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usque ad 11 cm longis et 1.3 cm latis, acuminatis, basi abrupte 

 rotundatis, sessilibus vel brevissime petiolatis, in siccitate bul- 

 lato-rugosis, nervis utrinque circiter 25, patulis, supra leviter 

 immersis, reticulis obsoletis; infructescentiis terminalibus, pe- 

 dunculatis, 3 ad 4 cm longis, ut videtur paucifloris, fructibus 

 globosis, circiter 7 mm diametro. 



An erect glabrous shrub, about 1 m high, the branches and 

 branchlets slender, terete, the latter about 1 mm in diameter, the 

 intemodes 2 to 4 cm long. Leaves coriaceous, greenish-oliva- 

 ceous, shining, narrowly lanceolate, 7 to 11 cm long, 6 to 13 mm 

 wide, narrowed upward to the somewhat acuminate apex, the 

 base abruptly rounded, sessile or subsessile, the midrib and lat- 

 eral nerves somewhat impressed on the upper surface, the 

 former very prominent beneath, the upper surface especially 

 somewhat bullate-rugose on account of the impressed nerves; 

 lateral nerves slender, spreading, about 25 on each side of the 

 midrib, the reticulations obsolete. Infructescences terminal, 

 peduncled, 3 to 4 cm long, usually trichotomously branched, .the 

 ultimate branchlets 1 cm long or less. Fruits globose, black 

 when mature, about 7 mm in diameter, their pedicels about 2 

 mm long. 



Luzon, Bulacan Province, Angat, Bur. Sci. SJ^lOl Ramies & 

 Edano, March 1, 1919, on dry forested slopes at low altitudes. 



This species does not closely resemble any previously described 

 form, being remarkably well characterized by its very narrow, 

 sessile or subsessile leaves, which are gradually narrowed up- 

 ward to the somewhat acuminate apex, the base being abruptly 

 rounded; when dry the leaves are characteristically bullate- 

 rugose by the more or less impressed lateral nerves. 



OTANTHERA Blume 

 OTANTHERA STRIGOSA sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus, circiter 1 m altus, ramis ramulisque teretibus, 

 parce adpresse strigosus, ramulis tenuibus ; foliis oblongis, usque 

 ad 9 cm longis, chartaceis, utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, 

 basi acutis vel acuminatis, apice acuminatis, supra perspicue ad- 

 presse strigosis, subtus, nervis parce strigosis exceptis, glabra; 

 nervis 5; inflorescentiis plerumque 3-floris, bracteis lanceolatis, 

 acuminatis, 5 ad 7 mm longis ; floribus 5-meris, calycis perspicue 

 penicellatis, setis patulis, 2 ad 3 mm longis, lobis anguste ob- 

 longis, tubo aequantibus ; petalis circiter 1.5 cm longis, obovatis. 



An erect shrub, about 1 m high, the branches and branchlets 

 slender, terete, brownish when dry, sparingly appressed strigose. 



