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GRUMILEA SIMILIS (Elm.) comb. nov. 
Psychotria similis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 1025. 
Sibuyan, Elmer 12439. Negros, For. Bur. 7260 Everett. 
GRUMILEA PYRAMIDATA (Elm.) comb. nov. 
Psychotria pyramidata Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1350. 
Palawan, Elmer 13183, For. Bur. 21496 Fernandez, Bur. Sci. 900 Fox- 
worthy, Merrill 9518. 
GRUMILEA PALAWANENSIS (Elm.) comb. nov. 
Psychotria palawanensis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1348. 
Palawan, Elmer 12737. 
GRUMILEA AM ARACARPOI DES sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus 2 ad 3 m altus, partibus junioribus ferrugineo- 
villosis; foliis oblongis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, in siccitate brun- 
neis, obtusis ad obscure acuminatis, basi acutis, usque ad 5 cm 
longis, nervis utrinque 7 ad 9 ; fructibus terminalibus, solitariis, 
sessilis, ellipsoideis vel ovoideis, laevis, circiter 8 mm longis, 
pyrenis obscure 3-costatis, albumine ruminato. 
An erect shrub 2 to 3 m high, the branchlets, petioles, and 
midribs on the lower surface of the leaves rather prominently 
appressed ferruginous-villous. Branches and branchlets slender, 
terete. Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, chartaceous, brown 
and slightly shining when dry, 2.5 to 5 cm long, 7 to 15 mm 
wide, subequally narrowed to the acute base and to the obtuse 
to obscurely acuminate apex; lateral nerves 7 to 9 on each side 
of the midrib, slender; petioles 5 mm long or less. Fruits 
terminal, solitary, sessile, red when mature, about 8 mm long, 
ovoid to ellipsoid, smooth, not at all ridged when dry, the pyrenes 
plano-convex, the back obscurely 3-ridged. Albumen ruminate. 
Luzon, Province of Abra, Bur. Sci. 7275 Ramos; Subprovince of Le- 
panto, altitude 1,600 m, For. Bur. 5721 Klemme: Subprovince of Bontoc, 
V anoverbergh 695, altitude 1,450 m: Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, 
For. Bur. 8120 Curran & Merritt, Bur. Sci. 4757 Ramos, altitude 1,400 to 
1,800 m: Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, For. Bur. 2837 Meyer 
(type), Whitford 1193, Merrill 3194, Elmer 6975, altitude 1,000 to 1,200 
meters. Mindoro, For. Bur. 8638, 8748 Merritt, altitude 1,200 meters. 
This is the species reported from the Philippines as Amaracarpus pu!bes- 
cens Blume (Elmer Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 1; Merrill in Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 136), but it is manifestly no Amaracarpus in spite 
of its superficial resemblance to A. pubescens Blume, and its solitary fruits. 
The seeds are prominently ruminate. It is apparently very closely allied 
to Grumilea urdanetensis (Elm.) Merr. 
I have Javan specimens of Amaracarpus pubescens Blume for com- 
parison (coll. Koorders), while Blume’s species has recently been very 
carefully described and figured by Valeton Ic. Bogor. 3 (1909) 207, t. 278. 
