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Mindanao, Bukidnon Subprovince, Mount Candoon, Bur. Sci. 

 38837 Ramos & Edano, June 25, 1920. In damp forests, altitude 

 about 1,000 meters. 



A species strongly characterized by its lax, elongated, slenderly 

 peduncled cymes and its caudate-acuminate leaves. 



STRYCHNOS Linnaeus 



STRYCHNOS CENABREI sp. nov. § Penicillatae. 



Frutex scandens, ramulis et inflorescentiis et subtus foliis ad 

 costa nervisque plus minusve f errugineo-pubescentibus ; foliis 

 triplinerviis, chartaceis, olivaceis, nitidissimis, ellipticis ad 

 oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 12 cm longis, utrinque subaequaliter 

 angustatis, apice acute acuminatis, basi acutis vel decurrentibus ; 

 cymis circiter 2 cm longis; floribus 6-» vel 5-meris, circiter 3.5 

 mm longis, corollae lobi linea pilorum erectorum ad basin in- 

 structi, antherae filamenta in tubo corollae inserta; ovarium 

 glabrum; antherae basi leviter barbatae; fructibus globosus, 

 1.5 cm diametro; seminibus solitariis. 



A scandent woody vine, glabrous except the more or less ferru- 

 ginous-pubescent branchlets, inflorescences, and younger leaves 

 on the nerves beneath. Branches terete, dark-colored, glabrous, 

 the younger branchlets about 1.5 mm in diameter, appressed fer- 

 ruginous-pubescent with short, scattered hairs, ultimately gla- 

 brous or nearly so. Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic, chartaceous, 

 7 to 12 cm long, 3.5 to 5 cm wide, subequally narrowed to the acute 

 or decurrent, 3-plinerved base and to the sharply acuminate apex, 

 the upper surface olivaceous, strongly shining, the lower sur- 

 face shining and when young more or less ferruginous-pubescent 

 on the midrib and primary nerves, the basal nerves leaving the 

 midrib 5 to 10 mm above the base of the leaf and extending nearly 

 or quite to the apex, the reticulations distinct on both surfaces ; 

 petioles 5 to 7 mm long, ferruginous-pubescent, ultimately gla- 

 brous. Cymes axillary, ferruginous-pubescent, short-peduncled, 

 in anthesis about 2 cm long, in fruit up to. 3 cm in length, the 

 peduncles 5 to 7 mm long. Flowers 5- or, more usually, 6-merous, 

 about 3.5 mm long, their pedicels 2 mm long, the bracteoles nar- 

 rowly ovate, acute, 1 mm long. Calyx about 2 mm in diameter, 

 the tube short, the lobes broadly ovate to orbicular-ovate, 1 to 1.2 

 mm long, somewhat pubescent, the margins minutely ciliate. 

 Corolla tube about 2 mm long, the lobes nearly as long as the 

 tube, oblong-ovate, acute or obtuse, minutely* puberulent exter- 

 nally, bearded at the base inside with numerous stiff hairs about 

 1 mm in length. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, 1 mm long; style slen- 



