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brous, globose, slightly glandular, red when mature, about 1 

 cm in diameter. 



Luzon, Camarines Province, Bur. Sci. 33^92 (type), 33554' 

 Ramos & Edano, December, 1918, in damp forests at low alti- 

 tudes between Paracale and Mambulao. 



This species belongs in the group with Ardisia perrottetiana 

 A. DC, from which it is readily distinguished by its larger 

 leaves and elongated petioles. 



AMBYLANTHOPSIS Mez 

 AMBYLANTHOPSIS CRASSIFOLIA sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus, glaber, ramulis incrassatis, cylindricis, cir- 

 citer 1 cm diametro, cicatricibus multis ornatis; foliis crassis- 

 sime coriaceis, integris, oblongis ad anguste oblongo-obovatis, 

 10 ad 13 cm longis, minute punctatis, obtusis, nervis utrinque 

 10, haud perspicuis, admodum subobsoletis ; infiorescentiis 

 axillaribus, plerumque racemosis, usque ad 7 cm longis; flori- 

 bus 4-5-meris, 6 ad 7 diametro, petalis ellipticis ad oblongo- 

 ellipticis, filamentis petalis aequilongis. 



An erect glabrous shrub, about 2 m high, the ultimate branch- 

 lets much thickened, cylindric, about 1 cm in diameter and 

 marked with numerous, large, petiolar scars. Leaves very 

 thickly coriaceous, entire, oblong to narrowly oblong-obovate, 

 10 to 13 cm long, 3.5 to 4 cm wide, obscurely and minutely 

 glandular-punctate, the apex obtuse, narrowed below to the 

 acuminate base; midrib very stout, the lateral nerves about 10 

 on each side of the midrib, not prominent, sometimes nearly 

 obsolete; petioles stout, 6 to 15 mm long. Inflorescences in 

 the upper axil, up to 7 cm in length, the flowers usually race- 

 mosely arranged, sometimes in very depauperate panicles. 

 Flowers red, 4- and 5-merous, 6 to 7 mm in diameter, their 

 pedicels about 2 mm long. Calyx about 4 mm in diameter, the 

 lobes obiong-ovate, obtuse, somewhat glandular-punctate, gla- 

 brous. Corolla lobes elliptic to elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 4 mm 

 long, somewhat punctate, united for the lower 1 mm. Filaments 

 as long as the petals, the anthers longitudinally dehiscent. 

 Ovary and style 2.5 mm long, the ovary ovoid, the style as long 

 as the ovary. 



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

 33288 (type), 33381 Ramos, August 21, 1918, on forested slopes, 

 altitude about 1,000 meters. 



This species is entirely different from the other described 

 forms of the genus Ambylanthopsis, but by definition must be 



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