NOTES ON PHILirPINE BOTANY. 119 



the petioles 3 to 8 eiu long, somewhat dilated at the base, the petiolules 

 1.5 to 4 cm long. Leaflets oblong to oblong-ovate, entire, the apex 

 caudate-acuminate, the acumen 1.5 to 2 cm long, submembranous, dull, 

 the nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, the secondary ones and 

 i-cticulations nearly as prominent as the primary nerves, all evident on 

 both surfaces. Inflorescence terminal, its branches few, 20 to 25 cm long, 

 springing from the apices of the l)ranchlets, somewhat furfuraceous. 

 Flowers numerous, the pedicels 4 to 5 mm long, those on the upper parts 

 of the branches in 3- to 6-fiowered fascicles, toward the base frequently 

 in pedunculate umbels, the peduncles 8 mm long or less. Fruits oblong, 

 G mm long, 3 mm wide, 5-sulcate. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Cuming 800 (type) : Province of Albay, Tivi, 

 Vidal lJf2!): Province of Camarines Sur, Tigaon, Vidal U/SO; Sipocot, Vidal 19-'i. 



OLEACEZ^:. 



. JASMINUM Linn. 



Jasminum pseudopinnatum Merrill & Rolfe sp. nov. § UnifoUolata. 



Scandens; ramis ramulis petiolisque pubescentibus ; foliis distichis, 

 ovatis, membranaceis, subtus costa excepta glabris, ovatis, acuminatis, 

 pinnatinerviis ; inflorescentiis terminalibus, 1- ad 3-floris; fioribus bre- 

 viter pedicellatis ; calyce cylindraceo, usque ad 3.5 mm longo, 4-dentato; 

 corollae tubo 1.5 ad 1.8 cm longo, laciniis 7, lanceolatis, 10 ad 12 mm 

 longis. 



Scandent, the branches slender, terete, flexuous, the older ones light- 

 gray, the younger ones brownish, the branchlets spreading and with the 

 opposite leaves having the appearance of a 4- to 6-jugate pinnate leaf. 

 Leaves ovate, glabrous except on the midrib beneath, which is slightly 

 pubescent, the base broad and rounded or acute, acuminate at the apex, 

 ]nembranous, 2 to 5 cm long, 1 to 3 cm wide; nerves about 5 on each 

 side of the midrib, distant, slender, anastomosing, the reticulations very 

 lax; petioles 2 to 3 mm long. Inflorescence terminal, 1- to 3-flowered, 

 the flowers short-pedicelled. Flowers white. Calyx cylindrical, about 3.5 

 mm long, glabrous, 4-toothed, the teeth less than 0.5 mm long. Corolla- 

 tube slender, 1.5 to 1.8 cm long, the lobes 7, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 

 10 to 12 mm long, 3 mm wide. Anthers o])long-lanceolate, apiculate, 

 aboiit 5 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Piizal, Bosoboso, Bur. Sci. 1111 Namos, July, 190G; without 

 locality, Marave 181, November, 1904. 



Manifestly allied to Jasmiyinm aeuJcalum (Blanco) \\'ali).. but differing from 

 that species by its few-flowered, not paniculate inflorescence, smaller, fewer-nerved 

 leaves, shorter petioles, somewhat larger flowers, decidedly "larger anthers, and 

 fewer calj'X-teeth. 



