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Tabernaemontana megacarpa sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 10 m alta, glabra; foliis ellipticis, oblongo-ellipticis, 
vel obovato-ellipticis, apice rotundatis, basi acutis vel obtusis, 15 ad 35 
cm longis, nervis utrinque 20 ad 24, prominentibus ; paniculis termina- 
libus, circiter 20 cm longis; fioribus circiter 3.5 cm diametro; fructibus 
carnosis, laevibus, rubris, in sicco rugosis, griseis, circiter 8 cm longis, 
4 cm latis, vix costatis. 
A tree about 10 m high, glabrous throughout. Branches and branch- 
lets light-gray, glabrous, stout. Leaves opposite, firmly chartaceous to 
. subcoriaceous, somewhat shining above, dull beneath, elliptic, oblong- 
elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 15 to 30 cm long, 9 to 15 cm wide, the apex 
broad, rounded, the base acute or obtuse; nerves 20 to 24 on each side 
of the midrib, very prominent, the reticulations obsolete or nearly so; 
petioles about 2 cm long, the base inflated and somewhat clasping the 
branches. Panicles terminal, about 20 cm long. Calyx-lobes broadly 
ovate, about 5 mm long. Corolla-tube 2 cm long, the limb spreading, 3 
to 3.5 cm in diameter. Follicles smooth and red when fresh, fleshy, 
when dry strongly wrinkled, gray or brownish, somewhat curved, not 
costate, about 8 cm long, 4 to 5 cm wide and 3 cm thick. Seeds nu- 
merous, 10 to 12 mm long. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens s. n., June, April, and 
September, 1906: Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Bur. J/.781 Mearns 
(C- Hutchinson, May, 1900: District of Zamboanga, Copeland s. n., April, 1905; 
Sax River, Williams 2179, February, 1905. Basilan, For. Bur. 396/ f Hutchinson, 
January, 1906; Hallier s. January, 1904. 
This species is allied to Vocanga plum eriae folia Elmer Lead. Philip. Bot. 1 
(1908) 333, but has relatively broader leaves, and more numerous nerves. The 
type of Voacanga plumeriaefolia Elm., is a fruiting specimen, and so far as I 
can determine from the material before me, is a Tabernaemontana, but flowers are 
necessary to determine exactly to which genus it really belongs. 
Tabernaemontana mucronata sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, circiter 6 m alta, glabra ; ramis griseis, teretibus, ramulis 
plus minus angulatis ; foliis membranaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, apice 
acuminatis, acuminibus apiculatis, 6 ad 10 cm longis, 2 ad 4 cm latis, 
nervis utrinque 9 vel 10; cymes axillaribus, brevibus, solitariis vel fas- 
ciculatis, circiter 2 cm longis; fioribus gracilibus, circiter 12 mm longis. 
A small tree about 6 m high, glabrous throughout. Branches terete, 
gray, the branchlets somewhat angled. Leaves membranaceous, oblong- 
elliptic, 6 to 10 cm long, 2 to 4 cm w ide, the apex rather prominently 
acuminate, the acumen apiculate, the base somewhat decurrent-acuminate, 
the upper surface brownish when dry, dull, the lower slightly paler ; 
nerves 9 or 10 on each side of the midrib, not prominent, the reticula- 
tions lax, obscure; petioles about 3 mm long. Cymes axillary, solitary 
or several in each axil, short, rather congested, including the flowers 
2 cm long or less, the peduncles very short, the pedicles about 5 mm 
long. Calyx-teeth acute, short. Corolla-tube cylindric, very slender, 
