VIII, c, I Merrill: Studies on Philippine Ruhiaceae, I 51 
had determined it to be the same as Plectronia peduncularis (Cav.) Elm. 
In order to verify the matter Doctor C. B. Robinson kindly examined the 
type in the herbarium of the Paris Museum of Natural History, and in- 
forms me that it is undoubtedly the same species as Cuming H06 and 
H37, both of which unquestionably are referable to Cavanilles’ species. 
PLECTRONIA PAUCINERVIA sp. nov. 
Frutex glaber 3 ad 4 m altus» ramulis junioribus plus minusve 
resinosis ; foliis oblongis vel oblongo-ellipticis, coriaceis, utrinque 
acuminatis, usque ad 16 cm longis, in siccitate supra nitidis, 
brunneis, subtus pallidioribus ; nervis utrinque 5, prominentibus, 
reticulis laxissimis vel obsoletis; fructibus aurantiacis, obovoi- 
deis, circiter 7 mm longis, umbellatis; umbellis axillaribus, soli- 
tariis, brevissime pedunculatis vel subsessilibus. 
A glabrous shrub 3 to 4 m high. Branches terete, dark-colored 
and smooth when dry, the younger parts and the buds more or 
less resinous, shining, nearly black. Leaves oblong, coriaceous, 
14 to 16 cm long, 5 to 6 cm wide, subequally narrowed and acumi- 
nate at both ends, the upper surface very smooth and shining, 
dark-brown when dry, the lower surface dull or very slightly 
shining, yellowish-brown or pale-brown when dry; nerves 5 on 
each side of the midrib, distant, curved-ascending, scarcely or 
very faintly anastomosing, the reticulations very lax, often 
entirely obsolete; petioles 1.5 to 2 cm long; stipules triangular- 
ovate, slenderly acuminate, about 5 mm long. Flowers not seen. 
Fruits obovoid, about 7 mm long, in axillary, solitary, short- 
peduncled or subsessile umbels, about 5 in each umbel, their 
pedicels about 8 mm long, the common peduncle stout, about 
2 mm long. 
Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Sax River Mountains back of San 
Ramon, Merrill 8263, November 29, 1911, in damp forests, altitude about 
900 m. 
A species well characterized by its short-peduncled, solitary, umbellate 
inflorescence, and by its leaves with few nerves and practically obsolete 
reticulations. 
PSYCHOTRIA Linnaeus 
PSYCHOTRIA CAGAYANENSIS sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, circiter 5 m alta, inflorescentiis obscure parce 
pubescentibus exceptis glabra ; foliis chartaceis, lanceolatis, 
utrinque acuminatis, in siccitate plus minuSve pallidis nitidisque, 
usque ad 16 cm longis, nervis utrinque circiter 13, anastomo- 
santibus; paniculis terminalibus, sub fructu circiter 6 cm longis, 
pyramidatis; fructibus obovoideis, circiter 8 mm longis, semi- 
nibus dorso convexo vix sulcato. 
