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more or less ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves verticillate, coria- 

 ceous, rigid, brownish-olivaceous and slightly shining when dry, 

 oblong-obovate to oblanceolate, 7 to 9 cm long, 1.5 to 3.5 cm 

 wide, the apex acute or shortly and acutely acuminate, narrowed 

 below to the slenderly cuneate base; lateral nerves about 7 on 

 each side of the midrib, very slender, obscure, obsolete on the 

 upper surface; petioles about 1 cm long. Infructescences ter- 

 minal, subumbellate, their peduncles up to 4 cm long slightly 

 pubescent, the pedicels 1 cm long or less. Capsules yellow when 

 fresh, fleshy, glabrous, oblong, about 1.8 cm long, 2-valved, the 

 valves black and rugose when dry, spreading, obtuse. 



Mindanao, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 3M41 Ramos & Pas- 

 casio, April 25, 1919, along small streams at the iron deposit 

 on the northeast coast, altitude about 590 meters. 



A species belonging in the group with Pittosporum odoratmn 

 Merr., but readily distinguishable by its thickly coriaceous, rigid, 

 very obscurely nerved leaves. 



PITTOSPORUM EUPHLEBIUM sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor parva, ramulis junioribus leviter ferrugineo- 

 pilosis; foliis verticillatis, chartaceis, oblongis ad oblongo-oblan- 

 ceolatis, nitidis, acute acuminatis, basi cuneatis, nervis utrinque 

 circiter 5, subtus cum reticulis valde perspicuis; capsulis termi- 

 nalibus, solitariis anguste ellipsoideis, 2-valvis, circiter 3 cm 

 longis. 



A shrub or small tree, glabrous except the very young parts 

 which are sparingly ferruginous-pilose, the indumentum de- 

 ciduous, branchlets slender, terete, the internodes 7 to 14 cm long. 

 Leaves verticillate, chartaceous, oblong to oblong-oblanceolate, 

 olivaceous, shining, the apex sharply acuminate, the base cu- 

 neate, 7 to 12 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide ; lateral nerves about 5 on 

 each side of the midrib, distant, very prominent on the lower 

 surface, projecting, laxly anastomosing, the primary reticula- 

 tions lax, distinct. Capsules terminal, solitary, narrowly ellip- 

 soid and nearly smooth when dry, 2-valved, about 3 cm long, 

 their peduncles about 1.5 cm in length. 



Panay, Capiz Province, Libacao, Bur. Sci. 35416 Martelino 

 & Edano, May 30, 1919, on open forested slopes at low altitudes. 



By its solitary, terminal capsules this species apparently be- 

 longs in the group with Pittosporum glaberrimum Merr. from 

 which it is distinguished by its larger leaves and capsules and by 

 its nerves and lax reticulations being prominently raised on the 

 lower surface. 



