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cence being reduced to a short simple raceme, a character very different 
from most of the other species in the genus. It is apparently not very 
closely allied to any previously described form. 
LILIACEAE 
SMI LAX Linnaeus 
SMI LAX E RECTA sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus, glaber, leviter aculeatus, simplex vel parce 
ramosus, circiter 1 m altus, ecirrhiferus ; foliis oblomgis, in 
siccitate brunneis, nitidis, usque ad 20 cm longis, utrinque 
aequaliter angustatis, apice prominente acuminatis, basi cune- 
atis, perspicue 3-nerviis; inflorescentiis axillaribus, simpliciter 
umbellatis, breviter pedunculatis ; fructibus ovoideis vel ellip- 
soideis, circiter 8 mm longis. 
An erect shrub about 1 m high, glabrous, simple or at most 
once dichotomously branched above, without tendrils, the stems 
terete, pale-brownish, 5 to 6 mm in diameter below and armed 
with widely scattered, stout, short, straight spines 2 mm in 
length or less, the upper parts of the stem unarmed. Leaves 
oblong, subcoriaceous, brown and shining when dry, of nearly 
the same color on both surfaces, 12 to 20 cm long, 4 to 6 cm 
wide, equally narrowed to the rather prominently acuminate 
apex and the acute base, the base prominently 3-nerved, the 
lateral nerves extending to the tip of the leaf, the reticulations 
lax, fairly prominent; petioles about 2 cm long, the inflated 
basal part 1 cm long or less, cucullate. Umbels in the upper 
axils, solitary, simple, their peduncles 1.5 cm longer less, the 
pedicels 6 to 10, about 8 mm long. Fruits black when dry, 
ovoid or ellipsoid, wrinkled, shining, about 8 mm long. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Binuang, Bur. Sci. 28560 (type), 28U72 
Ramos & Edano, May, 1917, on forested slopes. 
This most characteristic species is readily distinguished by its erect, 
simple or but once branched stems which are aculeate below; by its pro- 
minently 3-nerved leaves; by the entire lack of tendrils; and by its simple 
umbels. 
SMI LAX LUCIDA sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, ramis leviter armatis, distincte circiter 
9-angulatis, sulcatis; foliis firme chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, 
oblongo-ovatis ad oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 16 cm longis, bre- 
viter apiculato-acuminatis, basi in foliis minoribus rotundatis, 
in majoribus distincte cordatis, utrinque nitidis, 5- vel 7-nerviis; 
umbellis axillaribus, solitariis, pedunculo 2.5 ad 3 cm longo; 
fructibus globosis, in siccitate subnigris, nitidis, 8 ad 10 mm 
diametro. 
