302 The Philippine Journal of Science 1920 



A glabrous shrub, about 2 m high, the ultimate branchlets 

 about 5 mm in diameter. Leaves coriaceous, oblong to oblong- 

 elliptic, 14 to 18 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide, somewhat narrowed 

 below to the acute or obtuse base, the apex usually acute, margins 

 somewhat undulate and minutely toothed in the sinuses of the 

 undulations; lateral nerves slender, pinnately arranged, about 

 12 on each side of the midrib, not very prominent; petioles 2 

 to 2.5 cm long, their bases with a single, obscure, unarmed crest. 

 Inflorescences terminal, about 7 cm in diameter, the peduncle 

 rather slender, about 2 cm long; primary branches about 15, 

 umbellately arranged, these bearing 2 lateral branches and a 

 central, nearly sessile, or short-peduncled umbel of sterile flowers, 

 the lateral branches jointed at about the middle and bearing 2 

 small bracts. Fruits umbellately arranged at the tips of the 

 lateral branchlets, ovoid, about 5 mm long, their pedicels 2 to 

 3 mm in length; seeds usually 3. 



DiNAGAT, Bur. Sci. 35220 Ramos & Pascasio, May 12, 1919, in 

 forests at low altitudes. 



This species is distinctly an ally of Boerlagiodendron simplici- 

 folium Elm. and, like it, is characterized by its oblong, entire, 

 pinnately nerved leaves; among other characters it differs 

 radically from the latter species in its much shorter petioles. 



MYRSINACEAE 



DISCOCALYX Mez 

 DISCOCALYX LONGISSIMA sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber, circiter 1 m altus; foliis numerosis, linearis, 

 integris, 18 ad 25 cm longis, 7 ad 14 mm latis, utrinque angus- 

 tatis, acuminatis, subtus glandulosis, breviter petiolatis ; racemis 

 brevibus, tenuibus, paucifloris, 1 ad 1,5 cm longis, in ramulis 

 axillaribus tenuibus dispositis, ramulis specialibus 12 ad 16 cm 

 longis, foliis paucis valde reductis instructis, partibus apicalibus 

 cicatricibus bracteisque multis instructis; floribus minutus, 5- 

 meris, sepalis perspicue glandulosis. 



A glabrous shrub, about 1 m high, the branches smooth, terete, 

 brownish, the ultimate ones about 1 mm thick. Leaves nu- 

 merous, linear, entire, 18 to 25 cm long, 7 to 14 mm wide, 

 narrowed to the acuminate apex, the base much narrowed and 

 abruptly acute or obtuse, olivaceous and shining when dry, dis- 

 tinctly glandular-punctate beneath, the midrib very prominent, 

 the reticulations rather close, distinct ; petioles stout, 3 mm long 

 or less. The specialized slender branches bearing the inflores- 

 cences axillary, solitary, 12 to 16 cm long, each supplied with 



