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This species is readily distinguished by its narrowly lanceo- 

 late, very sharply acuminate and cartilaginous-mucronate leaves 

 as well as by its terminal, fascicled fruits, these being obovoid 

 and much narrowed below the middle to form a very distinct 

 pseudostalk. 



PITTOSPORUM ACUMINATISSIMUM sp. nov. 



Frutex epiphyticus vel pseudo-epiphyticus, glaber, ramulis te- 

 nuibus; foliis chartaceis, oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis, nitidis, 

 tenuiter acute acuminatis, usque ad 8 cm longis, nervis utrinque 

 7 ad 9, tenuibus ; inflorescentiis solitariis, lateralibus et termina- 

 libus, brevibus, 3-floris; floribus circiter 12 mm longis, ovario 

 dense villoso; fructibus leviter compressis, 2-valvis, ellipsoideis, 

 circiter 23 cm longis, valvis crasse carnoso-coriaceis, in siccitate 

 rugosis. 



An epiphytic or pseudoepiphj^tic shrub, entirely glabrous ex- 

 cept the densely pubescent ovaries, the ultimate branches slender, 

 2 to 3 mm in diameter. Leaves chartaceous, oblong to oblong- 

 elliptic, brownish-olivaceous when dry, 5 to 8 cm long, 2 to 4 

 cm wide, the apex sharply and slenderly acuminate, base acute; 

 lateral nerves 7 to 9 on each side of the midrib, slender as are 

 the reticulations ; petioles 2 to 3 cm long, slender. Inflorescences 

 usually solitary, lateral, rarely terminal, usually 3-flowered, their 

 peduncles 5 mm long or less, the pedicels 5 to 10 mm long. Calyx 

 shallowly cup-shaped, about 4 mm in diameter, the lobes broadly 

 ovate, obtuse, 1.5 to 1.8 mm long. Petals 5, narrowly oblong, 

 11 mm long, 3.5 mm wide, obtuse. Filaments 4 to 4.5 mm long. 

 Ovary oblong-ovoid, densely villous; style glabrous, 1.5 mm long. 

 Capsules ellipsoid, somewhat compressed, 2-valved, about 2.3 cm 

 long, 1,8 cm wide, the valves thick, fleshy-coriaceous, rugose 

 when dry, 



Panay, Capiz Province, Mount Macosolon, Bur. Sci. 307^5 

 Ramos & Edano, April 21, 1918, on trees in forests. 



This form has the same habit as Pittosporum resinifemm 

 Hemsl, and is manifestly closely allied to that species. It difi'ers 

 in its smaller leaves and its usually solitary, lax, few-flowered 

 inflorescences; in Hemsley's species the flowers are borne in 

 dense fascicles, while in the present species they are in depau- 

 perate, 3-flowered, usually solitary cymes, 



PITTOSPORUM GLABERRIMUM sp. nov. 



Frutex glaberrimus, ramulis tenuibus; foliis verticillatis, 3- 

 vel 4-natis, oblongo-lanceolatis, utrinque angustatis, acutis vel 

 leviter acuminatis, nervis utrinque 6 vel 7, tenuibus, distinctis; 



