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acute, the apex acuminate, the pericarp coriaceous. Seeds about 

 20 in each follicle, irregular, about 6 mm long. 



Mindanao, District of Cotabato, Craan, For. Bur. H930 Tarrosa & 

 Almagro, April, 1912 (type) ; Reina Regente, Bur. Sci. 11653 Robinson, 

 June, 1910, in thickets and open places at low altitudes. 



A species in vegetative characters somewhat resembling the common 

 Tabernaemontana pandacaqui Poir., but with entirely different fruits, 

 which resemble those of Tabernaemontana hexagona Merr.; it differs from 

 T. hexagona Merr. in its smaller, much fewer nerved leaves. 



TABERNAEMONTANA OLIGANTHA sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber circiter 2 m altus; foliis membranaceis vel 

 chartaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 15 cm longis, utrinque 

 subaequaliter angustatis, apice acuminatis apiculatisque, basi 

 acutis, nervis utrinque circiter 9, subtus prominentibus ; cymis 

 axillaribus, laxis, circiter 10 cm longis, paucifloris ; floribus albis, 

 longe pedicellatis, circiter 2.5 cm diametro, corollae tubo circiter 

 1.7 cm longo. 



A glabrous shrub about 2 m high with very lax, few-flowered, 

 axillary cymes, the flowers about 5 to each cyme, long pedicelled. 

 Branches terete, slender, grayish-brown, lenticellate. Leaves 

 membranaceous to chartaceous, oblong-elliptic, 12 to 15 cm long, 

 5 to 7 cm wide, olivaceous and somewhat shining when dry, 

 subequally narrowed to the acute base and to the distinctly acu- 

 minate and slightly apiculate apex; lateral nerves about 9 on 

 each side of the midrib, prominent on the lower surface, curved, 

 obscurely anastomosing, the reticulations fine; petioles 5 mm 

 long or less. Cymes axillary, solitary, about 10 cm long, each 

 about 5-flowered, the branches divaricate, lax. Flowers white, 

 their pedicels 1.5 to 3.5 cm long. Calyx 4 to 5 mm long, the 

 lobes elliptic-ovate, obtuse or acute, 2.5 to 3 mm long. Corolla 

 tube cylindric, 1.5 to 1.8 cm long, the lobes spreading, 12 to 13 

 cm long, 4 to 5 mm wide, oblong, falcate, rounded. Anthers 2 

 mm long. Ovary glabrous. 



Samar, Cauayan Valley, forested slopes, Phil. PI. 1621 Ramos, April, 

 1914. 



A species well characterized by its long, very lax, few-flowered cymes, 

 the flowers about 5 in each cyme, long pedicelled. 



URCEOLA Roxburgh 



URCEOLA IMBERBIS (Elmer) comb. nov. 



Carruthersia imher'bis Elmer Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1909) 588. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Lucban, Elmer 9239 (type number) : Prov- 

 ince of Laguna, San Antonio, Bur. Sci. 12057 Ramos, August, 1910, in 

 fruit. 



