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The Philippine Journal of Science 
191S 
PSYCHOTRIA WEBERI sp. nov. 
Frutex glaber circiter 2 m altus; foliis coriaceis, oblongis vel 
oblongo-ellipticis, coriaceis, subtus pallidis, utrinque angustatis, 
apice acutis vel breviter acuminatis, nervis utrinque 15 ad 19, 
distinctis, curvatis, anastomosantibus, reticulis undulatis, subpa- 
rallelis ; petiolo 1.5 ad 3.5 cm longo ; paniculis terminalibus, sessi- 
libus vel pedunculatis, quam petioli brevioribus ; floribus conges- 
tis, subsessilibus, fructibus juiiioribus ovoideis, vix sulcatis. 
An erect glabrous shrub about 2 m high. Branches terete, 
olivaceous, the ultimate ones slightly compressed. Leaves coria- 
ceous, oblong to oblong-elliptic, narrowed at both ends, the apex 
acute or shortly acuminate, base acute, 12 to 18 cm long, 4.5 to 
6.5 cm wide, somewhat shining when dry, the lower surface 
much paler than the upper; nerves 15 to 19 on each side of the 
midrib, prominent, curved, anastomosing near the margin, the 
reticulations subparallel, undulate, not prominent; petioles 1.5 
to 3.5 cm long. Panicles terminal, shorter than the petioles, 
sessile and branched from the base, or shortly peduncled. 
Flowers crowded at the ends of the few branches, sessile or 
shortly pedicelled, white. Calyx about 3 mm long, obscurely 5- 
toothed. Corolla 5.5 to 6 mm long, the tube about 2 mm in 
length, the lobes oblong-ovate, acute or somewhat acuminate, 
reflexed. Filaments slender, 1.5 mm long; anthers ovoid, about 
1 mm long. Immature fruit ovoid, smooth, 5 to 6 mm long, not 
at all sulcate. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Abulug River, Weber 1573, January, 1912, 
on rocky hillsides, altitude about 30 m. 
A species apparently similar to and closely allied to Psycho tria bana- 
haensis Elm., differing especially in its abbreviate inflorescence and more 
numerously nerved leaves. 
PSYCHOTRIA MINDANAENSIS sp. nov. 
Frutex 3 ad 5 m altus, inflorescentiis minutissime puberulis 
exceptis glaber ; foliis lanceolatis vel anguste oblongo-lanceolatis, 
utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, acuminatis, subcoriaceis, niti- 
dis, in siccitate plus minusve coloratis, nervis utrinque circiter 
11, reticulis subobsoletis ; inflorescentiis terminalibus, peduncu- 
latis; fructibus ellipsoideis, carnosis, in siccitate circiter 9 mm 
longis, longitudinaliter sulcatis. 
An erect glabrous shrub 3 to 5 m high, the leaves reddish or 
reddish-brown when dry. Branches terete, dark reddish-brown, 
smooth and shining. Leaves lanceolate or narrowly oblong- 
lanceolate, equally narrowed at both ends, rather slenderly and 
gradually acuminate, 10 to 15 cm long, 2 to 3 mm wide, sub- 
