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lower dull, apex broadly rounded, sometimes very shortly and 
broadly acuminate, sometimes even slightly retuse, the base nar- 
rowed and more or less decurrent on the petioles, the margins 
recurved; lateral nerves indistinct, often subobsolete, about 8 on 
each side of the midrib; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long. Cymes pan- 
icled, axillary, sessile, solitary, densely many-flowered, branched 
from the base, slightly puberulent, brown when dry, 2 to 4.5 
cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, the branches spreading. Flowers 4- 
merous, the buds ellipsoid or obovoid, about 2 mm long, their 
pedicels 1 to 3 mm long. Calyx-teeth broadly triangular, acute, 
short. Mature flowers and fruits not seen. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, San Antonio, in forests, Bur. Sci. 15014 
Ramos (type), Phil. PL 1161 Ramos, June, 1912. 
A very characteristic species, recognizable by its very thick, obovate, 
obscurely nerved leaves, and by its dense pyramidal inflorescence. 
LINOCIERA NIT1DA sp. nov. 
Ut videtur arbor parva, glabra; foliis oblongis, in siccitate 
nitidis, subcoriaceis, oblongis vel late oblongis, usque ad 18 cm 
longis, basi rotundatis vel subacutis, apice brevissime acumina- 
tis, nervis utrinque circiter 8, patulis, prominentibus, anastomo- 
santibus, reticulis obsoletis vel subobsoletis ; racemis brevibus, 
1 ad 1.5 cm longis, solitariis vel fasciculatis, axillaribus, densi- 
floris ; floribus 4-meris, 5 mm longis. 
Apparently a small tree, glabrous, the branches terete, smooth, 
light gray. Leaves oblong or broadly oblong, subcoriaceous, 12 
to 18 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide, entire, brown when dry, or the 
upper surface somewhat olivaceous and the lower surface brown, 
shining on both surfaces, smooth, the base broadly rounded or 
somewhat acute, the apex very shortly and somewhat abruptly 
acuminate; lateral nerves 7 or 8 on each side of the midrib, 
prominent, spreading at nearly right angles, somewhat curved, 
anastomosing, the reticulations obsolete or nearly so; petioles 
dark brown, 2 to 3 mm long. Racemes short, axillary or in 
the axils of fallen leaves, solitary or somewhat fascicled, 1 to 
1.5 cm long, densely flowered, quite glabrous or very obscurely 
and sparsely puberulent, the bracts broadly ovate, acute or acu- 
minate, 1.5 mm long. Sepals ovate, acute, about 1 mm long. 
Petals 4, narrowly oblong, thick, 5 mm long, about 1 mm wide, 
slightly narrowed upward, the apex obtuse, somewhat cucullate, 
the margins somewhat indexed. Anthers about 1 mm long, the 
connective very broad. 
Basilan, Bur. Sci. 15406 Reillo, August 11, 1912, in forests. 
A species well characterized by its vegetative characters, especially by 
its leaves being brown when dry and with obsolete or nearly obsolete 
