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ALYXIA GLABRA sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, glaber, ramis ramulisque teretibus; foliis 
quaternatis, oblongo-ellipticis, subcoriaceis, olivaeeis, nitidis 
usque ad 12 cm longis, basi acutis, apice breviter abrupte obtuse- 
que acuminatis, nervis utrinque valde numerosis, tenuibus, 
confertis; inflorescentiis axillaribus, fasciculatis, brevibus, um- 
bellatis, glabris, umbellis 3- ad 5-floris; floribus circiter 14 mm 
longis, breviter pedicellatis. 
A scandent, entirely glabrous shrub, the branches and branch- 
lets terete, the former pale, the latter dark-brown and about 2 
mm in diameter, the internodes 6 to 17 cm long. Leaves quar- 
ternate, olivaceous, of the same color on both surfaces and 
shining when dry, subcoriaceous, oblong-elliptic, 8 to 12 cm long, 
3 to 5 cm wide, base acute, apex rather abruptly acuminate, the 
acumen short, blunt ; lateral nerves very slender, not prominent, 
very numerous, crowded, the primary ones up to 1.5 mm apart; 
petioles about 1 cm long. Inflorescences axillary, fascicled, um- 
bellate, each umbel 3- to 5-flowered, the peduncles 5 to 6 mm 
long, the pedicels about 3 mm in length; bracts very broadly 
ovate, obtuse, 1.5 mm long. Calyx-tube very short, the lobes 
broadly ovate, obtuse, 2 mm long and wide. Corolla white, the 
tube cylindric, about 11 mm long, the lobes broadly elliptic-ovate, 
obtuse, 3 to 3.5 mm long. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Infanta-Siniloan trail, Bur. Sci. 29207 Ramos 
& Edano (type), June 14, 1917, in damp forests; Umiray, Bur. Sci. 28967 
Ramos & Edano, June 1, 1917, in forests along the river. 
This species resembles Alyxia monticola C. B. Rob., the flowers of which 
are unknown, in many respects but is apparently not very closely allied 
to it; Robinson’s species has the nerves at least twice as far apart as in 
the present one. The entirely glabrous, simply umbellate inflorescences 
are characteristic, and at once distinguish Alyxia glabra Merr. from A. 
monilifera Vid. 
ALYXIA LANCEOLATA sp.nov. 
Frutex scandens, partibus junioribus et inflorescentiis par- 
cissime obscureque puberulis exceptis glaber, ramis ramulisque 
teretibus; foliis quarternatis, lanceolatis, chartaceis ad subco- 
riaceis, in siccitate pallidis, nitidis, usque ad 7 cm longis, apice 
perspicue tenuiter et obtuse acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis lat- 
eralibus obsoletis vel subobsoletis ; inflorescentiis circiter 2 cm 
longis, unbellatim 3-5-floris; floribus circiter 1 cm longis, corol- 
lae tubo 6 ad 7 mm longo. 
A scandent shrub, entirely glabrous except the obscurely puber- 
ulent younger branchlets, petioles, and inflorescences. Branches 
