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longis, 1.5 ad 2.5 cm latis, sursum sensim angustatis, acutis 
vel leviter acuminatis, basi rotundatis cordatisque, subtus glau- 
cescentibus, nervis utrinque circiter 25; pedunculis axillaribus, 
tenuibus, circiter 3.5 cm longis; fructibus ellipsoideis, glabris, 
circiter 8 mm longis, obtuse apiculatis. 
A scandent shrub, nearly glabrous except the younger parts, 
the infructescence, and the flowers. Branches terete, slender, 
glabrous, nearly black when dry, about 2.5 mm in diameter 
or less, the branchlets slenderer and somewhat ferruginous- 
pubescent. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 15 to 24 cm long, 1.5 
to 5 cm wide, subcoriaceous, gradually narrowed upward to the 
acute or somewhat acuminate apex, the base rather broadly and 
abruptly rounded and distinctly cordate, the upper surface 
smooth, shining, the lower glaucous, pubescent with very few scat- 
tered hairs, ultimately quite glabrous ; lateral nerves about 25 on 
each side of the midrib, distinct, the reticulations lax, not parallel ; 
petioles 2 to 3 mm long, glabrous or nearly so. Flowers not seen. 
Fruiting peduncles axillary, solitary, slender, up to 3.5 cm long, 
glabrous. Fruits numerous, glabrous, ellipsoid, about 8 mm long, 
reddish-brown when dry, blunt-apiculate, their pedicels pubes- 
cent, about 1 cm long. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, hills back of Paete, C. F. Baker 3691 (type), 
December 28, 1914: Province of Albay, Calanaga, Bur. Sci. 6290 Robinson, 
August, 1908, sterile specimen. 
A very characteristic species, at once recognizable by its very narrow, 
greatly elongated leaves. 
OXYMITRA LANCEOLATA sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens ; foliis lanceolatis, coriaceis, acuminatis, 
usque ad 12 cm longis, basi obtusis vel subacutis, distincte biglan- 
dulosis, supra glabris, nitidis, vel junioribus plus minusve pubes- 
centibus, subtus brunneis, pubescentibus, nervis utrinque circiter 
10 ; floribus solitariis, breviter pedicellatis, 3.5 cm longis, petalis 
sulcatis ; carpellis 1-ovulatis. 
A scandent shrub, the branches terete, glabrous, dark-colored 
when dry, the younger branchlets, petioles, pedicels, flowers, and 
lower surfaces of the leaves rather densely and uniformly pubes- 
cent with short, brown or ferruginous hairs. Leaves lanceolate, 
coriaceous, 8 to 12 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, narrowed upward 
to the acuminate apex, the base subacute, obtuse, or sometimes 
nearly rounded with two small glands on the upper surface at 
the junction of the petiole, when young somewhat pubescent on 
the upper surface, when mature quite glabrous, dark brown, 
shining, the lower surface paler; lateral nerves about 10 on each 
side of the midrib, very prominent, ascending; petioles about 2 
