rather distinctly 7-sulcate. 



Mindanao, District of Davao, Todaya, Williams 2572, April 4, 1905. 



The specimen has been identified as Flacourtia montana Grah., which 

 species, to a certain degree, it resembles. It is, however, entirely different 

 in its leaf-venation, and does not agree with any previously described 

 species of the genus so far as I am able to determine. It is remarkable 

 for its very prominently veined leaves. 



RYPAROSA Blume 

 RYPAROSA CAULIFLORA sp. nov. 



Species R. longipedunculatae Boerl. similis et ut videtur affinis, 

 differt foliis majoribus, usque ad 35 cm longis, late oblongo- 

 obovatis, apice late rotundatis, nervis utrinque circiter 9. 



A shrub or small tree, apparently glabrous except the more 

 or less puberulent inflorescence. Branches terete, brownish 

 when dry. Leaves alternate firmly chartaceous, broadly oblong- 

 obovate, up to 35 cm long and 17 cm wide, shining when dry, 

 the upper surface brownish-olivaceous, the lower surface pale 

 and somewhat glaucous, the base acute, the apex broadly 

 rounded; nerves 9 on each side of the midrib, curved-ascending, 

 prominent, the reticulations distinct, rather lax; petioles about 

 9 cm long, geniculate above. Inflorescence apparently racemose, 

 the racemes solitary, springing from the trunk or from the 

 larger branches, up to 35 cm in length, cinereous-puberulent. 



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