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when dry. soniewliat sliining, gradually narrowed to l)otli base and apex, 

 the tip acute or blunt, the midrib prominent l)eneatli, tlie lateral nerves 

 obsolete or \'erv ol)seure. Flowers fascicled, axillary, white. Calyx cy- 

 lindrical, 1 mm long and wide, truncate. Corolla 'i mm long, inside 

 slightly barbate at the middle. Anthers 0.7 nun long. Style 1.2 mm 

 long. Fruit red, somewhat fleshy when fresh, 1 cm long or less, about 4 

 mm in diameter at the base, gradually narrowed upward, apparently 

 1-celled and Avith a single seed. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Iveithley, Mrs. Clemens s. n.. May, June, 1907 

 and April, 1906: District of Zamboanga, San Ramon, Copeland s. n., March, 1905. 



A very characteristic species, readily recognizable by its narrow sessile leaves, 

 the nerves of which are obsolete or nearly so, and its elongated fruits. 



RANDIA Linn. 



Randia olaciformis Merrill sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, inermis; foliis ellipticis vel elliptico-ovatis, glabris 

 vel suhtus in axillis barbatis, nitidis, acuminatis, subcoriaceis, 6 ad 9 cm 

 longis; nervis utrinque 5, subtus prominentibus, ascendentibus ; cymis 3 

 ad 4 cm longis, plus minus hirsutis, axillaribus terminalibusque ; floribus 

 albis, ca. 1.5 cm longis, hirsutis; corollae lobis imhricatis, ca. 10 mm 

 longis; stigmatibus elongatis, integris. 



A scandent unarmed shrul), the flowers white, turning yellow in age. 

 Branches terete, slender, dark-colored, ultimately glabrous, the young 

 branchlets more or less appressed-hirsute. Leaves elliptical to elliptical- 

 ovate, glabrous, except beneath in the vein axils, which are usually bar- 

 bate, shining, subcoriaceous, base rounded or acute, apex acuminate, 6 to 

 9 cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide ; nerves 5 on each side of the midrib, prominent 

 beneath, ascending, somewhat curved, the reticulations somewhat distinct, 

 rather close, petioles 5 to 8 mm long, glabrous or somewhat pubescent; 

 stipules oblong-ovate, acute, 5 mm long or less, usually somewhat pubes- 

 cent, persistent. Cymes axillary and terminal, peduncled, 4 cm long or 

 less, the peduncles, branches, pedicels, bracts, Ijracteoles and flowers some- 

 what hirsute. Calyx somewhat urceolate, 4 mm long, the limb with 5, 

 oblong or elliptical, obtuse, 1.8 mm long lobes. Corolla tube cylindrical, 

 7 mm long, 2.5 mm thick, the lol)es 5, imbricate and twisted, narrowly 

 oblong, about 10 mm long, 2.8 mm wide, ol)tuse. Filaments short; 

 anthers lanceolate, twisted, about 10 mm long, sparingly pubescent. 

 Ovary 2-celled, each cell many-ovuled; style and stigma IS mm long, the 

 stigma cylindrical, elongated, entire, 8 mm long. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 1220, September, 1907. 



A characteristic species, recognizable by its shining leaves with prominent 

 ascending veins, which are usually barbate in the axils beneath, and by its 

 cylindrical, elongated, entire styles. Very similar in gross characters to Olax 

 imhricata Roxb., whence its specific name. 



