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MERRILL. 
mm long style ; ovules 6 to 8 in each. Drupes united at the base, divari- 
cate, the pericarp bony, the mesocarp corky, subeylindric, 2.5 to 4 cm 
long, 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter, somewhat acuminate; seeds 6 to 8 in each 
drupe, 3 or 4 on each side of the placenta, compressed, orbicular, 4 to 6 
mm in diameter. 
Luzon, Province of Batangas, Malabrigo, For. Bur. 775'/ Curran & Merritt, 
November, 1907, along tlie seashore. 
A species well characterized by its ternate leaves, short cymes, and subeylindric, 
somewhat acuminate drupes, which are not flattened on the inner surface, and 
by its unusually large number of seeds. The first species of the genus to be 
found in the Philippines. 
RAUWOLFIA Linn. 
Rauwolfia samarensis sp. nov. 
Arbor glabra, circiter 8 m alta; foliis quarternis, oblongo-ellipticis, 
breviter acuteque acuminatis vel acutis, chartaceis, circiter 20 cm longis, 
6 cm latis, nervis utrinque 30 ad 35 ; pedunculis e axillis terminalibus, 
superne umbellatis; baccis ellipsoideis, atropurpureis, circiter 1.5 cm 
longis, pericarpio carnoso. 
A tree about 8 m high, glabrous throughout. Branches light-gray, 
stout, the leaf-scars very prominent. Leaves in whorls of four, oblong- 
elliptic, 13 to 20 cm long, 4 to 7 cm wide, the apex shortly and sharply 
acuminate or acute, the base acute or slightly decurrent-acuminate, char- 
taceous, shining, the lower surface paler than the upper; primary nerves 
30 to 35 on each side of the midrib, distinct, the intermediate secondary 
ones evident; petioles 1.5 to 3 cm long. Inflorescence from the terminal 
axils, the peduncles in anthesis about 5 cm long, in fruit elongated and 
the panicle ultimately about as long as the leaves, the branches umbellately 
arranged at the apex of the peduncle. Flowers white, umbellately dis- 
posed, the pedicles 1 to 2 mm long. Calyx 3 mm long, the lobes obtuse. 
Corolla 5 mm long, eylindric, the lobes orbicular-ovate, 2 mm long, the 
throat hirsute. Anthers lanceolate, 1.3 mm long. Style about 1.5 mm 
long. Fruit ellipsoid, dark-purple when mature, the pericarp fleshy. 
Samar. Lanang, Merrill 5233, October 3, 1906, in thickets on bluffs along the 
seashore at an altitude of about 10 m. 
A species allied to Rauwolfia spectabilis (Miq.) Boerl., R. javanica Koord. & 
Valet., and to R. sumatrana Jack., of Malaya, but apparently distinct from all. 
Well characterized by its many-nerved leaves and rather fleshy fruits. 
TABERNAEMONTANA Linn. 
Tabernaemontana caudata sp. nov. 
Arbuscula circiter 2 m alta, glabra ; ramis ramulisque gracilibus, 
pallidis; foliis, ovato-lanceolatis vel elliptico-ovatis, usque ad 4 cm longis, 
basi acutis vel acuminatis, apice valde caudato-acuminatis ; floribus paucis 
axillaribus, cymosis, albis, circiter 12 mm longis, c-alycis lobis ovatis, 
0.5 mm longis. 
