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12. RANDIA Houst. 
1. R. angatensis (Blanco) F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 108. 
(2604 Meyer) February. In forests at 900 in. Endemic. 
2. R. cumingiana Vidal, Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 179. 
(1779, 1958, 2123, 3049 Borden) August May; (6871 Elmer) November; (3090 
Merrill) October; (1458 Ahern’s collector) August. In thickets below 100 in. 
Endemic. 
3. R. densiflora (Wall.) Benth.; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 3 (1880) 112. 
(6873 Elmer) November; (2047 Borden) October; (1472 Ahern’s collector) 
August. In forests at about 200 in. Tropical Asia to Malaya and Australia. 
4. Randia whitfordii (Elmer). 
A small tree 7 to 10 m. high. Branches glabrous, light, gray. Leaves opposite, 
subcoriaceoiis, glabrous, oblong to narrowly elliptical-lanceolate or oblong-lanceo- 
late, acuminate, the acumen abrupt, rather sharp, the base acute, 8 to 15 cm. 
long, 2.5 to 6 cm. wide, usually pale when dry and slightly shining; nerves 5 to 
7 on each side of the midrib, somewhat prominent beneath, curved-ascending; 
petioles glabrous, about 8 mm. long; stipules coriaceous, 5 mm. long, sharply 
acuminate. Flowers fascicled or in very short congested axillary cymes, white, 
very fragrant, 3 to 5 or more in each fascicle, the inflorescence glabrous. Calyx 
cup-shaped, 2 mm. long, short pediceled or sessile, with 4 minute distant teeth. 
Cbrolla tube 4 mm. long, glabrous outside, densely hirsute rvithin except at the 
base, the lobes 4, spreading, oblong, about 9 mm. long, 4 mm. u'ide, acute or 
acuminate, glabrous outside, more or less pilose on the inner s\irface. Stamens 4 ; 
fllaments glabrous, 2 mm. long; anthers oblong-lanceolate, 4 mm. long. Ovary 
2-celled, ovules several in each cell. Stigma bifid, the arms flattened. Fruit 
usually solitary in axils of fallen leaves on 5 mm. long bracteate peduncles, 
globose, 2.5 cm. in diameter, firm, glabrous, minutely roughened, marked at the 
apex with a large circular ring, the calyx not persistent, the pericarp hard, 
rather brittle when dry, 5 to 8 mm. thick, 2-celled, the placenta very thin. Seeds 
9 to 12 in each cell, ii'regularly strongly flattened, circular in outline, abo\it 5 mm. 
in diameter, brown, strongly imbricated, pulp wanting. 
(2787, 2998 Meyer) February, May; (1212, 2929 Borden) Jmie, May; (3725 
Merrill) .lanuaiy; (202, 1123 Whitford) May; (6643 Elmer) November. Also 
from the Province of Eizal, Luzon (1726 Merrill) ; (No. 2988 Ahern’s collector) 
Gardenia whitfordii Elmer in herb., Randia fascicnliflora Elmer in herb., in part. 
In forests 150 to 700 m. 
5. R. fitzalani F. Muell. in Benth. FI. Austr. 3 (1866) 411. 
(2279, 2096 3Ieyer) August; (3031 Borden) May; (360, 1017, 1057, 1239 
Mhitford) May; (586 Barnes) March. In forests 100 to 700 m. Australia. 
1 have l)een unable to verify Mr. Elmer’s identification of the above material, 
b\it as the specimens agree rather closely with the description of the above 
species, his determination is provisionally accepted. 
6. Randia uncaria Elmer, n. sp. in herb. 
Scandent, 6 to 8 m. high, the branches with stout recurved spines about 1 cm. 
long. Branches glabrous, slender, light gi'ay or brown. Leaves opposite, equal, 
glabrous throughout, oblong to oblong-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, rather sharply 
acuminate, the base acute, 10 to 18 cm. long, 3.5 to 6 cm. wide, subcoriaceous ; 
nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, prominent beneath, anastomosing, the 
reticulations lax; petioles about 1 cm. long, usually rugose; stipules glabrous, 
4 mm. long, acuminate; spines axillary or in the axils of fallen leaves on the 
older branches, glabrous. Inflorescence terminal, eymosely ])aniculate, the pedun- 
cle short, stout, the branches few, short, few flowered, the branches and pedicels 
subtended by small bracts and bracteoles. Calyx tubular, 7 mm. long, very 
