xiii, c, 5 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants 313 
Luzon, Pangasinan Province, Mount San Isidro, Labrador, Bur. Sci. 
29843 Fenix, November 10, 1917, in damp forests, altitude about 400 meters. 
This species resembles Wikstroemia meyeniana Warb. and is manifestly 
allied to it. It differs notably in its thicker, more-prominently and nu- 
merously nerved leaves and especially in its shorter flowers. 
WIKSTROEMIA BRACHYANTHA sp. nov. 
Frutex circiter 2 m altus, ramulis junioribus parce pubescenti- 
bus exceptis glaber; foliis lanceolatis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, us- 
que ad 12 cm longis, chartaceis, in siccitate plerumque brunneis, 
nitidis, basi acutis, apice tenuiter acuminatis, nervis primariis 
utrinque 12 ad 15, distinctis, juxta marginem anastomosantibus ; 
racemis terminalibus et in axillis superioribus, brevibus, pauci- 
floris; floribus breviter pedicellatis, extus parcissime pubescen- 
tibus, circiter 6.5 mm longis. 
A shrub about 2 m high, glabrous except the sparingly ap- 
pressed-pubescent younger branchlets, the branches and branch- 
lets terete, dark-brown to reddish-brown when dry. Leaves 
rather firmly chartaceous, usually brown or brownish when dry 
or the upper surface olivaceous-brownish, shining, the lower 
distinctly paler than the upper, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 
rather distinctly variable even on the same branchlet, 8 to 12 
cm long, 1.5 to 4 cm wide, the base acute, the apex slenderly 
acuminate; primary lateral nerves 12 to 15 on each side of the 
midrib, rather distinct and somewhat projecting on the lower 
surface, somewhat ascending, anastomosing close to the margin 
with the rather distinct marginal veins, the secondary veins 
often about as prominent as the primary ones; petioles about 
3 mm long. Racemes terminal, or sometimes also in the upper 
axils, solitary, simple, the axis and peduncle 5 mm long or less, 
the former with rather numerous scars of fallen pedicels, each 
inflorescence presenting but 5 or 6 flowers at one time. Flowers 
green, about 6.5 mm long, externally very slightly pubescent, 
the lobes 4, subreniform, about 1 mm long and 1.5 mm wide, 
their pedicels 1 to 1.5 mm long. Stamens 8. Ovary elongated, 
villous at the tip. Glands 2, narrowly oblong, about 1 mm long. 
Fruit red, ellipsoid to somewhat obovoid, up to 1 cm long. 
CATANDUANES, Bur. Sci. 30392 Ramos (type) , December 2, 1917, in damp 
forests near streams at low altitudes. Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount 
Cadig, Bur. Sci. 25449 Yates, December, 1916; Mount Pular, Bur. Sci. 
19438 Ramos, January, 1913. 
This species is well characterized by its relatively thick leaves, which 
are distinctly variable in shape, but prevailingly lanceolate; its distinct 
marginal veins; short inflorescences; and unusually short flowers. It is 
perhaps as closely allied to Wikstroemia fenicis Merr. as to any other 
species but has entirely different inflorescences and smaller flowers. 
