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white, the tube 12 mm long", rather slender, nearly black when 

 dry, the lobes lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 5 mm 

 long, 2 mm wide. Anthers linear-lanceolate, up to 3.5 mm in 

 length. 



Samar, Merrill Phil. PI. 1700 (type), April, 1914, Bur. Sci. 

 24122, 24139 Ramos & Edano, February, 1916. In damp forests 

 at low altitudes. 



A species apparently most closely allied to Ixora cumingiana 

 Vid., differing especially in its crowded shorter flowers. 



PLEIOCARPIDIA K. Schumann 

 PLEIOCARPIDIA LANAENSIS sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, usque ad 12 m alta, partibus junioribus et subtus 

 foliis ad costa nervisque plus minusve pubescentibus ; foliis 

 oblongis, coriaceis, 15 ad 30 cm longis, 5 ad 11 cm latis, acu- 

 minatis, basi acutis ad late rotundatis, nervis utrinque 15 ad 

 18, subtus valde perspicuis; inflorescentiis paniculatis, 4 ad 8 

 cm longis, pedunculatis, floribus polygamis, plerumque 7-meris, 

 $ calycis 3 mm diametro, cinereo-pubescentibus, corollae tubo 



2 mm longo, lobis lanceolatis, 3 mm longis, intus villosis; disco 

 puberulo; fructibus globosis, 6 ad 7 mm diametro, subglabris. 



A small tree attaining 12 m in height, the younger parts, 

 inflorescences and the leaves on the midrib and nerves beneath 

 more or less pubescent. Branches terete, rather stout, smooth, 

 glabrous, brownish or grayish, the ultimate branchlets 2.5 to 4 

 mm in diameter, often compressed or sulcate. Leaves oblong, 

 coriaceous, 15 to 30 cm long, 5 to 11 cm wide, usually pale when 

 dry, the upper surface glabrous, the apex shortly acuminate, 

 base acute to rounded; lateral nerves 15 to 18 on each side of 

 the midrib, somewhat curved, very prominent on the lower sur- 

 face, the reticulations distinct; petioles 1.5 to 2 cm long, more 

 or less pubescent; stipules oblong or ovate, 6 to 8 mm long, 

 obtuse or acute. Inflorescences axillary, peduncled, cymose, 

 more or less pubescent, 4 to 8 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, somewhat 

 pyramidal, many-flowered, the peduncles usually about 1 cm 

 long. Flowers apparently polygamous, usually 7-merous, the 

 calyx of the staminate ones about 3 mm in diameter, shallowly 

 cup-shaped, truncate or obscurely toothed. Corolla about 5 mm 

 long, the tube 2 mm in length, the lobes usually 7, lanceolate, 



3 mm long, densely villous at the throat inside. Filaments 3 

 mm long, the anthers 1 mm in length. Disk prominent, cushion- 

 shaped, puberulent, not lobed, about 1.5 mm in diameter. 

 Calyces of the perfect flowers somewhat urceolate; style about 



