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tomosing, the reticulations lax. Petioles 1,5 to 2 cm long. Ra- 

 cemes axillary, solitary, about 5 cm long, few-flowered, pubescent. 

 Fruits ellipsoid, about 8 mm long, somewhat pubescent, their 

 pedicels about 3 mm long, the subtending bracteoles subequal, 

 oblong-ovate, pubescent, about 1 mm long. Persistent calyx 

 lobes ovate, acute, 1 mm long. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Palimlim, Bur. Sci. 333IfO 

 Ramos, August 21, 1918, on forested slopes, altitude about 900 

 meters. 



This species apparently belongs in the group with PolyosTna 

 verticillata-Merr., from which it is specially distinguished by its 

 dense indumentum and its lateral, not terminal, few-flowered 

 racemes. 



POLYOSMA LONGIPETIOLATA sp. nov. 



Frutex, partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque exceptis glaber; 

 foliis verticillatis, 4- vel 5-natis, oblongo-ellipticis ad anguste 

 oblongo-obovatis, coriaceis, in siccitate nigris, 8 ad 13 cm longis, 

 integris, basi acutis, apice breviter lateque acuminatis, nervis 

 utrinque 8 ad 11, distinctis; petiolo usque ad 6 cm longo; racemis 

 terminalibus, usque ad 20 cm longis; fructibus anguste ellipsoi- 

 deis, 8 mm longis, bracteolis valde inaequalibus, interioribus 

 quam lateralibus duplo longioribus, 3 ad 5 mm longis. 



A shrub, about 5 m high, glabrous except the very young parts 

 and the inflorescences. Branches terete, dark reddish-brown, 

 smooth, glabrous, the branchlets more or less angled, the younger 

 ones appressed-pubescent with very short hairs. Leaves verti- 

 cillate, 4 or 5 at each node, oblong-elliptic to narrowly oblong- 

 obovate, coriaceous, glabrous, the upper surface nearly black 

 when dry, the lower surface dark-brown, 8 to 13 cm long, 2.5 

 to 5 cm wide, entire, base acute, apex very shortly and broadly 

 acuminate, the acumen obtuse and with a blunt apiculus ; lateral 

 nerves 8 to 11 on each side of the midrib, spreading, distinct, 

 anastomosing. Petioles unusually long, up to 6 cm in length, 

 when young pubescent, soon becoming glabrous. Racemes ter- 

 minal, in fruit up to 20 cm long, more or less pubescent; pedicels 

 3 to 5 mm long. Fruits narrowly ellipsoid, about 8 mm long, 

 slightly pubescent, the subtending bracteoles very unequal, pu- 

 bescent, linear-oblong, the middle one 3 to 4 mm long, at least 

 twice as long as the two lateral ones. Persistent calyx-lobes 

 triangular-ovate, acute, 1 mm long. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Palimlim, Bur. Sci. 33259 

 Ramos, August 20, 1918, on forested slopes, altitude about 1,000 

 meters. 



