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when dry, the younger ones distinctly 5-angled. Leaves verti- 

 cillate, 5 at each node, very thickly coriaceous, obovate to oblong- 

 obovate, 5 to 8 cm long, 2.5 to 4 cm wide, the apex broadly 

 rounded and retuse, base acute to decurrent-acuminate, margins 

 somewhat revolute, the midrib impressed on the upper surface, 

 very prominent on the lower surface; lateral nerves numerous, 

 slender, indistinct; petioles 1 to 2 cm long. Cymes axillary, 

 somewhat pubescent, shortly peduncled, about 3 cm long, ex- 

 cluding the fruits. Flowers apparently few, the persistent sepals 

 ovate to oblong-ovate, obtuse, slightly pubescent, coriaceous, 

 about 2.5 mm long. Fruits shortly pedicelled, either 3 cm long 

 and constricted in the middle, with two ellipsoid seed-bearing 

 parts, or not constricted and consisting of a single seed-bearing 

 part, the seed-bearing parts 10 to 12 mm long, about 8 mm in 

 diameter. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Palimlim, Bur. Sci. 33330 

 Ramos, August 21, 1918, on forested slopes, altitude about 1,000 

 meters. 



This species is strongly characterized among those with very 

 thick coriaceous leaves by the leaves being broadly rounded and 

 retuse at their apices. 



RAUWOLFIA Linnaeus 

 RAUWOLFIA MEMBRANACEA sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus glaber; foliis membranaceis, oblongis ad 

 oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, 7 ad 11 cm longis, nervis 

 utrinque circiter 10, tenuibus ; cymis axillaribus terminalibusque, 

 paucifloris, 4 ad 6 cm longis, fructibus ellipsoideis, leviter com- 

 pressis, 1 cm longis, in siccitate rugosis. 



An erect glabrous shrub. Leaves membranaceous, olivaceous, 

 oblong to oblong-lanceolate, slenderly acuminate, base acute, oli- 

 vaceous and shining when dry, 7 to 11 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide; 

 lateral nerves slender, about 10 on each side of the midrib, 

 petioles 7 to 12 mm long. Cymes axillary and terminal, pedun- 

 cled, 4 to 6 cm long, apparently few-flowered, the persistent 

 oaljrx-lobes lanceolate, acuminate, about 2 mm long. Fruits 

 somewhat ellipsoid, slightly compressed when dry, about 1 cm 

 long and 6 mm wide, somewhat narrowed to the acute base and 

 usually obtuse apex, rugose when dry. 



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

 S321Jf Ramos, August 9, 1918, on dry slopes, altitude about 700 

 meters. 



This species is not closely allied to any previously described 



