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1.3 mm long, the stigma 1 mm in diameter. Fruits globose, 6 

 to 7 mm in diameter, nearly glabrous, crowned by the shallow 

 calyx limb and the prominent, puberulent disk. 



Mindanao, Lanao District, Mrs. Clemens 882 (type), January, 

 1907; Zamboanga District, Merrill 8064, 8098, December, 1911, 

 Bur. Sci. 37226 Ramos & Edano, November, 1918: Bukidnon 

 Subprovince, 38988 Ramos & Edano, June, 1920. In forests 

 and along streams at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 

 800 meters. 



This species is manifestly allied to Pleiocarpidia enneandra 

 (Wight) K. Schum. of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Bor- 

 neo, differing among other characters in its leaves being more 

 or less pubescent beneath, and in its usually 7-merous flowers. 

 It is somewhat intermediate between Pleiocarpidia and Uro- 

 phyllum, the two genera being very closely allied; perhaps 

 Pleiocarpidia should be merged in Urophyllum. The specimens 

 cited above were all distributed as Urophyllum. Aulacodiscus 

 Hook, f. non Ehrenb. must be replaced by Pleiocarpidia if this 

 group is to be retained as generically distinct from Urophyllum. 



GARDENIA Linnaeus 



GARDENIA MEGALOCARPA sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, ramulis et subtus foliis moUiter pubescentibus ; 

 foliis chartaceis vel submembranaceis, obovatis ad oblongo-obo- 

 vatis, 15 ad 22 cm longis, acuminatis, basi cuneatis, supra oU- 

 vaceis, nitidis, glabris, nervis utrinque 18 ad 22, perspicuia; 

 fructibus ellipsoideis, magnis, glabris, leviter 5-carinatis, cir- 

 citer 7 cm longis, calycis lobis persistentibus, pubescentibus, pro- 

 funde carinatis, carinis productis, anguste oblongis, falcatis, 1.5 

 cm longis, 4 mm latis. Species G. carinatae Wall, affinis. 



A small tree, the branchlets and the lower surface of the 

 leaves softly pubescent, the ultimate branchlets 4 to 5 mm in 

 diameter, grayish. Leaves chartaceous or subcoriaceous, obo- 

 vate to oblong-obovate, 15 to 22 cm long, 6 to 10 cm wide, 

 the apex distinctly acuminate, the base cuneate, the upper sur- 

 face glabrous, olivaceous, shining, the lower surface somewhat 

 paler, the indumentum largely confined to the midrib, nerves, and 

 reticulations; lateral nerves 18 to 22 on each side of the mid- 

 rib, prominent on the lower surface, spreading or somewhat 

 ascending, the primary reticulations subparallel, slender; pet- 

 ioles pubescent, 1 to 1.3 cm long; stipules 1 to 1.5 cm long, some- 

 what sheathing, pubescent. Fruits solitary, in the uppermost 

 axils, shortly peduncled, ellipsoid, glabrous, orange-red when 



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