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der, glabrous, equaling the ovary. Stamens 5 or 6, the filaments 

 inserted in the tube, the anthers oblong-ovate, 1.2 mm long, 

 slightly apiculate and sparingly bearded at the base. Fruits glo- 

 bose, 1.5 cm in diameter, red when fresh, brown when dry, the 

 pericarp rather thin, crustaceous. Seed solitary, about 1 cm in 

 diameter, 5 mm thick, rather translucent and somewhat rugose 

 when dry. 



Luzon, Nueva Vizcaya, Uakal near Bayombong, For. Bur. 

 2854,6 Cenabre, June 19, 1921. In forests along river banks, 

 altitude about 450 meters. 



A species strongly characterized by its usually 6-merous flow- 

 ers, short cymes, 3-plinerved, strongly shining leaves, and its 

 small 1 -seeded fruits. It is probably nearest to S. impressinervis 

 A. W. Hill. 



APOCYNACEAE 



TABERNAEMONTANA Linnaeus 

 TABERNAEMONTANA M INDORENSIS sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber, circiter 2 m alta, ramis ramulisque pallidis, 

 tenuibus ; f oliis oblongo-lanceolatis, membranaceis, olivaceis, per- 

 spicue caudato-acuminatis, basi acutis, 5 ad 8 cm longis, nervis 

 utrinque circiter 9, tenuibus, distinctis ; cymis axillaribus, pauci- 

 floris, laxis, 1.5 ad 2 cm longis, corollae tubo 5 mm longo (ala- 

 bastro) calycis lobis intus glandulosis; folliculis 2 ad 2.5 cm 

 longis, inaequilateraliter oblongo-ovoideis, acuminatis, leviter ca- 

 rinatis, seminibus circiter 9. 



A glabrous shrub about 2 m high, the branches and branchlets 

 slender, terete, pale grayish. Leaves of each pair equal or more 

 or less unequal, oblong-lanceolate, membranaceous, olivaceous, 

 somewhat shining, 5 to 8 cm long, 1 to 2 cm wide, narrowed up- 

 ward to the slenderly caudate-acuminate apex and below to the 

 cuneate base, the lower surface paler than the upper; lateral 

 nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, slender, distinct, the 

 reticulations lax, obscure ; petioles 2 to 4 mm long. Cymes axil- 

 lary, lax, few-flowered, 1.5 to 2 cm long. Mature flowers not 

 seen, their pedicels about 5 to 8 mm long. Calyx lobes ovate, 

 acute, 0.5 mm long, each with a small gland or appendage near 

 the base inside. Corolla tube (in bud) slender, about 5 mm 

 long, somewhat inflated in the upper part, the lobes (in bud) 2.5 

 mm long, inequilateral. Anthers 1.5 mm long. Follicles 2 to 2.5 

 cm long, red, glabrous, inequilaterally oblong-ovoid, somewhat 

 gibbous, smooth, with 3 or 4 longitudinal ridges, these often ob- 



