VII], c, 1 Merrill: Studies o?i Philippine Rubiaceae, I 57 
inent, anastomosing, parallel, somewhat curved, the reticula- 
tions not prominent, the apex acute, the base acute or somewhat 
rounded, not at all cordate, often a little inequilateral; petioles 
8 to 10 mm long; stipules oblong-ovate, black and shining when 
dry, glabrous, or the basal part brown-pubescent, deciduous. In- 
florescence terminal, pubescent, of a single simple peduncle, or 
3-branched at the base, the peduncle or the branches 1 cm long 
or less, brown-pubescent. Young flowers apparently sessile, in 
dense, globose heads about 5 mm in diameter. Fruits con- 
gested, 5 or more at the end of each branch or peduncle, sessile 
or subsessile, obovoid, about 7 mm long, brown, crowned by the 
persistent calyx-tube, shallowly longitudinally 8-ridged. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Montalban, Loher 6345, July, 1905. 
It is possible that Loher 6405, from the same locality, should be referred 
here, but this specimen has thinner leaves which turn brown or reddish- 
brown in drying. The species is manifestly very closely allied to Psycho- 
tria bataanensis Elm., from which it differs chiefly in its leaves being 
gradually narrowed to the acute or somewhat rounded base, not at all 
cordate. 
RANDIA Linnaeus 
RANDIA LANCEOLATA sp. nov. 
Frutex partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque puberulis ex- 
ceptis glaber; foliis lanceolatis vel anguste lanceolatis, coriaceis, 
nitidis, usque ad 10 cm longis, 5 ad 10 mm latis, rectis vel 
falcatis, supra sensim angustatis, acuminatis, basi angustatis, 
acutis vel cuneatis; pedunculis axillaribus, soiltariis, 1-floris, 
supra bibracteatis, tenuibus, 1.5 ad 2 cm longis; fructibus an- 
guste oblongo-ovoideis, 1 cm longis, utrinque angustatis. 
A shrub, quite glabrous except for the somewhat puberulent 
younger parts and inflorescence, the branches and leaves rather 
crowded, the ultimate branches slender, terete or somewhat com- 
pressed, usually dark-colored when dry, or reddish-brown. 
Leaves numerous, lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, straight or 
falcate, coriaceous, of about the same color on both surfaces 
when dry, the upper surface shining, the lower dull, 5 to 10 
cm long, 5 to 10 mm wide, gradually narrowed upward to the 
slender acuminate apex, the base narrowed, acute or cuneate; 
nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, very obscure; pet- 
ioles about 3 mm long, glabrous or slightly pubescent; stipules 
lanceolate, about 5 mm long. Flowers axillary, long-pedicelled, 
the pedicels usually solitary, puberulent, 1.5 to 2 cm long, slender, 
with a pair of oblong, acute, 2 mm long bracteoles near the apex. 
Calyx at about time of anthesis narrowly urceolate, about 4 mm 
long, 5-toothed, somewhat pubescent or puberulent, the teeth 
