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ol)l()jig-ol)()\'oi(l or cluh-sliaped. J)i'aiulu'S gray t>r l)i'()\viii.sh, tcrcto, tlio 
l)ranclilets sliar])ly 4-aiigk'(l. Loaves 4.5 to U cm. long, 1 to 1.5 cm. wide, 
shining above, ])aler ami dull beneath, narrowed above to the aente or 
blunt apex and Ijelow to the namov aente base, the margins somewhat 
recurved; primary nerves aljout 10 on each side of the midrib, distant, 
irregulaiy sjmeading, not jjrominent, anastomosing and forming a mar- 
ginal nerve, the reticulations evident, netted ; petioles 2 to 4 mm. long. 
Flowers usually in grou])s of threes at the tips of the brancblets of tlu' 
inflorescence, the lower branches sometimes 3 to 4 cm. long, the flowers 
including the stamens 10 to 12 mm. long, narrow, the buds about 8 mm. 
long. Calyx truncate about 4 mm. in diameter at the mouth, cup-shaped, 
narrowed below into a 4 to 5 mm. long ])seudostalk, glabrous. Petals 4. 
free, orlhcnlar, 2.5 to 3 mm. in diameter, caducous. Stamens indefiiiite; 
lilanients al) 0 ut 4_nun. long ; anthers 0.3 mm. long. Fruit oblong-ovoid 
to ellipsoid, glabrous, dark purple when mature, about 1 cm. long, 7 to 
8 mm. thick, crowmed by the persistent calyx rim, with a single large seed, 
the pericarp thin, crustaceous when dry. 
Luzox, Province of Rizal. Montalban (.50.34 Merrill) iiaicli S, 1000; (3431 
Ahern’s collector) November, 1005. 
A slirub growing on clitl's and boulders along the river at an altit\ide of about 
40 m.. associated with and siniilating in habit Atalaniia- linearis (Blanco) Merr. 
Like Alalantia linearis and H omonoya riparia, this si>ecies is often found on 
ledges and boulders subject to overltow in times of high water, and like the 
former sjjecies is abundant along the liver at (\tontalban in the limestone region, 
but is found only immediately bordering the stream. So close is the resemblance 
in liabit and leaf characters between this species and Alatanlia linearis that 
Ahern’s collector, Kamos, brought in both under one number as being the same 
species. 
INI ELAST( ).M AT AOE.E. 
ASTRONIA Plume. 
Astronia lagunensis (Merrill s]). nov. 
A shrub 4 to (! m. high, nearly glalu’ous throughout exccjit the in- 
tloresconce, with oblong-elliptical, acuminate, 7-nerved leaves, and fur- 
fui'aceous intloresccuce, the orbicular petals about 5 mm. in diameter. 
Pirancbes rather stout, obscurely 4-angled, brown, glabrous. Leaves 
subcoriaceous, glabrous and green on both surfaces, not rurfuraceous, 
14 to 18 cm. long, 4 to 8 cm. wide, ecjually narrowed lielow to the acute 
liase and above to the acuminate ajicx, the transverse nerves numerous, 
jirominent beneath ; ]ietioles stout, 3 to (i cm. long, when young slightly 
furfuraceous, becoming ipiite glabrous. Panicles ])yramidal, 5 to 7 cm. 
long, 5 to 8 cm. wide below, the axis and opposite branches brown fur- 
furaceous, the lower branches spreading, 4 cm. long or less, the up])Ci' 
ones gradually shorter. Flowers yellowish wdiite and red. Calvx l)roadlv 
funnel-sbajied, about 4 mm. long, 5 to (i mm. in diameter above, slightly 
furfuraceous, with 5 bi'oad acute teeth less than 1 mm. long. Petals 5, 
