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Ardisia dementis Elm. Leaf!. Philip. Bot. 2 (1910) 665. § Tinopsis. 
Arbor vel arbuscula, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; foliis elliptico- 
oblongis vel elliptico-ovatis, chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, acumihatis, glan- 
dulis manifestis destitutis, nervis utrinque circiter 14, subtus prominen- 
tibus; panieulis terminalibus quam folia brevioribus, bipinnatiin com- 
positis ; floribus brevissime racemosis vel subumbellatis ; sepalis imbricatis, 
integris, rotundatis, margine cillatis. 
A tree or shrub, glabrous except the inflorescence which is somewhat 
brown-pubescent or puberulent. Branches terete, gray or brownish. 
Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong to elliptic-ovate, cliartaceous or sub- 
coriaceous, 11 to 25 cm long, 4 to 9 cm wide, entire, the apex acute or 
acuminate, the base cuneate, dull or slightly shining when dry; nerves 
about 14 on' each side of the midrib, beneath distinct, anastomosing, 
the reticulations rather fine; petioles stout, about 1 cm long. Panicles 
terminal, about 10 cm long, the lower branches about 4 cm long, usually 
spreading, the upper ones shorter, each branch bearing from 5 to 7 
flowers near the apex, subumbellately arranged or in a short raceme 
the pedicels about 1 cm long, slightly accrescent in fruit. Calyx about 
5 mm in diameter, the lobes broadly ovate, rounded, overlapping to the 
right, glandular-punctate, margins ciliate, united for the lower one-third. 
Petals elliptic-ovate, obtuse, about 7 mm long, 5 min wide, slightly 
glandular-punctate in the upper one-half, the tube about 1 mm long. 
Anthers narrowly ovoid, slightly apiculate, 4 mm long, the median 
portion of the back with few, rather large glands. Ovary glabrous ; 
style about 4.5 mm long, not exserted in bud. Fruit globose, slightly 
longitudinally striate when dry, about 6 mm in diameter. 
M indanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 231, 889, and s. n. 
( type-k February, 1906, March, 1907, and January, 1907. 
Ardisia confertiflora sp. nov. § Tinus. 
Arbor parva, usque ad 5 m alta, glabra.; foliis ut videtur plus minus 
succulentis, in sicco chartaceis vel submembranaceis, oblongo-obovatis, 
vel obovatis, apice rotundatis, basi cuneatis, nervis lateralibus obscuris; 
inflorescentiis axillaribus, racemosis, floribus in tertia superiore parte 
plus minus dense dispositis; sepalis glandulosis, emarginatis, margine 
minute ciliatis. 
A small tree • reaching a height of 5 m, glabrous. Branches and 
branchlets rather stout, terete, brownish. Leaves somewhat crowded 
on the younger branchlets, when fresh apparently somewhat thick and 
succulent, when dry chartaceous or submembranaceous, dull or slightly 
shining, obovate or narrowly obovate, 6 to 10 cm long, 2.5 to 5 cm long, 
entire, the apex broad, rounded, narrowed from the upper one-third or 
one-half to the cuneate base, the lower surface 'minutely puncticulate ; 
nerves obscure, about 13 on each side of the midrib, very slender, some- 
