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ad 15, tenuibus; petiolo 1.5 ad 2 cm longo; inflorescentiis ra- 

 cemoso-umbellatis, 3 ad 5 cm longis ; sepalis usque ad ^ connatia, 

 orbicularis, rotundatis, 4 mm diametro, glabris, eglandulosis, 

 margine baud ciliatis ; petalis ovatis, obtusis, 9 mm longis, eglan- 

 dulosis; connectivo baud glandulosis. 



An entirely glabrous shrub, about 1 m high, the branches and 

 branchlets brownish or grayish. Leaves oblong to oblong-ovate, 

 entire, 9 to 12 cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide, subcoriaceous, olivaceous, 

 shining, the apex obtuse to shortly and obtusely acuminate, the 

 base cuneate, both surfaces distinctly reticulate, scarcely punc- 

 tate-glandular ; primary lateral nerves 12 to 15 on each side of the 

 midrib, slender but distinct on both surfaces; petioles 1.5 to 2 

 cm long. Inflorescences lateral, simply umbellate-racemose, 3 to 

 5 cm long, the flowers somewhat crowded near the apex of the 

 peduncle, their pedicels stout, 10 to 12 mm long. Sepals united 

 for about one-third, orbicular, rounded, about 4 mm in diameter, 

 glabrous, their margins not at all ciliate, eglandular. Petals 

 pink, ovate, obtuse, about 9 mm long, 6 mm wide, eglandular. 

 Anthers oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 6 to 7 mm long, the connec- 

 tive not at all glandular. 



MiNDORO, Paluan and Mount Calavite, Bur. Sei. 39^35 (type) 

 39632 Ramos, April, 1921. In primary forests up to an altitude 

 of 600 meters. 



A species in the alliance with Ardisia pirifolia Mez, from 

 which it is at once distinguished by its longer petioles, its eglan- 

 dular petals, and the distinct and rather distant primary nerves, 

 the reticulations being distinct on both surfaces. 



DI8COCALYX Mez 



DISCOCALYX BRACHYBOTRYS sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber, ramulis circiter 4 mm diametro; foliis ses- 

 silibus vel subsessilibus, oblongo-ellipticis ad late oblanceolatis, 

 9 ad 16 cm longis, integris, chartaceis, pallide olivaceis, utrinque 

 subaequaliter angustatis, acuminatis, basi obtusis, subtus per- 

 spicue glanduloso-punctatis, nervis utrinque circiter 15, dis- 

 tinctis; inflorescentiis racemosis vel depauperato-paniculatis, 1 

 ad 1.5 cm longis, in ramis circiter 1 cm longis extra-axillaribus 

 dispositis, ramis cicatricibus perspicuis instructis; floribus 5- 

 meris, calycis petalisque perspicue atro-glandulosis, calycis lobis 

 acutis vel obtusis; petalis elliptico-obovatis, 3 mm longis. 



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

 reddish brown, about 4 mm in diameter. Leaves sessile or sub- 

 sessile, oblong-elliptic to broadly oblanceolate, 9 to 16 cm lonar, 



