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tomosing, the reticulations lax. Petioles 1.5 to 2 cm long. Ra- 

 cemes axillary, solitary, about 5 cm long, few-flowered, pubescent. 

 Fruits ellipsoid, about 8 mm long, somewhat pubescent, their 

 pedicels about 3 mm long, the subtending bracteoles subequal, 

 oblong-ovate, pubescent, about 1 mm long. Persistent calyx 

 lobes ovate, acute, 1 mm long. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Palimlim, Bur. Sd. 333^0 

 Ramos, August 21, 1918, on forested slopes, altitude about 900 

 meters. 



This species apparently belongs in the group with Polyosma 

 verticillata Merr., from which it is specially distinguished by its 

 dense indumentum and its lateral, not terminal, few-flowered 

 racemes. 



POLYOSMA LONGIPETIOLATA sp. nov. 



Frutex, partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque exceptis glaber; 

 foliis verticillatis, 4- vel 5-natis, oblongo-ellipticis ad anguste 

 oblongo-obovatis, coriaceis, in siccitate nigris, 8 ad 13 cm longis, 

 integris, basi acutis, apice breviter lateque acuminatis, nervis 

 utrinque 8 ad 11, distinctis; petiolo usque ad 6 cm longo; racemis 

 terminalibus, usque ad 20 cm longis; fructibus anguste ellipsoi- 

 deis, 8 mm longis, bracteolis valde inaequalibus, interioribus 

 quam lateralibus duplo longioribus, 3 ad 5 mm longis. 



A shrub, about 5 m high, glabrous except the very young parts 

 and the inflorescences. Branches terete, dark reddish-brown, 

 smooth, glabrous, the branchlets more or less angled, the younger 

 ones appressed-pubescent with very short hairs. Leaves verti- 

 cillate, 4 or 5 at each node, oblong-elliptic to narrowly oblong- 

 obovate, coriaceous, glabrous, the upper surface nearly black 

 when dry, the lower surface dark-brown, 8 to 13 cm long, 2.5 

 to 5 cm wide, entire, base acute, apex very shortly and broadly 

 acuminate, the acumen obtuse and with a blunt apiculus ; lateral 

 nerves 8 to 11 on each side of the midrib, spreading, distinct, 

 anastomosing. Petioles unusually long, up to 6 cm in length, 

 when young pubescent, soon becoming glabrous. Racemes ter- 

 minal, in fruit up to 20 cm long, more or less pubescent ; pedicels 

 3 to 5 mm long. Fruits narrowly ellipsoid, about 8 mm long, 

 slightly pubescent, the subtending bracteoles very unequal, pu- 

 bescent, linear-oblong, the middle one 3 to 4 mm long, at least 

 twice as long as the two lateral ones. Persistent calyx-lobes 

 triangular-ovate, acute, 1 mm long. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Palimlim, Bur. Sci. 33259 

 Ramos, August 20, 1918, on forested slopes, altitude about 1,000 

 meters. 



