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ellipticis, usque ad 13 cm longis, integerrimis, breviter acute 

 acuminatis, basi rotundatis et leviter decurrento-acuminatis, in 

 siccitate subolivaceis, subtus pallidioribus ; nervis primariis cir- 

 citer 8, distinctis, supra haud impressis; inflorescentiis axilla- 

 ribus, pedunculatis, depauperato-cymosis, pubescentibus, 1 ad 2 

 cm longis ; receptaculis $ depresso-turbinatis, pubescentibus, cir- 

 citer 4 mm diametro, tepalis reniformibus, rotundatis, circiter 

 1.5 mm longis ; antheris 3 vel 4, confertis, sessilibus, connective 

 haud producto. 



A shrub about 4 m high, glabrous except the inflorescence. 

 Branches and branchlets terete, smooth, the former straw-colored, 

 the latter reddish-brown or dark-brown when dry. Leaves sub- 

 coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, entire, 8 to 13 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, 

 the apex shortly and acutely acuminate, base rounded and some- 

 what decurrent-acuminate, shining when dry, the upper surface 

 subolivaceous, the lower somewhat paler ; primary lateral nerves 

 about 8 on each side of the midrib, spreading, rather prom- 

 inently arched-anastomosing distant from the margin, not at 

 all impressed on the upper surface and scarcely projecting on 

 the lower surface, the reticulations lax; petioles dark-brown, 1 

 to 1.5 cm long. Staminate inflorescences axillary, depauperate- 

 cymose, few-flowered, peduncled, 1 to 2 cm long, appressed-pub- 

 escent with short, brownish hairs. Receptacles depressed-tur- 

 binate, externally sparingly pubescent, about 4 mm in diameter, 

 the bracts oblong, pubescent, 1.5 mm long, the pedicels 5 mm 

 long or less. Tepals subreniform, rounded, about 1.5 mm long, 

 glabrous. Anthers 3 or 4, sessile or subsessile, broadly ovoid or 

 orbicular-ovoid, 1 mm long, the connectives not produced. 



Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Binuang, Bur. Sci. 28614 Ramos & 

 Edano, May, 1917, in forests, altitude about 1,000 meters. 



If the entire leaves be any criterion this species comes near Matthaea 

 calophylla Perk, and M. latifolia Perk., but it is not otherwise closely 

 allied to these species. It seems to be much more closely allied to Mat- 

 thaea sancta Blume, and in many respects is very similar to the entire- 

 leaved forms of M. sancta Blume var. venulosa Perk. From this it is 

 easily distinguished by its olivaceous leaves, its dark-brown branchlets, 

 and the lateral nerves rather obscure and not at all impressed on the 

 upper surface of the leaves. 



CAPPARIDACEAE 



CAPPARIS Linnaeus 

 CAPPARIS LONGIPES sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, glaber; foliis lanceolatis, membranaceis ad 

 chartaceis, usque ad 11 cm longis, acutissime acuminatis, basi 

 acutis, nervis utrinque circiter 15, distinctis; infructescentiis 



