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The Philippine Journal of Science 
1915 
A species allied to Tricalysia negrosensis Elm., which it greatly resem- 
bles, differing in its somewhat longer, more numerously nerved leaves 
which are not bearded in the axils on the lower surface. The species is 
anomalous in Tricalysia in its 1-ovuled cells of the ovary, but in spite of 
this character I have little hesitation in referring it to this genus. 
PLECTRONIA Linnaeus 
PLECTRONIA SARCOCARPA sp. nov. 
Frutex 4 ad 5 m altus, spinosus, ramis partibus junioribusque 
adpresse hirsutis; foliis ovatis, chartaceis, acuminatis, usque 
ad 5.5 cm longis, spinis axillaribus gracilis, rectis, usque ad 
1 cm longis; fructibus axillaribus, solitariis, breviter pedun- 
culatis, carnosis, obovoideis, 2 cm longis. 
A spiny shrub 4 to 5 m high, the branches and younger parts 
more or less appressed-hirsute. Branches slender, the solitary 
axillary spines straight, sharp, stiff, slender, up to 1 cm long. 
Leaves chartaceous, ovate, 2.5 to 5.5 cm long, 1.2 to 3 cm wide, 
sharply acuminate, the base acute to rounded, green when dry, 
slightly pubescent along the midrib and lateral nerves, becom- 
ing nearly glabrous; lateral nerves 4 to 6 on each side of the 
midrib, slender, arcuate, anastomosing; petioles somewhat ap- j 
pressed-hirsute, 2 to 3 mm long; flowers not seen. Fruits axil- 
lary, solitary, obovoid, glabrous, the pericarp fleshy, dark-colored 
and shining when dry, 2 cm long, the pyrenes bony, the peduncles 
3 to 4 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, San Antonio, Bar. Sci. 10968 Ramos, August, 
1910, in thickets. 
A species in most respects similar to Plectronia horrida Kurz and P. ■ 
peduncularis Elm., differing from both in its much lager fruits and larger 
leaves. 
Tl MON I US DeCandolle 
TIMONIUS CONFERTIFLORUS sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, 6 ad 7 m alta, partibus junioribus inflorescenti- 
isque adpresse fulvo-pubescentibus, subtus foliis plus minusve 
pubescentibus ; foliis oppositis, oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis, 
coriaceis, in siccitate brunneis, nitidis, usque ad 9 cm longis, 
utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, apice breviter acute acumina- 
tis, basi acutis, nervis utrinque 6 vel 7 ; cymis axillaribus, cum 
floribus usque ad 2 cm longis, brevissime pedunculatis vel sub- 
sessilibus, circiter 7-floris, floribus confertis, circiter 12 mm 
longis, 5-meris. 
A small tree 6 to 7 m high. Branches terete, grayish or 
grayish-brown, somewhat wrinkled when dry, glabrous, the very 
young branchlets appressed fulvous-pubescent as are the in- 
