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rotundatis, margine leviter undulatis, cartilagineis ; paniculis 

 axillaribus, 10 ad 20 cm longis ; floribus 5-meris, calycis glabris, 

 lobis late ovatis, obtusis vel minute apiculatis, haud ciliatis, baud 

 lineatis, corollae lobis late elliptico-ovatis, rotundatis, 1.4 mm 

 longis, usque ad ^ connatis, pbscure lineatis; bracteolis ovatis, 

 acuminatis, 0.8 mm longis. 



A scandent shrub, glabrous except the inflorescences, which are 

 obscurely puberulent. Branches brown, 4 to 5 mm in diameter, 

 lenticellate, the ultimate branchlets about 2 mm in diameter, 

 terete. Leaves ovate, chartaceous, 9 to 13 cm long, 5 to 7 cm 

 wide, the upper surface brownish olivaceous, shining, the lower 

 surface brown, the apex acuminate and slightly apiculate, the 

 base broadly rounded, margins shallowly undulate, the edge of 

 the leaf distinctly cartilaginous; lateral nerves 8 or 9 on each 

 side of the midrib, rather prominent on the lower surface, the 

 reticulations distinct, the ultimate ones plainly visible to the 

 naked eye. Panicles axillary, ample, rather many-flowered, 10 

 to 20 cm long, the primary branches slender, usually spreading, 

 up to 10 cm in length, the flowers racemosely disposed on the 

 ultimate branches, white or nearly so. Flowers 5-merous, the 

 bracts oblong-ovate, acute or acuminate, about 1 mm long, the 

 bracteoles ovate, acuminate, 0.8 mm long, the pedicels 1 to 1.5 

 mm in length. Calyx glabrous, about 1.5 mm in diameter, 

 eglandular, the lobes broadly ovate, often minutely apiculate, not 

 lineate and not at all ciliate, entire. Corolla lobes broadly ellip- 

 tic-ovate, rounded, about 1.4 mm long, extending to or below the 

 middle of the corolla, obscurely lineate. Stamens inserted near 

 the base of the corolla lobes, their filaments slender, 0.6 mm 

 long. 



Luzon, Tayabas Province, near Tagbilao, Bur. Sci. 26872 

 Edano, March, 1917. In thickets or forests, apparently from 

 low altitudes. 



This species is probably most closely allied to Maesa coriacea 

 Mez and among the Philippine species comes nearest to Maesa 

 megaphylla Merr. from which it is distinguished, among other 

 characters, by its undulate and distinctly reticulate leaves. 



ARDISIA Swartz 

 ARDISIA CALAVITENSIS sp. nov. § Tintis. 



Frutex glaberrimus, 1 m altus; foliis oblongis ad oblongo- 

 ovatis, integris, 9 ad 12 cm longis, subcoriaceis, olivaceis, nitidis, 

 obtusis vel breviter obtuseque acuminatis, basi cuneatis, utrinque 

 distincte reticulars, vix punctatis, nervis primariis utrinque 12 



