NEW PHILIPPINE PLANTS. 
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when dry, somewhat shining, gradually narrowed to both base and apex, 
the tip acute or blunt, the midrib prominent beneath, the lateral nerves 
obsolete or very obscure. Flowers fascicled, axillary, white. Calyx cy- 
lindrical, 1 mm long and wide, truncate. Corolla 2 mm long, inside 
slightly barbate at the middle. Anthers 0.7 mm long. Style 1.2 mm 
long. Fruit red, somewhat fleshy when fresh, 1 cm long or less, about 4 
mm in diameter at the base, gradually narrowed upward, apparently 
1 -celled and with a single seed. 
.Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens s. n., May, June, 1907 
and April, 1906: District of Zamboanga, San Ramon, Copeland s. n., March, 1905. 
A very characteristic species, readily recognizable by its narrow sessile leaves, 
the nerves of which are obsolete or nearly so, and its elongated fruits. 
RANDIA Linn. 
Randia olaciformis Merrill sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, inermis; foliis ellipticis vel elliptico-ovatis, glabris 
vel subtus in axil] is barbatis, nitidis, acuminatis, subcoriaceis, 6 ad 9 cm 
longis; nervis utrinque 5, subtus prominentibus, ascendentibus ; cymis 3 
ad 4 cm longis, plus minus hirsutis, axillaribus terminalibusque ; floribus 
albis, ca. 1.5 cm longis, hirsutis; corollae lobis imbricatis, ca. 10 mm 
longis; stigmatibus elongatis, integris. 
A scandent unarmed shrub, the flowers white, turning yellow in age. 
Branches terete, slender, dark-colored, ultimately glabrous, the young 
branehlets more or less appressed-hirsute. Leaves elliptical to elliptical- 
ovate, glabrous, except beneath in the vein axils, which are usually bar- 
bate, shining, subcoriaceous, base rounded or acute, apex acuminate, 6 to 
9 cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide ; nerves 5 on each side of the midrib, prominent 
beneath, ascending, somewhat curved, the reticulations somewhat distinct, 
rather close, petioles 5 to 8 mm long, glabrous or somewhat pubescent; 
stipules oblong-ovate, acute, 5 mm long or less, usually somewhat pubes- 
cent, persistent. Cymes axillary and terminal, pedunc-led, 4 cm long or 
less, the peduncles, branches, pedicels, bracts, braeteoles and flowers some- 
what hirsute. Calyx somewhat urceolate, 4 mm long, the limb with 5, 
oblong or elliptical, obtuse, 1.8 mm long lobes. Corolla tube cylindrical, 
7 mm long, 2.5 mm thick, the lobes 5, imbricate and twisted, narrowly 
oblong, about 10 mm long, 2.8 mm wide, obtuse. Filaments short; 
anthers lanceolate, twisted, about 10 mm long, sparingly pubescent. 
Ovary 2-celled, each cell many-ovuled; style and stigma 18 mm long, the 
stigma cylindrical, elongated, entire, 8 mm long. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 1220, September, 1907. 
A characteristic species, recognizable by its shining leaves with prominent 
ascending veins, which are usually barbate in the axils beneath, and by its 
cylindrical, elongated, entire styles. Very similar in gross characters to Olax 
imbricata Roxb., whence its specific name. 
