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Ixora longistipula sp. nov. 
Frutex glaber 1.5 ad 3 m altus; foliis petiolatis, oblongo-lanceolatis, 
chartaceis, acuminatis, basi acutis; stipulis setaceis, 1 ad 1.8 cm longis; 
inflorescentiis terminalibus longe pedunculatis, floribus circiter 2 cm 
longis in capitulis parvis dense confertis; calycis dentibus acutis, quam 
tubus brevioribus. 
A glabrous shrub 1.5 to 3 m high. Branches terete, slender, reddish- 
brown. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 10 to 20 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, 
chartaceous, usually firmly so, shining, narrowed at both ends, the base 
acute, the apex sharply acuminate; lateral nerves about 13 on each side 
of the midrib, distinct, anastomosing, the reticulations lax; petioles 
about 1 cm long; stipules setaceous, about 1 cm long, broadened at the 
base. Inflorescence terminal, solitary, the peduncles slender, 9 "to 15 
cm long, the flowers subsessile or shortly pedicelled, disposed in a ter- 
minal, simple, dense head, this head, excluding the corollas, less than 1- cm 
in diameter, usually about 25 flowers in each. Bracteoles narrowly lan- 
ceolate, acuminate, 1 to 2 mm long. Calyx narrowly campanulate, 2 
to 2.5 mm long, the teeth ovate, acute, about 1 mm in length. Corolla 
slender, pink, the tube about 2 cm long, 1 mm in diameter, the lobes 
4, broadly elliptic, spreading, rounded, 4 to 4.5 mm long, 3 to 3.5 mm 
in diameter. Anthers 3 mm long. Style slightly exserted, the arms 
flattened, 1.5 mm long. Fruit globose, fleshy, white to pink, about 1 
cm in diameter, the seeds elliptic in outline, 7 mm long, 5 mm wide. 
Negros, Mount Marapara, For. Bur. 13625 Curran <6 Foxworthy, September, 
1909 (type), For. Bur. 1369 If Curran; near Cadiz, Bur. Sci. 7327 Celestino, March, 
1909. Mindoro, Mount Halcon, Merrill 5569, November, 1906. 
A sylvan species ranging from 500 to 700 m above the sea, well Characterized 
by its elongated, setaceous stipules, and its long-peduncled, capitulate inflorescence. 
Ixora mearnsii sp. nov. 
Arbuscula erecta glabra; foliis oblongis vel late oblongo-lanceolatis, 
chartaceis vel submembranaceis, acuminatis, basi acutis vel leviter rotun- 
datis, petiolatis, usque ad. 18 cm longis, in sicco nitidis, nervis utrinque 
circiter 11, distinctis; cymis terminalibus, multifloris, densis; floribus 
circiter 3 cm longis, calycis segmentis acutis, quam tubus brevioribus. 
An erect glabrous shrub. Branches terete, or the younger ones ob- 
scurely angled, dark-reddish-brown, shining. Leaves oblong to broadly 
oblong-lanceolate, 12 to 18 cm long, 3 to 7 cm wide, chartaceous or 
submembranaceous, shining on both surfaces, when dry olivaceous above, 
paler beneath, the apex very sharply acuminate, the base acute or nar- 
rowed and slightly abruptly rounded; nerves about 11 on each side of 
the midrib, distinct on the lower surface, anastomosing, the reticulations 
lax; petioles about 1 cm long; stipules connate, subtruncate, abruptly 
and shortly apiculate-acuminate, the margins slightly ciliate, 2 to 3 mm 
long. Cymes terminal, shortly peduncled, including the flowers about 7 
