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acuminate, pale when dry, of about the same color and shining 
on both surfaces; primary lateral nerves about 10 on each side 
of the midrib, prominent, curved, anastomosing, the reticulations 
prominent on both surfaces; stipules suborbicular, 1 to 2 cm 
long, similar to the leaves in texture and color, inequilateral, very 
shortly obtuse-acuminate or obtuse. Panicles from the trunk 
or larger branches, narrowly pyramidal, about 20 cm long, the 
branches few, spreading, the lower ones 3 to 4 cm long. Fruits 
fleshy, white or somewhat pink when fresh and 3 to 4 cm in 
diameter, when dry subglobose, 2 to 3 cm in diameter, brown, 
with one or two large, castaneous, shining seeds 1.5 to 2 cm 
in diameter. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Binuang, Bur. Sci. 28533, 28516 ( type ) 
Ramos & Edafio, May 8 and 19, 1917, in forests along streams at low 
altitude. 
This species is allied to Otophora fruticosa Blume, but is readily dis- 
tinguished, among other characters, by its very much larger fruits. 
RHAMNACEAE 
VENT1LAGO Gaertner 
VENTILAGO BRUNNEA sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, inflorescentiis exceptis glaber; foliis in sic- 
citate brunneis, utrinque concoloribus, nitidis, oblongis, usque ad 
20 cm longis, subcoriaceis, basi subacutis ad rotundatis, apice 
latissime acuminatis et obtusis vel leviter retusis, nervis utrinque 
circiter 9; inflorescentiis axillaribus terminalibusque, subfer- 
rugineo-pubescentibus, simplex vel e basi parce ramosis, usque 
ad 13 cm longis ; floribus numerosis, fasciculatis, breviter pedicel- 
latis, 3 ad 4 mm diametro, petalis obovatis, retusis, circiter 1 
mm longis. 
A scandent shrub, glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches 
and branchlets dark-brown, terete, smooth. Leaflets uniformly 
brown and shining on both surfaces when dry, subcoriaceous or 
firmly chartaceous, oblong, 12 to 20 cm long, 4 to 6 cm wide, 
base rounded to subacute, narrowed upward to the very broadly 
acuminate apex, the acumen rounded or slightly retuse and 3 
to 5 mm wide at the tip ; primary lateral nerves about 9 on each 
side of the midrib, prominent, curved, obscurely anastomosing 
close to the margin, the reticulations dense; petioles brown, 3 
mm long or less. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, simple or 
branched from the base, the branches few, up to 13 cm in length, 
all parts uniformly pubescent with short, subferruginous or 
sometimes cinereous hairs. Flowers yellowish-white, numerous, 
