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Ardisia palawanensis sp. nov. § Pyrgus. 
Arbuscula circiter 1.5 m alia; foliis petiolatis, oblongo-oblanceolatis 
vel late oblongo-lanceolatis, ehartaceis, irregulariter serratis, subtus ad 
costa plus minus pubescentibus > valde glanduloso-punctatis ; floribus 
5-meris, sepalis petalisque ferrugineo-villosis, plus minus punctatis ; ovario 
villoso. 
A shrub about 1.5 m high. Branches terete, brownish, pubescent. 
Leaves pseudo-verticillate at the nodes and subtending the inflorescence, 
normal leaves also subtending each, or most of the panicle-branches, 
oblong-oblanceolate or broadly oblong-lanceolate, chartaceous, shining 
when dry, 14 to 20 cm long, 3.5 to 7 cm wide, somewhat pubescent on the 
midrib on both surfaces, the apex obscurely and bluntly acuminate, the 
base gradually narrowed, cuneate, margins entire near the base, in the 
upper one-half or two-thirds irregularly serrate, the. under surface dis- 
tinctly and rather densely glandular-punctate; nerves 9 to 12 on each 
side of the midrib, beneath very distinct, anastomosing ; petioles pubescent, 
1 cm long or less. Inflorescence terminal, subtended by a whorl of leaves, 
the rachis about 15 cm long, and with the branches and pedicels more or 
less densely brown-pubescent, the branches alternate, spreading, simple, 
most of them subtended by a normal leaf, the lower ones 6 cm long, the 
upper gradually shorter, each bearing at the somewhat swollen apex from 
2 to 5 subumbellately disposed flowers, and with numerous scars of fallen 
pedicels, each flower subtended by an oblong, pubescent bracteole about 5 
mm in length. Pedicels about 1.5 cm long, ferruginous- villous. Sepals 
5, broadly ovate, acute or shortly acuminate, about 5 mm long, 3.5 mm 
wide, accrescent and 6 to 7 m m in length, densely ferruginous-villous, 
margins strongly villous-ciliate, glandular-punctate. Petals nearly free, 
elliptic-ovate, about 6 mm long, 4 mm wide, obtuse, slightly pubescent, 
glandular only in the median part of the upper one-half. Anthers 3.5 
mm long, not glandular, apieulate-acuminate, their filaments nearly 2 
mm long. Ovary globose, ferruginous-pubescent; style glabrous, 5 mm 
long. Immature fruits globose, somewhat ferruginous-pubescent, inclosed 
by the somewhat accrescent calyx-lobes. 
Palawan, about 3 miles northeast of Puerto Princesa, For. Bur. 3518 Curran, 
January 19, 1906, an undershrub in flat forests. 
As species undoubtedly belonging in the section Pyrgus in spite of the normal 
leaves subtending the panicle-branches, the whole inflorescence subtended by a 
whorl of leaves. It is apparently most closely allied to Ardisia grandidens Mez, 
but is very different from that species. The ferruginous-pubescent or villous 
panicles, pedicels, sepals, petals, and immature fruits are characteristic. 
Ardisia reptans sp. nov. § Bladhia. 
Suffrutieosa, caulis reptans, ramulis foliiferis erectis vel ascendentibus, 
brevibus, densissime ferrugineo-tomentosis ; foliis ternato-pseudoverticil- 
latis, ellipticis vel ovato-ellipticis, membranaceis, acutis vel obtusis, basi 
rotundatis, obscure punctatis, margine prominente distanter s.errulatis, 
