X. c, 1 Merrill: Neiv or Notewo7'thy Philippine Plants, XI 67 



shortly, broadly, and obtusely acuminate, when dry shining, the 

 upper surface pale-olivaceous, the lower very much paler ; lateral 

 nerv^es about 14 on each side of the midrib, spreading, evanes- 

 cent or subevanescent near the margins, sometimes obscurely 

 anastomosing, the reticulations subobsolete; petioles 1 cm long 

 or less, inflated at the base on the upper side. Peduncles axil- 

 lary, apparently few-flowered (1-flowered ?), in fruit 3 to 4 cm 

 long. Flowers not seen. Follicles two, free to the very base, 

 oblong-lanceolate in outline, straight, not at all curved, acute 

 at the base, acute or somewhat rostrate-acuminate at the apex, 

 about 6 cm long, 1.3 to 1.5 cm in diameter, 6-angled, or better 

 with 3 longitudinal, narrow wings, and 3 alternating, less 

 prominent ridges, the pericarp coriaceous, greenish-olivaceous 

 when dry, shining, minutely verruculose. Seeds about 24 in 

 each follicle, irregularly oblong-obovoid, about 7 mm long. 



Panay, Capiz, Bur. Sci. 21241 Escritor, June, 1913. 



The species presents no particularly striking vegetative characters by 

 which it may be distinguished from some other species. Its follicles, 

 however, are very distinct in form, being quite different from those of 

 any other species known to me except the following one. They are straight, 

 not at all falcate as is usually the case in this genus, free to the very base, 

 oblong-lanceolate in outline, acuminate, and with 3 longitudinal, narrow, 

 thick wings, and 3 alternating, less prominent ridges. 



TABERNAEMONTANA MINDANAEN8IS sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber 2 ad 4 m altus ; f oliis chartaceis, oblongo-lanceo- 

 altis ad late oblongo-oblanceolatis, usque ad 12 cm longis, utrin- 

 que angustatis, apice acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis utrinque 

 circiter 9 ; cymis axillaribus, brevibus, paucifloris ; f olliculis rec- 

 tis vel leviter curvatis, oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, acumi- 

 natis, 4 ad 5 cm longis, circiter 1 cm diametro. 



A glabrous shrub about 4 m high. Branches terete, slender, 

 gray, not lenticellate, the younger ones sometimes slightly com- 

 pressed. Leaves chartaceous, oblong-lanceolate to broadly 

 oblong-oblanceolate, 7 to 12 cm long, 2 to 4.5 cm wide, narrowed 

 upward to the sharply acuminate apex, the acumen straight or 

 somewhat falcate, somewhat apiculate, and to the cuneate base ; 

 lateral nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, slender but 

 prominent on the lower surface, the reticulations fine; petioles 

 4 to 8 mm long. Cymes axillary, few-flowered, in anthesis 4 

 cm long or less, somewhat elongated in fruit, the immature buds 

 up to 1.5 cm long, the pedicels less than 1 cm in length. Follicles 

 usually in pairs, oblong to lanceolate, 4 to 5 cm long, about 1 

 cm in diameter, straight or somewhat curved, with 4 rather 

 prominent ridges and 2 less prominent ones, red, the base 



