428 'rhe Philippine Journal of Science 1922 



the margins, the glands very obscure on the upper surface; 

 lateral nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, curved-anasto- 

 mosing, obscure on the upper surface, rather prominent on the 

 lower surface, the reticulations not conspicuous; petioles 5 to 

 7 mm long. Racemes mostly axillary on the ultimate branchlets, 

 solitary or in pairs, 1 to 2 cm long, rather many-flowered, the 

 axis and pedicels glandular-pubescent with brown hairs. Flow- 

 ers white, 5-merous, their pedicels slender, about 4 mm long, 

 the bracts linear, 1 mm long. Sepals 5, nearly free, oblong, 

 about 1 mm long, acute, glandular, pubescent. Petals elliptic, 

 symmetrical, rounded, glabrous, about 2 mm long, with few 

 conspicuous black glands. Filaments glabrous, 3 mm long. 



Luzon, Nueva Vizcaya Province, Dupax, Bur. Sci. 20098 Mc- 

 Gregor, January, 1913. 



This species is apparently as closely allied to Embelia tsjermm- 

 cottan A. DC. as to any other, but differs in numerous details. 



EMBELIA OV ATI FOLIA sp. nov. § Pattara. 



Frutex scandens, inflorescentiis exceptis glaber, ramulis 1.5 

 mm diametro ; f oliis ovatis, chartaceis, 6 ad 8 cm longis, olivaceis, 

 nitidis, acuminatis, basi late rotundatis, utrinque glandulis per- 

 spicuis instructis, nervis utrinque circiter 10, perspicuis; racemis 

 axillaribus, solitariis, binis vel trinis, circiter 2 cm longis, pubes- 

 centibus; floribus perspicue pedicellatis, 5-meris, calycis lobis 

 ovatis, acutis vel obtusis, 0.6 mm longis, margine obscure ciliatis, 

 glandulis paucis magnis perspicuis instructis ; f ructibus globosis, 

 4 ad 5 mm diametro. 



A scandent shrub, glabrous except the glandular-pubescent 

 racemes, the branches mostly grayish, about 5 mm in diameter, 

 obscurely lenticellate, the branchlets slender, 1.5 mm in diam- 

 eter, brownish. Leaves ovate, chartaceous, olivaceous, shin- 

 ing, 6 to 8 cm long, 4 to 5 cm wide, entire, the apex obtusely 

 acuminate, the base broadly rounded, both surfaces conspicuously 

 glandular, the glands black; lateral nerves about 10 on each side 

 of the midrib, slender, distinct; petioles 8 to 10 mm long. 

 Racemes axillary, solitary or in pairs or in threes, about 2 cm 

 long, the pedicels 3 or 4 mm long, pubescent, the bracts lan- 

 ceolate-acuminate from a broad base, puberulent, about 1 mm 

 long, persistent. Calyx 2 mm in diameter, the lobes ovate, acute 

 or obtuse, 0.6 mm long, with a few large and conspicuous, 

 reddish glands in the upper one-half, the margin obscurely ciliate. 

 Fruits globose, 4 to 5 mm in diameter. 



