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4 mm longis, calycis dentibus oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis, quam 

 tubo pauUo longioribus, corollae tubo 10 ad 12 mm longo, lobis 

 eliipticis, 2.5 mm longis. 



A glabrous shrub, about 3 m high. Leaves coriaceous, dark 

 brown and shining when dry, oblong-elliptic to somewhat oblong- 

 obovate, 9 to 13 cm long, 3 to 5.5 cm wide, the base cuneate, 

 the apex sharply acuminate; lateral nerves spreading at nearly 

 right angles, about 12 on each side of the midrib, slender, dis- 

 tinct, the reticulations evident; petioles 5 mm long or less; 

 stipules broadly ovate, abruptly contracted into a slender, cau- 

 date, 5 to 7 mm long tip. Cymes subcapitate, peduncled, axillary, 

 and terminal, 1.5 to 3 cm in diameter, few- to many-flowered, 

 their peduncles 2 to 6 cm long, the terminal one usually subtended 

 by a pair of ovate to broadly ovate, rounded, or cordate, sessile 

 leaves, 3 to 5 cm in length. Flowers white, the subtending 

 bracts and bracteoles linear, 2.5 to 4 mm long. Calyx-tube some- 

 what ovoid, about 2 mm long, the lobes oblong to oblong-elliptic, 

 acute, usually exceeding the tube in length. Corolla-tube slender, 

 10 to 12 mm long, the lobes elliptic, 2.5 mm in length. Fruits red 

 when fresh, dark brown when dry, ovoid, 5 to 7 mm in diameter, 

 crowned by the conspicuous calyx-lobes. 



DiNAGAT, Bur. Sci. 35206 Ramos & Pascasio, May 12, 1919, 

 in forests at low altitudes. 



This species somewhat resembles Ixora capitulifera Merr. but 

 differs very radically in its calyx characters. It is easily rec- 

 ognizable by its subcapitate, dense, panicled cymes; its very 

 slender bracts and bracteoles ; its calyx-teeth distinctly exceeding 

 the tube in length ; and in its rather short, white flowers. 



CAMPANULACEAE 



PENTAPHRAGMA Wallich 

 PENTAPHRAGMA PLATYPHYLLA sp. nov. 



Planta erecta, 0.5 m alta, partibus junioribus dense pubescens; 

 foliis late ovatis ad elliptico-ovatis, chartaceis, leviter inaequilat- 

 eralibus, usque ad 28 cm longis, basi, saltem in foliis majoribus, 

 distincte cordatis, nervis utrinque circiter 6 ; racemis axillaribus, 

 pubescens, bracteis anguste oblongis ; floribus haud secundis, pe- 

 dicellatis, tubo perianth! i pubescens, 3 cm longo, calycis lobis 

 inaequalibus, majoribus usque ad 2.5 cm longis. 



A suffrutescent plant, about 0.5 m high, the younger parts 

 densely pubescent with crisped hairs. Leaves broadly ovate to 

 elliptic-ovate, slightly inequilateral, chartaceous, up to 28 cm 

 long and 20 cm wide, the upper surface glabrous, the lower more 



