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primary branches 1 cm long, the peduncles about 15 cm long. 

 Capsules oblong, 2.5 cm long, the persistent sepals ovate- 

 rounded, 5 to 7 mm long. 



Mindanao, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 3^488 Ramos & Pas- 

 casio, April 24, 1919, at the iron deposit on the northeast coast, 

 on ridges at low. altitudes. 



This is the second representative of this small genus to be 

 found in the Philippines and is strongly characterized by its 

 elongated peduncles. 



RUTACEAE 



EVODIA Forster 

 EVODIA CORIACEA sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, partibus junioribus exceptis glabra, ramulis cir- 

 citer 6 mm diametro; foliis 3-foliolatis, foliolis coriaceis, obo- 

 vatis ad oblongo-obovatis, 6 ad 8 cm longis, apice late rotundatis 

 admodum leviter retusis, basi cuneatis, nervis utrinque circiter 

 7, cum reticulis valde perspicuis; infructescentiis axillaribus, 2 

 ad 2.5 cm longis, depauperato-paniculatis, fructibus confertis, 

 coccis ovoideis, 4 mm longis. 



A small tree, glabrous except the younger parts, ultimate 

 branches about 6 mm in diameter, rugose, the petiolar scars large 

 and conspicuous. Leaves 3-foliate, their petioles 3.5 to 7 cm 

 long; leaflets coriaceous, somewhat shining, obovate to oblong- 

 obovate, 6 to 8 cm long, 3,5 to 4.5 cm wide, the apex broadly 

 rounded, sometimes slightly retuse, narrowed below to the cu- 

 neate or somewhat decurrent-acuminate base; lateral nerves 

 about 7 on each side of the midrib, prominent and conspicuous as 

 are the lax reticulations ; petiolules 5 to 8 mm long. Infructes- 

 cences axillary, 2 to 2.5 cm long, depauperate-paniculate, the 

 fruits somewhat crowded, the individual cocci ovoid, about 4 mm 

 in length. 



DiNAGAT, Bur. Sci. 35172 Ramos & Pascasio, May 12, 1919, 

 in forests at low altitudes. 



In many respects this species resembles Evodia laxireta Merr., 

 from which it is readily distinguished by its shorter infructes- 

 cences and smaller fruits, as well as by its shorter, differently 

 shaped, rounded or retuse, fewer-nerved leaflets. 



TETRACTOMIA Hooker f. 



TETRACTOMIA ACUMINATA sp. nov. 



Frutex 3 ad 5 m altus, inflorescentiis leviter pubescens ex- 

 ceptis glaber; foliis oblongo-obovatis ad oblongo-ellipticis, sub- 



