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tomosing, the reticulations lax. Petioles 1.5 to 2 cm long. Ra- 
cemes axillary, solitary, about 5 cm long, few-flowered, pubescent. 
Fruits ellipsoid, about 8 mm long, somewhat pubescent, their 
pedicels about 3 mm long, the subtending bracteoles subequal, 
oblong-ovate, pubescent, about 1 mm long. Persistent calyx 
lobes ovate, acute, 1 mm long. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Palimlim, Bur. Sci. 3334-0 
Ramos, August 21, 1918, on forested slopes, altitude about 900 
meters. 
This species apparently belongs in the group with Polyosma 
verticillata Merr., from which it is specially distinguished by its 
dense indumentum and its lateral, not terminal, few-flowered 
racemes. 
POLYOSMA LONGIPETIOLATA sp. nov. 
Frutex, partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque exceptis glaber; 
foliis verticillatis, 4- vel 5-natis, oblongo-ellipticis ad anguste 
oblongo-obovatis, coriaceis, in siccitate nigris, 8 ad 13 cm longis, 
integris, basi acutis, apice breviter lateque acuminatis, nervis 
utrinque 8 ad 11, distinctis; petiolo usque ad 6 cm longo; racemis 
terminalibus, usque ad 20 cm longis; fructibus anguste ellipsoi- 
deis, 8 mm longis, bracteolis valde inaequalibus, interioribus 
quam lateralibus duplo longioribus, 3 ad 5 mm longis. 
A shrub, about 5 m high, glabrous except the very young parts 
and the inflorescences. Branches terete, dark reddish-brown, 
smooth, glabrous, the branchlets more or less angled, the younger 
ones appressed-pubescent with very short hairs. Leaves verti- 
cillate, 4 or 5 at each node, oblong-elliptic to narrowly oblong- 
obovate, coriaceous, glabrous, the upper surface nearly black 
when dry, the lower surface dark-brown, 8 to 13 cm long, 2.5 
to 5 cm wide, entire, base acute, apex very shortly and broadly 
acuminate, the acumen obtuse and with a blunt apiculus ; lateral 
nerves 8 to 11 on each side of the midrib, spreading, distinct, 
anastomosing. Petioles unusually long, up to 6 cm in length, 
when young pubescent, soon becoming glabrous. Racemes ter- 
minal, in fruit up to 20 cm long, more or less pubescent ; pedicels 
3 to 5 mm long. Fruits narrowly ellipsoid, about 8 mm long, 
slightly pubescent, the subtending bracteoles very unequal, pu- 
bescent, linear-oblong, the middle one 3 to 4 mm long, at least 
twice as long as the two lateral ones. Persistent calyx-lobes 
triangular-ovate, acute, 1 mm long. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Palimlim, Bur. Sci. 33259 
Ramos, August 20, 1918, on forested slopes, altitude about 1,000 
meters. 
