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scure, the pericarp thin, rather fragile. Seeds about 9, brown, 

 irregular, 6 to 7 mm long. 



MiNDORO, Paluan, Bur. Sci. 39577 (type) , 39576 Ramos, April 

 1, 1921. On forested slopes at an altitude of about 500 meters. 



A species belonging in the group with Tabernaemontana 

 caudata Merr., but it has larger, differently shaped leaves and 

 different inflorescences. From T. mindanaensis Merr. it is 

 distinguished by its smaller caudate-acuminate leaves and its 

 entirely different fruits. 



KOPSIA Blume 

 KOPSIA GRAN Dl FLORA sp. nov. 



Frutex circiter 3 m altus, ramulis puberulis et inflorescentiis 

 exceptis glaber; foliis chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, ellipticis ad 

 oblongo-ellipticis, 10 ad 15 cm longis, nitidis, apice obtuse acu- 

 minatis, basi late acutis, nervis utrinque circiter 15 cum reticulis 

 utrinque distinctis; inflorescentiis pedunculatis, depauperato- 

 cymosis vel dichotome ramosis, paucifioris, pedunculo 3 ad 6 cm 

 longo; bracteis orbiculari-ovatis, rotundatis, pubescentibus, 2.5 

 mm longis ; calycis lobis elliptico-ovatis, rotundatis, 3 mm longis, 

 pubescentibus ; corollae tubo 3.7 cm longo, apice leviter incrassato, 

 intus in partibus superioribus villoso, lobis obovatis ad elliptico- 

 obovatis, 2.5 cm longis, 10 ad 14 mm latis, rotundatis. 



A shrub about 3 m high, the younger branchlets, bracts, and 

 calyces sparingly puberulent or pubescent. Branches glabrous, 

 somewhat rugose when dry. Leaves chartaceous to subcoria- 

 ceous, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 10 to 15 cm long, 4 to 6 cm 

 wide, grayish olivaceous, shining, narrowed above to the obtuse- 

 ly acuminate apex and below to the broadly acute base; lateral 

 nerves about 15 on each side of the midrib, rather prominent 

 on both surfaces as are the primary and rather close secondary 

 reticulations; petioles about 5 mm long. Inflorescences ter- 

 minal, peduncled, the peduncles 3 to 6 cm long, the flowers in 

 depauperate cymes or the peduncles dichotomously branched 

 at their apices, the flowers spicately arranged on the short 

 branches. Bracts orbicular-ovate, somewhat pubescent, about 

 2.5 mm long, imbricate near the apices of the branchlets, some- 

 what scattered below, rounded and somewhat keeled. Calyx 

 lobes elliptic-ovate, rounded, 3 mm long, somewhat pubescent, 

 their margins ciliate. Corolla tube cylindric, glabrous exter- 

 nally, somewhat villous inside in the upper part, slightly en- 

 larged at the apex, about 3.7 cm long, the lobes white, obovate 

 to elliptic-obovate, rounded, 2.5 cm long, 10 to 14 mm wide. 



