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Mindanao, Bukidnon Subprovince, Mount Dumalupihan, Bur. 

 Sci. 39001 Ramos & Edano, July 29, 1920. On forested slopes, 

 altitude about 1,200 meters. 



A species manifestly belonging in the same group as Embelia 

 luzoniensis Merr. and closely allied to that species. Among 

 other characters it is easily distinguished by its very prom- 

 inently glandular leaves, the black glands being conspicuous on 

 both surfaces. 



RAPANEA Aublet 

 RAPANEA ANGUSTIFOLIA sp, nov. 



Frutex glaber ; foliis numerosis, subcoriaceis, anguste oblongis 

 ad lanceolatis, 4.5 ad 6 cm longis, 7 ad 10 mm latis, apice 

 obtusis, basi acutis, in siccitate olivaceis, nitidis, subtus plus 

 minusve glanduloso-punctatis, nervis inconspicuis ; fructibus 

 globosis, 3 mm diametro, in i superiore parte perspicue atro- 

 glandulosis; floribus 4-meris, calycis lobis late ovatis, obtusis, 

 perspicue glandulosis, margine ciliatis. 



A glabrous shrub about 3 m high, the branches terete, dark 

 reddish brown. Leaves numerous, somewhat crowded, subcoria- 

 ceous, narrowly oblong to lanceolate, 4.5 to 6 cm long, 7 to 10 

 mm wide, the apex obtuse, base acute, the upper surface oliva- 

 ceous, shining, the lower surface paler and more or less glan- 

 dular-punctate, the glands nearly black, especially conspicuous 

 along the margins; lateral nerves about 10 on each side of the 

 midrib, slender, inconspicuous ; petioles 3 to 4 mm long. Fruits 

 globose, about 3 mm in diameter, conspicuously glandular in the 

 upper one-third, the glands black. Pedicels 2 mm long. Flowers 

 4-merous, the persistent calyx rather conspicuously glandular, 

 the lobes broadly ovate, obtuse, the margins more or less ciliate. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Magatapan, Bur. Sci. 

 3324-3 Ramos, August 8, 1918, on slopes apparently at an altitude 

 of about 1,000 meters. The same species is represented by a 

 sterile specimen from Mount Piao collected by Merntt & Darling 

 in November, 1908, 



A species belonging in the group with Rapanea philippinensis 

 Mez, but distinguished by its smaller, narrower leaves and by its 

 conspicuously glandular-punctate fruits. 



RAPANEA OBLONGIBACCA sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber; foliis chartaceis ad subcoriaceis, oblongis ad 

 oblongo-lanceolatis, in siccitate brunneis, nitidis, 3 ad 6 cm longis, 

 0.8 ad 1.8 cm latis, utrinque angustatis, apice acutis vel obtusis, 



