NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VII. 
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KICKXIA Blume. 
Kickxia merrittii sp. nov. 
Arbor glabra, 18 acl 20 m alta; foliis oppositis, subcoriaceis, oblongo- 
vel elliptico-lanceolatis, utrinque acuminatis, 7 ad 12 cm longis, usque 
ad 3.5 cm latis; floribus albis, axillaribus, solitariis vel binis, pedicellatis, 
7 cm longis, c-orollae tubo 2.5 cm longo. 
A tree 18 to 20 m high, glabrous throughout. Branches terete, lenti- 
cellate, dark-reddish-brown, the branchlets slightly compressed. Leaves 
opposite, subcoriaceous, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 7 to 12 cm 
long, 2 to 3.5 cm wide, entire, shining, the apex acuminate, acumen 
blunt, the base acuminate ; nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, 
beneath rather distinct and often reddish-brown; petioles 1 cm long or 
less; Flowers axillary, solitary or in pairs, white, about 7 cm long, the 
pedicels 2 cm long or less. Calyx-lobes oblong-ovate, acuminate, keeled, 
5 mm long, 3 mm wide. Corolla-tube 2.5 cm long, narrow below, some- 
what inflated above, tbe lobes 5, about 4 cm long, 1.3 cm wide. Anthers 
about 7 mm long. Disk 2 mm long, truncate. Ovaries elongated, united 
by the style, the latter 8 mm long. Follicles (immature) cylindric, 8 
cm long, about 2 cm thick, seeds spindle-shaped, long acuminate, about 
4 cm long, the hairs brownish, 4 cm long. 
Mindoro, Ibalo River, For. Bur. 11J/88 Merritt, May 9, 1908, in mountain 
forests at 600 m altitude. Mang., Ayete. 
The second species of the genus to be found in the Philippines, distinguished 
from Kickxia blancoi Rolfe by its elongated corolla tube, and more acuminate 
leaves. 
OCHROSIA J uss. 
Ochrosia littoralis sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 10 m alta, glabra ; foliis ternis vel quaternis, membrana- 
ceis, late oblanceolatis, breviter obtuseque acuminatis, basi cuneatis, usque 
ad 8 cm longis; cymis axillaribus terminalibusque, 2 ad 3 cm longis; 
floribus circiter 1 cm longis; drupis 2.5 ad 4 cm longis, divergentibus, 
acuminatis, subcylindraceis, basi connatis. 
A tree about 10 m high, glabrous throughout. Branches slender, 
terete, reddish-brown. Leaves usually ternate, rarely quaternate, mem- 
branaceous, broadly oblanceolate, 6 to 8 cm long, 2 to 2.5 cm wide, 
shining, the apex shortly and obtusely acuminate, the base cuneate; 
nerves very numerous, parallel, not prominent; petioles 4 to 5 mm long, 
sometimes shorter. Cymes axillary and terminal, 2 to 3 cm long, the 
bracts and bracteoles ovate, 1 to 1.5 mm long. Flowers mostly at the 
apices of the branchlets, usually crowded. Calyx-lobes ovate to oblong- 
ovate, obtuse or acute, imbricate, about 2 mm long. Corolla-tube cylin- 
dric, slender, about 6 mm long, 1.5 mm in diameter, glabrous throughout, 
the lobes 5, narrow, about 4 mm long, overlapping to the right. Stamens 
inserted just above the middle of the tube; anthers lanceolate, acuminate, 
1.3 mm long. Ovaries two, united at the base, and at the apex by the 2 
