NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VIII. 
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cm long, 10 cm wide, dense, many-flowered, the branches trichotomously 
branched. Flowers apparently pink, mostly in triads on the ultimate 
branchlets, the middle one of each triad sessile, the two lateral ones with 
pedicels 3 mm long or less; bracts subtending the branches small, ovate, 
acuminate, the bracteoles similar, ovate, acuminate, 1 to 1.2 mm long. 
Calyx 2 to 3 mm lon^ - , the teeth ovate, acuminate or acute, 1 mm long. 
Corolla-tube 26 mm long, 1 mm in diameter, the lobes elliptic to elliptic- 
oblong, reticulate, membranaceous, acute or minutely acuminate, 7 to 8 
mm long, 4 to 5 mm wide. Anthers 3 mm long, abruptly caudate- 
apiculate. Stigma about 1 mm long, slightly exserted. 
. Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Casiguran, Bur. Sci. 2999 (type), 2976 Means, 
June 1, 1907. A specimen from Baler, Province of Tayabas, Luzon, Bur. Soi. 
10672 McGregor, August, 1909, is similar but has a more lax inflorescence, 
longer flowers, the corolla-tube 3 cm in length, and the calyx-teeth are obtuse 
or rounded. 
A species allied to Ixora congesta Roxb., but with thinner, fewer-nerved leaves, 
/and more lax inflorescence. 
Ixora mindanaensis sp. nov. 
Arbuscula 2 ad 3 m alta, cymis parce puberulis exceptis glabra; 
foliis laneeolatis, oblongo-lanceolatis, vel oblongo-oblanceolatis, eoriaceis 
vel subcoriaceis, petiolatis, usque ad 16 cm longis, basi acutis vel aeu- 
minatis, apice acuminatis, nervis utrinque 8 ad 10, distinctis, laxissime 
reticulatis vel reticulis subobsoletis ; cymis terminalibus, e basi 3-ramosis ; 
floribus circiter 11 mm longis, calycis dentibus parvis, obtusis, quam 
tubus brevioribus. 
A shrub 2 to 3 m high, erect, branched, glabrous except the inflores- 
cence. Branches terete, rather slender, light-gray. Leaves lanceolate, 
oblong-lanceolate, or oblong-oblanceolate, 8 to 16 cm long, 3 to 6 cm 
wide, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, when dry shining on both surfaces, 
brown, paler beneath, the apex rather sharply acuminate, the base grad- 
ually narrowed, acute or somewhat acuminate; nerves 8 to 10 on each 
side of the midrib, beneath distinct, usually brown, anastomosing, the 
reticulations very lax, often nearly obsolete; petioles about 5 mm long; 
stipules ovate to oblong-ovate, acuminate, about 5 mm long, deciduous. 
Cymes terminal, somewhat puberulent, branched from the base, the 
branches three; 2 cm long or less, each bearing at the apex from three to 
five short secondary branches, the flowers all sessile or subsessile, in groups 
of threes on the ultimate branchlets, densely disposed, the cymes 5 cm 
long' or less ; bracts very small, obscure, the bracteoles similar, minute, 
linear, 0.5 mm long. Calyx 2 to 2.5 mm long, puberulent, the teeth 
ovate, obtuse, 0.5 mm long. Corolla-tube white or pinkish, about 9 mm 
long, 1 mm in diameter, the lobes elliptic-oblong, 3.5 mm long, 1.5 to 
1.8 mm wide, obtuse, 6 -nerved, nerves mostly anastomosing. Anthers 3 
mm long, acute or obtuse. Stigma slightly exserted, 2 mm long, cleft. 
