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pedicellatis, calycis lobis triangulari-ovatis, acutis, 2 mm longis; 

 fructibus subglobosis, circiter 5 mm diametro. 



An erect shrub, about 3 m high, glabrous except the inflo- 

 rescences, the branches and branchlets terete, pale. Leaves 

 membranaceous, oblong-elliptic, nearly black when dry, 10 to 13 

 cm long, 4 to 6.5 cm wide, the base rounded to subacute or some- 

 what decurrent, the apex shortly but distinctly acuminate; lat- 

 eral nerves slender, distinct, anastomosing, about 8 on each side 

 of the midrib, the reticulations lax, not prominent; petioles 1 

 cm long. Flowers axillary, fascicled, their pedicels somewhat 

 pubescent, about 7 mm long. Calyx about 5 mm long, the lobes 

 pubescent, triangular-ovate, acute, 2 mm in length. Fruits 4 to 

 10 in each fascicle, subglobose, black when dry, about 5 mm in 

 diameter, when young somewhat pubescent, ultimately glabrous, 

 their pedicels up to 8 mm in length. 



SiARGAO, Bur. Sci. 34893 Ramos & Pascasio, May 29, 1919, in 

 forests at low altitudes. 



A species closely allied to Geniostoma nigrescens (Blanco) 

 Merr. but with the exception of the inflorescences entirely gla- 

 brous and with larger leaves. 



APOCYNACEAE 

 ALYXIA Banks 

 ALYXIA STENOPHYLLA sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, glabra, ramis ramulisque teretibus, tenuibus, 

 ultimis 1 ad 1.5 mm diametro; foliis plerumque verticillatis, 4 

 ad 6 cm longis, 6 ad 10 mm latis, anguste lanceolatis, utrinque 

 subaequaliter angustatis, basi acutis, apice obtuse acuminatis, 

 chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, nervis lateralibus obsoletis; inflo- 

 rescentiis axillaribus, solitariis, pedunculatis, umbellatim 3- vel 

 4-floris, pedunculo 1 ad 1,5 cm longo. Corollae tubo 7 mm 

 longo. 



A glabrous vine, the branchlets slender, terete, the ultimate 

 ones 1 to 1.5 mm in diameter. Leaves mostly verticillate, 

 sometimes opposite, narrowly lanceolate, 4 to 6 cm long, 6 to 

 10 mm wide, subequally narrowed to the acute base and the 

 blunt-acuminate apex, firmly chartaceous or subcoriaceous, 

 shining when dry, the margins slightly recurved ; midrib prom- 

 inent, the lateral nerves and reticulations obsolete; petioles 2 

 to 3 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, solitary, umbellately 3- 

 or 4-flowered, the peduncles 1 to 1.5 cm long, the pedicels about 

 3 mm long, 2-bracteolate at their apices, the bracteoles lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, 1 mm long. Calyx about 3 mm long, the 

 lobes lanceolate-acuminate. Corolla-tube about 7 mm long, white. 



