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Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Burgos, Bur. Set. 32921 Ramos, 

 July 27, 1918^ in dry thickets at low altitudes, Ilocano annyop. 



The alliance of this species is manifestly with Callicarpa blan- 

 coi Rolfe, from which it is especially distinguished by its elliptic 

 to oblong-elliptic, usually rounded or obtuse, never acuminate 

 leaves. 



GESNERIACEAE 



CYRTANDRA Forster 

 CYRTANDRA ILOCANA sp. nov. 



Frutex glaberrimus; foliis chartaceis, integris, oblongis ad 

 oblongo-obovatis vel oblongo-oblanceolatis, 3 ad 7 cm longis, in 

 siccitate castaneis, basi acutis, apice acuminatis, nervis utrinque 

 5 ad 7, tenuibus; inflorescentiis tenuibus 1- vel paucifloris, pe- 

 dunculis capillaris, 3 cm longis ; calycibus cupulatis, 3 ad 4 mm 

 longis, lobis late ovatis, 1.5 mm longis, acuminatis. 



An entirely glabrous shrub, the branches grayish, 3 to 4 mm 

 in diameter, marked with large petiolar scars; the branchlets 

 slender, smooth, dark reddish-brown. Leaves subequal or one 

 of each pair slightly smaller than the other, chartaceous, entire, 

 oblong to oblong-obovate, or oblong-oblanceolate, 3 to 7 cm long, 

 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide, the upper surface dark-castaneous when dry, 

 the lower much paler, base usually acute, often slightly inequi- 

 lateral, apex distinctly acuminate; lateral nerves slender, 5 to 7 

 on each side of the midrib, curved, anastomosing, close to the 

 margins, the reticulations very lax; petioles 5 to 9 mm long. 

 Inflorescences very slender, axillary, one- or at most few-flowered, 

 the peduncles capillary, about 3 cm long, each bearing one fruit 

 and also presenting one or two scars at the apex as if there 

 might have been two or three umbellately arranged flowers; 

 pedicels slender, up to 1 cm long. Calyx cut-shaped, 3 to 4 mm 

 long, the lobes broadly ovate, 1.5 mm long, acuminate. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Palimlim, Bur. Sci. 33370 

 Ramos, August 21, 1918, on forested slopes near the summit, 

 altitude about 1,050 meters. 



This species is allied to Cyrtandra glabrifoha Merr. (C. gla- 

 bra Kranzl., non Jack) but differs in its smaller entire leaves 

 and shorter petioles. 



CYRTANDRA PANAYENSIS sp. nov. 



Frutex, ut videtur scandens, ramulis junioribus ferrugineo- 

 villosis, ceteroquin glaber; foliis oppositis, aequalibus, coriaceis 

 vel subcoriaceis, ellipticis ad oblongo-ellipticis, 7 ad 10 cm longis, 

 breviter acuminatis, longe petiolatis, nervis utrinque 7 vel 8, 



