302 The Philippine Journal of Science 1920 
A glabrous shrub, about 2 m high, the ultimate branchlets 
about 5 mm in diameter. Leaves coriaceous, oblong to oblong- 
elliptic, 14 to 18 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide, somewhat narrowed 
below to the acute or obtuse base, the apex usually acute, margins 
somewhat undulate and minutely toothed in the sinuses of the 
undulations; lateral nerves slender, pinnately arranged, about 
12 on each side of the midrib, not very prominent; petioles 2 
to 2.5 cm long, their bases with a single, obscure, unarmed crest. 
Inflorescences terminal, about 7 cm in diameter, the peduncle 
rather slender, about 2 cm long; primary branches about 15, 
umbellately arranged, these bearing 2 lateral branches and a 
central, nearly sessile, or short-peduncled umbel of sterile flowers, 
the lateral branches jointed at about the middle and bearing 2 
small bracts. Fruits umbellately arranged at the tips of the 
lateral branchlets, ovoid, about 5 mm long, their pedicels 2 to 
3 mm in length; seeds usually 3. 
Dinagat, Bur. Sci. 35220 Ramos & Pascasio, May 12, 1919, in 
forests at low altitudes. 
This species is distinctly an ally of Boeodagiodendron simplici- 
folium Elm. and, like it, is characterized by its oblong, entire, 
pinnately nerved leaves; among other characters it differs 
radically from the latter species in its much shorter petioles. 
MYRSINACEAE 
DISCOCALYX Mez 
DISCOCALYX LONGISSIMA sp. nov. 
Frutex glaber, circiter 1 m altus; foliis numerosis, linearis, 
integris, 18 ad 25 cm longis, 7 ad 14 mm latis, utrinque angus- 
tatis, acuminatis, subtus glandulosis, breviter petiolatis ; racemis 
brevibus, tenuibus, paucifloris, 1 ad 1.5 cm longis, in ramulis 
axillaribus tenuibus dispositis, ramulis specialibus 12 ad 16 cm 
longis, foliis paucis valde reductis instructis, partibus apicalibus 
cicatricibus bracfeisque multis instructis; floribus minutus, 5- 
meris, sepalis perspicue glandulosis. 
A glabrous shrub, about 1 m high, the branches smooth, terete, 
brownish, the ultimate ones about 1 mm thick. Leaves nu- 
merous, linear, entire, 18 to 25 cm long, 7 to 14 mm wide, 
narrowed to the acuminate apex, the base much narrowed and 
abruptly acute or obtuse, olivaceous and shining when dry, dis- 
tinctly glandular-punctate beneath, the midrib very prominent, 
the reticulations rather close, distinct ; petioles stout, 3 mm long 
or less. The specialized slender branches bearing the inflores- 
cences axillary, solitary, 12 to 16 cm long, each supplied with 
