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lateral nerves slender, distinct, 5 to 7 on each side of the midrib, 
the reticulations very lax, indistinct or sometimes obsolete; 
petioles 5 to 7 mm long. Flowers few, axillary, fascicled, ses- 
sile, 2 to 2.5 mm long. Calyx cup-shaped, 1 mm long, 1.5 mm 
wide, truncate. Corolla 2 mm long, split one-half to two-thirds 
to the base into 4, narrowly ovate, obtuse lobes, the throat vil- 
lous inside. Anthers 0.8 mm long. Fruit coral-red, fleshy, 
ovoid, about 6 mm long, the pyrenes oblong, 4 mm long. 
Mindoro, Camantigue, For. Bur. 3720 Merritt, March 22, 1906, on trees 
in mangrove swamps. 
A species well characterized by its very thin, oblong'-obovate to broadly 
elliptic-ovate, slenderly nerved leaves, and its very short flowers. 
