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eliipticis, usque ad 13 cm longis, integerrimis, breviter acute 
acuminatis, basi rotundatis et leviter decurrento-acuminatis, in 
siccitate subolivaceis, subtus pallidioribus ; nervis primariis cir- 
citer 8, distinctis, supra haud impressis; inflorescentiis axilla- 
ribus, pedunculatis, depauperato-cymosis, pubescentibus, 1 ad 2 
cm longis ; receptaculis $ depresso-turbinatis, pubescentibus, cir- 
citer 4 mm diametro, tepalis reniformibus, rotundatis, circiter 
1.5 mm longis; antheris 3 vel 4, confertis, sessilibus, connectivo 
haud producto. 
A shrub about 4 m high, glabrous except the inflorescence. 
Branches and branchlets terete, smooth, the former straw-colored, 
the latter reddish-brown or dark-brown when dry. Leaves sub- 
coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, entire, 8 to 13 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, 
the apex shortly and acutely acuminate, base rounded and some- 
what decurrent-acuminate, shining when dry, the upper surface 
subolivaceous, the lower somewhat paler ; primary lateral nerves 
about 8 on each side of the midrib, spreading, rather prom- 
inently arched-anastomosing distant from the margin, not at 
all impressed on the upper surface and scarcely projecting on 
the lower surface, the reticulations lax; petioles dark-brown, 1 
to 1.5 cm long. Staminate inflorescences axillary, depauperate- 
cymose, few-flowered, peduncled, 1 to 2 cm long, appressed-pub- 
escent with short, brownish hairs. Receptacles depressed-tur- 
binate, externally sparingly pubescent, about 4 mm in diameter, 
the bracts oblong, pubescent, 1.5 mm long, the pedicels 5 mm 
long or less. Tepals subreniform, rounded, about 1.5 mm long, 
glabrous. Anthers 3 or 4, sessile or subsessile, broadly ovoid or 
orbicular-ovoid, 1 mm long, the connectives not produced. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Binuang, Bur. Sci. 28 6 H Ramos & 
Edaho, May, 1917, in forests, altitude about 1,000 meters. 
If the entire leaves be any criterion this species comes near Matthaea 
calophylla Perk, and M. latifolia Perk., but it is not otherwise closely 
allied to these species. It seems to be much more closely allied to Mat- 
thaea sancta Blume, and in many respects is very similar to the entire- 
leaved forms of M. sancta Blume var. venulosa Perk. From this it is 
easily distinguished by its olivaceous leaves, its dark-brown branchlets, 
and the lateral nerves rather obscure and not at all impressed on the 
upper surface of the leaves. 
CAPP ARID ACE AE 
CAPPARIS Linnaeus 
CAPPARIS LONGIPES sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, glaber; foliis lanceolatis, membranaceis ad 
chartaceis, usque ad 11 cm longis, acutissime acuminatis, basi 
acutis, nervis utrinque circiter 15, distinctis; infructescentiis 
