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usque ad 11 cm longis et 1.3 cm latis, acuminatis, basi abrupte 
rotundatis, sessilibus vel brevissime petiolatis, in siccitate bul- 
lato-rugosis, nervis utrinque circiter 25, patulis, supra leviter 
immersis, reticulis obsoletis; infructescentiis terminalibus, pe- 
dunculatis, 3 ad 4 cm longis, ut videtur paucifloris, fructibus 
globosis, circiter 7 mm diametro. 
An erect glabrous shrub, about 1 m high, the branches and 
branchlets slender, terete, the latter about 1 mm in diameter, the 
intemodes 2 to 4 cm long. Leaves coriaceous, greenish-oliva- 
ceous, shining, narrowly lanceolate, 7 to 11 cm long, 6 to 13 mm 
wide, narrowed upward to the somewhat acuminate apex, the 
base abruptly rounded, sessile or subsessile, the midrib and lat- 
eral nerves somewhat impressed on the upper surface, the 
former very prominent beneath, the upper surface especially 
somewhat bullate-rugose on account of the impressed nerves; 
lateral nerves slender, spreading, about 25 on each side of the 
midrib, the reticulations obsolete. Infructescences terminal, 
peduncled, 3 to 4 cm long, usually trichotomously branched, the 
ultimate branchlets 1 cm long or less. Fruits globose, black 
when mature, about 7 mm in diameter, their pedicels about 2 
mm long. 
Luzon, Bulacan Province, Angat, Bur. Sci. 34-101 Ramos & 
Edaho, March 1, 1919, on dry forested slopes at low altitudes. 
This species does not closely resemble any previously described 
form, being remarkably well characterized by its very narrow, 
sessile or subsessile leaves, which are gradually narrowed up- 
ward to the somewhat acuminate apex, the base being abruptly 
rounded; when dry the leaves are characteristically bullate- 
rugose by the more or less impressed lateral nerves. 
OTANTHERA Blume 
OTANTHERA STRIGOSA sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus, circiter 1 m altus, ramis ramulisque teretibus, 
parce adpresse strigosus, ramulis tenuibus ; foliis oblongis, usque 
ad 9 cm longis, chartaceis, utrifique subaequaliter angustatis, 
basi acutis vel acuminatis, apice acuminatis, supra perspicue ad- 
presse strigosis, subtus, nervis parce strigosis exceptis, glabra; 
nervis 5; inflorescentiis plerumque 3-floris, bracteis lanceolatis, 
acuminatis, 5 ad 7 mm longis ; floribus 5-meris, calycis perspicue 
penicellatis, setis patulis, 2 ad 3 mm longis, lobis anguste ob- 
longis, tubo aequantibus; petalis circiter 1.5 cm longis, obovatis. 
An erect shrub, about 1 m high, the branches and branchlets 
slender, terete, brownish when dry, sparingly appressed strigose. 
