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and branchlets terete, the former pale, the latter smooth, 

 reddish-brown, slender, about 1 mm in diameter, the internodes 

 2.5 to 6 cm long. Leaves quarternate, chartaceous to subcoria- 

 ceous, lanceolate, 4 to 7 cm long, 1 to 2 cm wide, narrowed below 

 to the acute base and above to the slenderly but obtusely acumi- 

 nate apex, the upper surface subolivaceous when dry, shining, 

 the lower much paler, the midrib prominent but the lateral 

 nerves obsolete or subobsolete; petioles 2.5 to 5 mm long. In- 

 florescences axillary, solitary, peduncled, umbellate, about 2 cm 

 long, each with 3 to 5 pedicelled flowers at the apex of the 

 peduncle, the pedicels 2 to 3 mm long, the bracteoles oblong- 

 ovate, subacute, 1 mm long. Calyx-tube very short, the lobes 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 2 mm long. Corolla-tube cylindric, 

 6 to 7 mm long, the lobes oblong-ovate, somewhat acuminate, 3 

 mm long. 



Luzon, Tayabas Province, Infanta- Siniloan trail, Bur. Sci. 29209 Ramos 

 & Edano, June 14, 1917, in damp forests. Bur. Sci. 28627 Ramos & Edano 

 from Mount Binuang, May, 1917, probably represents the same species, 

 but the flowers are very young and the leaves are uniformly dark-brovvm 

 on both surfaces; the difference in color in the dried specimens is probably 

 due to a difference of method in drying them. 



The species is a very characteristic one and is distinguished by its 

 lanceolate, prominently acuminate, practically nerveless leaves and its 

 simple umbellate inflorescences. 



ALYXIA LAXI FLORA sp. nov. 



Species A. luzonien^is aflfinis, differt inflorescentiis tenuiter pe- 

 dunculatis, laxis, paucifloris, 3 ad 6 cm longis. Frutex scandens, 

 glaber, ramis teretibus, ramulis tenuibus, obscure angulatis, in- 

 ternodiis elongatis, usque ad 6 cm longis; foliis ternatis, char- 

 taceis, oblongis, ad oblongo-ellipticis, olivaceis vel brunneo-oliva- 

 ceis, usque ad 6 cm longis, basi acutis, apice late et obtuse subros- 

 trato-acuminatis, nervis utrinque numerosis, tenuibus, obscuris; 

 inflorescentiis axillaribus et terminalibus, laxis, paucifloris, longe 

 pedunculatis, 3 ad 6 cm longis; floribus circiter 1 cm longis. 



A scandent glabrous shrub, the stems terete, 3 to 4 mm in 

 diameter, the branchlets dark-brown, smooth, very slender, 1 

 to 2 mm in diameter, the older ones terete, the younger ones 

 somewhat 3-angled, the internodes 4.5 to 6 cm long. Leaves 

 ternate, chartaceous, olivaceous or dark brownish-olivaceous, 

 of about the same color on both surfaces and shining when dry, 

 oblong to elliptic-oblong, 4 to 6 cm long, 1.5 to 3 cm wide, sub- 

 equally narrowed to the acute base and to the subrostrate-acu- 

 minate apex, the acumen broad, blunt; lateral nerves very 

 slender, obscure, 35 or more on each side of the midrib, the 



