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acute, the apex acuminate, the pericarp coriaceous. Seeds about 
20 in each follicle, irregular, about 6 mm long. 
Mindanao, District of Cotabato, Craan, For. Bur. 11*930 Tarrosa & 
Almagro, April, 1912 (type) ; Reina Regente, Bur. Sci. 11653 Robinson, 
June, 1910, in thickets and open places at low altitudes. 
A species in vegetative characters somewhat resembling the common 
Tabernaemontana pandacaqui Poir., but with entirely different fruits, 
which resemble those of Tabernaemontana hexagona Merr. ; it differs from 
T. hexagona Merr. in its smaller, much fewer nerved leaves. 
TABERNAEMONTANA OLIGANTH A sp. nov. 
Frutex glaber circiter 2 m altus; foliis membranaceis vel 
chartaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 15 cm longis, utrinque 
subaequaliter angustatis, apice acuminatis apiculatisque, basi 
acutis, nervis utrinque circiter 9, subtus prominentibus ; cymis 
axillaribus, laxis, circiter 10 cm longis, paucifloris ; floribus albis, 
longe pedicellatis, circiter 2.5 cm diametro, corollae tubo circiter 
1.7 cm longo. 
A glabrous shrub about 2 m high with very lax, few-flowered, 
axillary cymes, the flowers about 5 to each cyme, long pedicelled. 
Branches terete, slender, grayish-brown, lenticellate. Leaves 
membranaceous to chartaceous, oblong-elliptic, 12 to 15 cm long, 
5 to 7 cm wide, olivaceous and somewhat shining when dry, 
subequally narrowed to the acute base and to the distinctly acu- 
minate and slightly apiculate apex; lateral nerves about 9 on 
each side of the midrib, prominent on the lower surface, curved, 
obscurely anastomosing, the reticulations fine; petioles 5 mm 
long or less. Cymes axillary, solitary, about 10 cm long, each 
about 5-flowered, the branches divaricate, lax. Flowers white, 
their pedicels 1.5 to 3.5 cm long. Calyx 4 to 5 mm long, the 
lobes elliptic-ovate, obtuse or acute, 2.5 to 3 mm long. Corolla 
tube cylindric, 1.5 to 1.8 cm long, the lobes spreading, 12 to 13 
cm long, 4 to 5 mm wide, oblong, falcate, rounded. Anthers 2 
mm long. Ovary glabrous. 
Samar, Cauayan Valley, forested slopes, Phil. PI. 1621 Ramos, April, 
1914. 
A species well characterized by its long, very lax, few-flowered cymes, 
the flowers about 5 in each cyme, long pedicelled. 
URCEOLA Roxburgh 
URCEOLA IMBERBIS (Elmer) comb. nov. 
Carruthersia imbe^bis Elmer Leaf!. Philip. Bot. 2 (1909) 588. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Lucban, Elmer 9239 (type number) : Prov- 
ince of Laguna, San Antonio, Bur. Sci. 12057 Ramos, August, 1910, in 
fruit. 
