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primary ones no more distinct than are the secondary ones; 

 petioles 3 to 4 mm long. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, 

 lax, few-flowered, 3 to 6 cm long, solitary or fascicled, glabrous, 

 dark-brown when dry, the peduncles 2 to 3 cm long. Flowers 

 (young) greenish-yellow, their pedicels up to 4 mm in length, 

 usually 5 to 7 on each inflorescence, the bracts ovate, obtuse, 

 about 1 mm long. Calyx about 2.5 mm long, glabrous, the lobes 

 oblong-ovate, obtuse, 1 mm long. Corolla-tube about 7 mm long, 

 narrowed below, the buds acuminate, the lobes ovate-lanceolate, 

 about 3 mm long, somewhat acuminate. Anthers about 1 mm 

 long. Ovary ovoid, glabrous. 



Luzon, Apayao Subprovince, Mount Sulu, Bur. Sci. 28371 Fenix, May 

 22, 1917, in the mossy forest, apparently above an altitude of 800 meters. 



The alliance of this species is manifestly with Alyxia luzoniensis Merr., 

 which it closely resembles in most characters except its very lax, long- 

 peduncled, few-flowered inflorescences. 



KOPSIA Blume 



KOPSIA LAXINERVIA sp. nov. 



Frutex circiter 3 m altus, inflorescentiis exceptis glaber ; f oliis 

 oblongis, membranaceis, usque ad 22 cm longis, subolivaceis, 

 nitidis, basi acutis, apice breviter obtuseque acuminatis; nervis 

 primariis utrinque 10 ad 12, laxis, distantibus, patulis, anas- 

 tomosantibus, subtus distinctis; fructibus oblongo-ovoideis, cir- 

 citer 2 cm longis. 



An erect shrub, about 3 m high, entirely glabrous except the 

 inflorescences. Branches terete or somewhat compressed, the 

 branchlets sulcate. Leaves membranaceous, olivaceous or pale 

 brownish-olivaceous and shining when dry, the lower surface 

 slightly paler than the upper, oblong, 12 to 22 cm long, 5.5 to 

 7 cm wide, base acute, apex shortly and broadly blunt-acumi- 

 nate ; lateral nerves 10 to 12 on each side of the midrib, distinct, 

 spreading, anastomosing, lax, the primary reticulations lax, dis- 

 tinct; petioles about 5 mm long. Infructescences terminal, pe- 

 duncled, 5 to 7 cm long, the younger branchlets and persistent 

 bracts somewhat ferruginous-pubescent. Fruits oblong-ovoid, 

 dark-brown or nearly black when dry, somewhat wrinkled, ob- 

 tuse, about 2 cm long and 1 cm in diameter. 



Luzon, Apayao Subprovince, Guiniri, Bur. Sci. 28232 Fenix, May 12, 

 1917, in thickets near streams. 



This species is distinguished from Kopsia longiflora Merr., to which it 

 is manifestly allied, by its leaves having much fewer and more laxly 

 arranged nerves than in that species. 



