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the lower surface pale, the areolse between the reticulations very densely 

 lepidote stellate, the glands entirely obscured; nerves prominent, beneath, 

 7 to 8 on each side of the midrib, curved, ascending, at first pale and 

 densely lepidote-stellate, later dark colored and nearly glabrous; petioles 

 1.5 to 1.8 mm. long. Cymes in the axils of the upper leaves, their 

 peduncles 2 cm. long, the bracteoles 3 to 5 mm. long. Flowers white. 

 Calyx stellate-lepidote, 1.5 mm. long, the teeth short, acute. Corolla 

 glabrous, 3.5 mm. long, the lobes 1 mm. long, rounded, the tips slightly 

 lepidote on the outside. Stamens 4, the filaments 4 mm. long, the anthers 

 about 1 mm. long. Style 6 mm. long. Fruit unknown. 



Type specimen No. 6266 (A. D. E. Elmer), Mount Santo Tomas, Province 

 of Benguet, Luzon, May, 1904. A tree growing in the forests with very 

 hard yellowish wood and thick yellowish-white, irregularly checked bark. 

 Premna oblongifolia, sp. nov. 



A subscandent nearly glabrous shrub with glabrous, oblong, acute or 

 slightly acuminate leaves 9 cm. long or less, the calyx regularly 4-toothed, 

 the corolla regularly or slightly irregularly 4-lobed. Branches brownish, 

 glabrous, the ultimate branchlets very sparingly puberulous. Leaves mem- 

 branous, opposite, elliptical oblong, the base often slightly irregular, 

 rounded, the margins entire, both surfaces glabrous, shining, 5 to 9 cm. 

 long, *2.5 to 4 cm. wide; nerves prominent on both surfaces, dark brown, 

 sharply ascending, 4 to 5 on each side of the midrib; petioles glabrous 

 or nearly so, 1.5 to 2 cm. long. Corymbs 4 to 6 cm. in diameter, the 

 axis and branches minutely ferruginous pubescent, the bracts lanceolate, 

 nearly glabrous, 1 cm. long or less. Calyx 1.8 mm. long, glabrous or 

 nearly so, 4-toothed, the teeth short, obtuse or subacute, their margins 

 minutely ciliate. Corolla 4 mm. long, greenish white, the throat densely 

 pilose, otherwise glabrous, 4-lobed, the lobes subequal, 1.5 to 2 mm. long, 

 rounded. Stamens four, the filaments subequal, 3 mm. long, the anthers 

 0.4 mm. long, wider than long. Ovary glabrous or nearly so, the style 

 3.5 mm. long. Stigma bifid. 



Type specimen No. 5990 (A. D. E. Elmer), Baguio, Province of Benguet, 

 Luzon, March, 1904. A subscandent shrub reclining on cliffs and bluffs, 

 the stem 6 or 7 cm. in diameter, with soft, brittle wood and yellowish, 

 smooth bark. 



BIGNONIACE^E. 



Radermachera elmeri, sp. nov. 



A small tree about 6 m. high, with bipinnate glabrous leaves, and 

 pendant paniculate inflorescence, the pink flowers 5 cm. long, the branchlets, 

 axis of the inflorescence, and leaf rhachis glabrous, usually with many small 

 white excrescences. Leaves about 35 cm. long, the leaflets elliptical Ian- 

 ceolate, glabrous, long acuminate, the base acute, 6 to 10 cm. long, 3 to 5.5 

 cm. wide; nerves about 10 pairs, not prominent, the reticulations lax, 

 obscure; petiolules 5 to 10 mm. long, glabrous. Panicles about 30 cm. long, 

 the branches opposite, spreading, 5 to 6 cm. long, dichotomously branching, 

 few flowered. Flowers few, the pedicels slender, about 1.5 cm. lon-jf. 

 Calyx campanulate, glabrous, 1.5 to 1.8 cm. long, 3 to 4 toothed, the 



