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A species manifestly allied to Plectronia viridis Merr., and very similar 
to it. The leaves, however, are smaller, quite different in shape, and the 
venation is decidedly different. 
PLECTRONIA FENICIS sp. nov. 
Species ut videtur P. monstrosae valde affinis, differt venis 
magis numerosis, utrinque circiter 8, fructibus multo majori- 
bus, usque ad 2.5 cm longis. 
A glabrous tree 8 to 10 m high, the ultimate branches some- 
what compressed, brownish-olivaceous. Leaves oblong-ovate, 
subcoriaceous, brittle when dry, somewhat shining, 10 to 15 cm 
long, 4 to 8 cm wide, apex shortly acuminate, base somewhat 
decurrent-acuminate; petioles about 1 cm long; stipules cadu- 
cous, about 5 mm long; nerves about 8 on each side of the 
midrib, distinct, faintly anastomosing, the reticulations indis- 
tinct, lax. Flowers unknown, but the inflorescence apparently 
similar to that of Plectronia monstrosa A. Rich {Canthium 
arboreum Vid., Canthium mite Barth). Fruit ellipsoid to obo- 
void, wrinkled when dry, brown-olivaceous, 2 to 2.5 cm long, 
1.5 to 2 cm in diameter. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Sablan, Bur. Sci. 12693 Fenix (type), 
November 23, 1910, growing on slopes. A rather incomplete specimen from 
Danao, Cebu, For. Bur. 6U2Jf Espinosa, may also be referable here. 
A species manifestly allied to Plectronia monstrosa A. Rich., but at 
once distinguished by its larger fruits, and its more numerous veins. In 
Plectronia monstrosa the fruits are 1 cm long or less, while the leaves 
usually have but 5 or 6 pairs of veins. 
PLECTRONIA PEDUNCULARIS (Cav.) Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 
28, 360. 
Ca7ithium pedunculare Cav. Ic. 5 (1799) 21, t. U36; Blanco FI. Filip, 
ed. 2 (1845) 116; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 2 (1856) 256; Vid. Sinopsis 
Atlas (1883) t. 57, f. H. 
Canthium monoflorum Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 166. 
Canthium lycioides A. Rich. Mem. Rub. (1830) 108, Mem. Soc. Hist. 
Nat. Paris 5 (1834) 188; DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 475; F.-Vill. Novis. 
App. (1880) 110. 
Plectronia lycioides Elm. 1. c. 28, 360. 
Luzon, Manila and vicinity. Bur. Sci. 12207 Ramos, September, 1910, 
Manotoc 91 ; Province of Bulacan, Malinta, Bur. Sci. 6122 Robinson & 
Merritt: Province of Bataan, Lamao River, Merrill 25U5, For. Bur. 1221 
Borden, Whitford iOl, Williams 78. Palawan, For. Bur. 3610 Curran, 
Bur. Sci. 818 Foxworthy. 
This species is common in dry thickets near Manila, and in the prov- 
inces contiguous to the city; it does not appear, however, to be of common 
distribution in the Philippines. 
The original description of Canthiumi lycioides A. Rich, is short, but I 
