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nerves; lateral nerves about 15 on each side of the midrib, im- 

 pressed on the upper surface, very prominent on the lower sur- 

 face; petioles 1 cm long or less; stipules oblong-lanceolate, gla- 

 brous, or the median part pubescent, acuminate, 2 to 2.5 cm 

 long, brown when dry. Panicles peduncled, terminal, up to 26 cm 

 long, usually supplied with a few reduced leaves, all parts 

 rather prominently hirsute. Flowers numerous, white, their ped- 

 icels 1 to 2 mm long. Calyx 6 mm long, funnel-shaped, the 

 lobes 5, obovate to oblong-obovate, rounded, 3 mm long. Corolla 

 1 cm long, pubescent, funnel-shaped, the tube about 22 mm in 

 diameter for the lower 3 mm, then expanded, the throat 6 to 

 7 mm in diameter, the lobes about 2 mm long and 4 mm wide, 

 broadly rounded or retuse, the tube villous inside in the nar- 

 rower part. Anthers 2 mm long. 



BucAS Grande, Bm\ Sci. 3513 A Ramos & Pascasio, June 9, 

 1919, in open forests at low altitudes. 



This species is well characterized by its indumentum and by its 

 very prominently nerved leaves, and is readily distinguishable 

 from the other described species of the genus, 



IXORA Linnaeus 



IXORA ANGUSTILIMBA sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber, 1 ad 2 m altus; foliis lanceolatis ad anguste 

 lanceolatis, subcoriaceis, 7 ad 22 cm longis, 1 ad 3 cm latis, basi 

 acutis, apice acute acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 20, tenui- 

 bus; cymis 6 ad 12 cm longis, laxis, pedunculatis, floribus ple- 

 rumque in triadibus dispositis, calycis dentibus brevissimis, 

 corollae tubo 1.8 cm longo, lobis anguste oblongis, 5 ad 6 mm 

 longis. 



A glabrous shrub, 1 to 2 m high. Leaves lanceolate to nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, subcoriaceous, 7 to 22 cm long, 1 to 3 cm wide, 

 subequally narrowed below to the usually acute base and above to 

 the sharply acuminate apex, shining when dry, often somewhat 

 falcate; lateral nerves slender, spreading, often indistinct, up to 

 20 on each side of the midrib ; petioles 2 mm long or less, stout ; 

 stipules truncate, abruptly terminated by a 1.5 to 2 mm long 

 acuminate tip. Inflorescences terminal and in the upper axils, 

 usually solitary, 6 to 12 cm long, peduncled, the flowers rather 

 laxly disposed; the primary branches up to 4 cm in length. 

 Flowers reddish-white, usually borne in triads at the tips of the 

 ultimate branches, their pedicels about 5 mm long, the subtend- 

 ing bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 1.5 mm long or less, the brac- 

 teoles subtending, the flowers similar but smaller. Calyx about 



