NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VIL 
319 
1 mm or less iii diameter, the lobes spreading, 3 or 4 mm long. Fruit 
unknown. 
Guimakas, Nagaba, For. Bur. SOI/. Gammill, February, 1904 altitude about 
80 m, in thickets and open places. V., Alibutbut. 
A species with somewhat the appearance of Tabernaemontana pandacaqui Poir., 
but with quite different inflorescence. Readily recognzable by its very short 
cymes and slender flowers. 
Tabernaemontana puberula sp. nov. 
Arbuscula vel arbor parva, ramulis petiolis foliis fructibusque plus 
minus dense puberulis vel pubescentibus ; foliis 6 ad 9 cm longis, mem- 
branaceis, acuminatis, oblongo-ellipticis ; follic-ulis rubris, ovoideis vel 
oblongis, 1 ad 2 cm longis, 3- ad 6-spermis. 
A shrub or small tree, rather uniformly and softly puberulent or 
pubescent. Branches slender, terete, grayish-brown, glabrous, the 
branchlets puberulent. Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptic, puberulent on 
both surfaces, especially beneath, 6 to 9 cm long, 2.5 to 4 cm wide, 
membranaceous, the apex shortly acuminate, the base acute; nerves about 
10 on each side of the midrib, distinct beneath, the reticulations lax; 
petioles pubescent, 5 mm long or less. Follicles red, ovoid or oblong, 
the apex acute, longitudinally 3-ribbed, 1 to 2 cm long, 1 cm wide or 
less, the pericarp coriaceous, somewhat pubescent. Seeds 3 to 6. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Morong, Bur. Sci. 1440 Ramos, August, 1906, in 
thickets and open places; Malapadnabato, Merrill 2725, 2746, June, 1903. 
A species with the general appearance of Tabernaemontana pandacaqui Poir., 
but readily recognizable by its uniform soft pubescence. 
VOACANGA Thou. 
Voacanga globosa (Blanco) comb. nov. 
Tabernaemontana globosa Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 116, ed. 2 (1845) 83, ed. 3, 
1: 153; Miq. FI. Ind. Bot. 2 (1856) 424. 
Orchipeda. foetida Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 32, t. G6, f. D; F.-Vill. Nov. 
App. (1880) 130, non Blume. 
Voacanga curningiana' Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 21 (1884) 313; Vidal 
Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 126; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 184; Merr. in 
For. Bur. Bull. 1 (1903) 49; Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 117. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Sablan, Elmer 6165, April, 1904: Province of 
Bataan, Lamao River, Mount Mariveles, Merrill 3798, January, 1904, Whitford 
1079, January, 1905, For. Bur. 684, 1521, 1755, 2331, Borden, May to December, 
1904, For. Bur. 2282, 3014 Meyer, December, May, For. Bur. 5467 .Curran, No- 
vember, 1906, Williams 509, January, 1904: Province of Cavite, Mendez Nunez, 
Bur. Sci. 1356 Mangubat, August, 1906 : Province of Batangas, Lipa, Marave 
16: Province of Laguna, Calauan, Cuming 416; Los Banos, Elmer, April, 
1906, Hallier, December, 1903; Pagsanjan, Merrill 2186, May 1903: Prov- 
ince of Tayabas, Lucena, Merrill 2887, June, 1903; Atimonan, For. Bur. 6704 
Kobbe, April, 1907; Gregory 108, August, 1904; Mount Banajao, Whitford 992, 
October, 1904; Gumaca, Whitford 878, September, 1904; Binangonan, Whitford 
829, September, 1904; Mauban, For. Bur. 10200 Curran, March, 1908. Mindoro, 
Cuming 1500 ; Bongabong River, For. Bur. 4075 Merritt. Masbate, Merrill 3030. 
Cebu, For. Bur. 6415 Espinosa, September, 1906. Leyte, Elmer 7 103, January, 
