i7.3 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XVI 305 
pedicellatis, calycis lobis triangulari-ovatis, acutis, 2 mm longis; 
fructibus subglobosis, circiter 5 mm diametro. 
An erect shrub, about 3 m high, glabrous except the inflo- 
rescences, the branches and branchlets terete, pale. Leaves 
membranaceous, oblong-elliptic, nearly black when dry, 10 to 13 
cm long, 4 to 6.5 cm wide, the base rounded to subacute or some- 
what decurrent, the apex shortly but distinctly acuminate; lat- 
eral nerves slender, distinct, anastomosing, about 8 on each side 
of the midrib, the reticulations lax, not prominent; petioles 1 
cm long. Flowers axillary, fascicled, their pedicels somewhat 
pubescent, about 7 mm long. Calyx about 5 mm long, the lobes 
pubescent, triangular-ovate, acute, 2 mm in length. Fruits 4 to 
10 in each fascicle, subglobose, black when dry, about 5 mm in 
diameter, when young somewhat pubescent, ultimately glabrous, 
their pedicels up to 8 mm in length. 
Siargao, Bur. Sci. 3U89S Ramos & Pascasio, May 29, 1919, in 
forests at low altitudes. 
A species closely allied to Geniostoma nigrescens (Blanco) 
Merr. but with the exception of the inflorescences entirely gla- 
brous and with larger leaves. 
APOCYNACEAE 
ALYXIA Banks 
ALYXIA STENOPHYLLA sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, glabra, ramis ramulisque teretibus, tenuibus, 
ultimis 1 ad 1.5 mm diametro; foliis plerumque verticillatis, 4 
ad 6 cm longis, 6 ad 10 mm latis, anguste lanceolatis, utrinque 
subaequaliter angustatis, basi acutis, apice obtuse acuminatis, 
chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, nervis lateralibus obsoletis; inflo- 
rescentiis axillaribus, solitariis, pedunculatis, umbellatim 3- vel 
4-floris, pedunculo 1 ad 1.5 cm longo. Corollae tubo 7 mm 
longo. 
A glabrous vine, the branchlets slender, terete, the ultimate 
ones 1 to 1.5 mm in diameter. Leaves mostly verticillate, 
sometimes opposite, narrowly lanceolate, 4 to 6 cm long, 6 to 
10 mm wide, subequally narrowed to the acute base and the 
blunt-acuminate apex, firmly chartaceous or subcoriaceous, 
shining when dry, the margins slightly recurved ; midrib prom- 
inent, the lateral nerves and reticulations obsolete; petioles 2 
to 3 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, solitary, umbellately 3- 
or 4-flowered, the peduncles 1 to 1.5 cm long, the pedicels about 
3 mm long, 2-bracteolate at their apices, the bracteoles lan- 
ceolate, acuminate, 1 mm long. Calyx about 3 mm long, the 
lobes lanceolate-acuminate. Corolla-tube about 7 mm long, white. 
