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ulations very lax, often obsolete; petioles stout, 8 to 10 mm 

 long. Inflorescences axillary, solitary, paniculate, about 4 cm 

 long, the branches spreading, the lower ones 1 to 1.4 cm long, 

 the flowers for the most part subumbellately arranged near the 

 apices of the branches; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, slightly 

 pubescent, 4 to 5 mm long; pedicels about 3 mm long. Calyx 

 cup-shaped, about 1.5 mm in diameter, 4-lobed, the lobes triang- 

 ular-ovate, acute or obtuse, less than 0.4 mm long. Corolla not 

 seen. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; style 0.5 mm long. 



Mindanao, Lanao District, Bolut River, For. Bur. 20626 Mi- 

 randa, June 14, 1913. In forests at sea level. 



A species having more the general appearance of Olea than 

 of Linociera, well characterized by its elongated leaves. When 

 perfect flowers are available it may prove to belong to the former 

 genus. Its alliance is manifestly with Linociera philippinensis 

 Merr., from which it is at once distinguished by its vegetative 

 characters. 



LOGANIACEAE 



GENIOSTOMA Forster 

 GENIOSTOMA ACUMINATISSIMA sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber, ramis teretibus; foliis chartaceis, oblongo- 

 ellipticis ad lanceolatis, nitidis, 8 ad 12 cm longis, utrinque an- 

 gustatis, apice tenuiter caudato-acuminatis, basi cuneatis, nervis 

 utrinque 8 ad 10; cymis tenuiter pedunculatis, axillaribus, soli- 

 tariis, paucifloris, 2 ad 3 cm longis ; floribus circiter 1 cm longis, 

 intus villosis. 



A glabrous shrub or small tree, the branches slender, terete, 

 the branchlets black when dry. Leaves chartaceous, dark-colored 

 when dry, shining, oblong-elliptic to lanceolate, 8 to 12 cm 

 long, 2.5 to 4.5 cm wide, subequally narrowed to the cuneate base 

 and to the slenderly caudate-acuminate apex; primary lateral 

 nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, distinct, curved, anas- 

 tomosing, the reticulations distinct, slender; petioles 3 to 5 mm 

 long; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, 1.5 to 2 mm long. Cymes 

 solitary, few-flowered, 2 to 3 cm long, the peduncles slender, up 

 to 2 cm long, the pedicels 2 mm long. Flowers white, black 

 when dry. Calyx about 2.2 mm long, somewhat urceolate, the 

 teeth triangular, short. Corolla glabrous outside, villous inside, 

 about 1 cm long, the tube 6 mm long, the lobes 4, oblong, obtuse, 

 4 mm long, villous inside. Style 8 mm long. Fruits about 8 

 mm long, black when dry, rugose, strongly ventricose, obtuse, 

 base decurrent-acuminate. 



