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acuminate, pale when dry, of about the same color and shining 

 on both surfaces; primary lateral nerves about 10 on each side 

 of the midrib, prominent, curved, anastomosing, the reticulations 

 prominent on both surfaces; stipules suborbicular, 1 to 2 cm 

 long, similar to the leaves in texture and color, inequilateral, very 

 shortly obtuse-acuminate or obtuse. Panicles from the trunk 

 or larger branches, narrowly pyramidal, about 20 cm long, the 

 branches few, spreading, the lower ones 3 to 4 cm long. Fruits 

 fleshy, white or somewhat pink when fresh and 3 to 4 cm in 

 diameter, when dry subglobose, 2 to 3 cm in diameter, brown, 

 with one or two large, castaneous, shining seeds 1.5 to 2 cm 

 in diameter. 



Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Binuang, Biir. Sci. 28533, 28516 (type) 

 Ramos & Edano, May 8 and 19, 1917, in forests along streams at low 

 altitude. 



This species is allied to Otophora fruticosa Blume, but is readily dis- 

 tinguished, among other characters, by its very much larger fruits. 



RHAMNACEAE 



VENTILAGO Gaertner 

 VENTILAGO BRUNNEA sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, inflorescentiis exceptis glaber; foliis in sic- 

 citate brunneis, utrinque concoloribus, nitidis, oblongis, usque ad 

 20 cm longis, subcoriaceis, basi subacutis ad rotundatis, apice 

 latissime acuminatis et obtusis vel leviter retusis, nervis utrinque 

 circiter 9; inflorescentiis axillaribus terminalibusque, subfer- 

 rugineo-pubescentibus, simplex vel e basi parce ramosis, usque 

 ad 13 cm longis ; floribus numerosis, f asciculatis, breviter pedicel- 

 latis, 3 ad 4 mm diametro, petalis obovatis, retusis, circiter 1 

 mm longis. 



A scandent shrub, glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches 

 and branchlets dark-brown, terete, smooth. Leaflets uniformly 

 brown and shining on both surfaces when dry, subcoriaceous or 

 firmly chartaceous, oblong, 12 to 20 cm long, 4 to 6 cm wide, 

 base rounded to subacute, narrowed upward to the very broadly 

 acuminate apex, the acumen rounded or slightly retuse and 3 

 to 5 mm wide at the tip ; primary lateral nerves about 9 on each 

 side of the midrib, prominent, curved, obscurely anastomosing 

 close to the margin, the reticulations dense; petioles brown, 3 

 mm long or less. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, simple or 

 branched from the base, the branches few, up to 13 cm in length, 

 all parts uniformly pubescent with short, subferruginous or 

 sometimes cinereous hairs. Flowers yellowish-white, numerous, 



