17. 8 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XVI 321 



2 mm long, the teeth very short. Corolla-tube slender, about 

 1.8 cm long, the lobes narrowly oblong, spreading or reflexed, 

 5 to 6 mm long. Fruits ovoid, red when fresh, dark brown when 

 dry, 6 to 8 mm in diameter. 



• Mindanao, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 3Jk588 Ramos & Pasca- 

 sio (type), April 24, 1919. Dinagat, Bur. Sci. 35222 Ramos & 

 Pascasio, June, 1919. BucAS Grande, Bur. Sci. 35087 Ramos & 

 Pascasio, June 11, 1919. On dry forested slopes and ridges at 

 low altitudes. 



A species strongly characterized by its narrow, elongated 

 leaves, apparently not closely allied to any previously described 

 form. * O-i -Wsi ^x 



IXORA TENUIPEDUNCULATA sp. nov. - - -i -—v 



Frutex glaber, f oliis chartaceis, oblanceolatis, 9 ad 13 cm longis, 

 2 ad 3 cm latis, deorsum angustatis, basi cuneatis, apice acumi- 

 natis, nervis utrinque circiter 20 ; inflorescentiis axillaribus, soli- 

 tariis, 3-floris, tenuiter pedunculatis, pedunculo 5 ad 6 cm longo ; 

 calycis dentibus brevissimis, coroUae tubo 2.8 cm longo, IqJ^s 

 lineari-lanceolatis, circiter 1.2 cm longis. . ?- - ,7 



A glabrous shrub. Leaves chartaceous, oblanceolate, rather 

 pale and somewhat shining when dry, 9 to 13 cm long, 2 to 3 

 cm wide, narrowed below to the cuneate base, the apex distinctly 

 acuminate; lateral nerves slender, spreading at nearly right 

 angles, about 20 on each side of the midrib ; petioles rather stout, 

 2 to 3 mm» long; stipules broad, subtruncate, terminated by a 

 5-mm long filiform tip. Inflorescences axillary, solitary, 3- 

 flowered, their peduncles very slender, 5 to 6 cm long, the pedicels 

 slender, about 1 cm long. Flowers pink, the calyx about 2 mm 

 long, the teeth very short. Corolla-tube slender, about 2.3 cm 

 long, the lobes linear-lanceolate, about 1.2 cm long. Fruits brown 

 when dry, about 7 mm long and nearly 1 cm wide. 



Mindanao, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 3JfJf75 ^amos & Pas- 

 casio, April 30, 1919, in damp forests at low altitudes. 



A species strongly characterized by its 3-flowered inflorescen- 

 ces and its very slender elongated peduncles. 



IXORA CONFERTIFLORA sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber, circiter 3 m altus; foliis coriaceis, oblongo- 

 ellipticis ad oblongo-obovatis, 9 ad 13 cm longis, basi cuneatis, 

 apice acute acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 12, tenuibus ; sti- 

 pulis tenuiter caudato-acuminatis ; cymis subcapitatis, peduncu- 

 latis, axillaribus terminalibusque, 1.5 ad 3 cm diametro, pedun- 

 culo 2 ad 6 cm longo; bracteis bracteolisque linearis, 2.5 ad 



