NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VI. 
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obovoid, glabrous, fleshy, shining, black when dry, about 2 cm long, with 
a single large seed. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, For. Bur. 3091 Ahern’s collector, May, 
1905, Bur. Sci. 1013 Iiamos, July, 1906; Tanay, Merrill 2326, May, 1903: Province 
of Bataan, Lamao River, Wldtford 394, June, 1904. 
A very characteristic species, readily distinguished by its subcoriaceous, 
sharply acuminate and shining leaves, and very large fruits. 
Jasminum truncatum sp. nov. § Unifoliolata. 
Subscandens, glabrum ; foliis simplicibus, calycis limbo truncato, 
corollae tubo usque ad 1 cm longo, laciniis 7 ad 9, lanceolatis. 
A subscandent shrub 2 to 3 m high, glabrous throughout. Branches 
slender, reddish-brown, terete. Leaves opposite, simple, ovate to oblong- 
ovate, the base broad, rounded, gradually narrowed above to the acum- 
inate apex, 6 to 11 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide; nerves about 11 on each 
side of the midrib; petioles 1 to 2 cm long, jointed at the lower fifth. 
Inflorescence terminal, lax, each ultimate branch bearing three flowers, 
the bracts subulate, about 2 mm long, the bracteoles smaller. Blowers 
white, fragrant. Calyx cup-shaped, 1.5 to 2 mm long, truncate, or 
with very minute obscure teeth. Corolla tube 1 cm long, the lobes 7 
to 9, lanceolate, acute, nearly 1 cm long. 
Sibutu (Sulu Archipelago), Merrill 5286, October, 1906, in thickets along 
the seashore. 
A species characterized by its truncate calyx. 
LOGANIACE2E. 
GEN IOSTOM A Forst. 
Geniostoma ph il ippinense sp. nov. 
Arbuscula 2 ad 4 m alta; ramulis, subtus foliis, petiolis pedicellisque 
plus minus pubescentibus vel puberulis; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, ellip- 
tico-lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis, submembranaceis, nitidis, acum- 
inatis, 9 ad 13 cm longis; nervis utrinque 5 ad 7, subtus prominentibus ; 
floribus axillaribus, f asciculatis ; ovario glabro. 
A shrub 2 to 4 m high. Branches terete, slender, light-gray or brown, 
ultimately glabrous, the branchlets rather densely pubescent or puberulent. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, elliptical-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, sub- 
membranaceous, 9 to 13 cm long, 3.5 to 5.5 cm wide, base rounded or acute, 
apex acuminate, the upper surface glabrous and shining, usually blackish 
in drying, beneath, especially on the midrib and nerves, more or less 
pubescent with very short rather stiff hairs; nerves rather prominent 
beneath, 5 to 7 on each side of the midrib, anastomosing, the reticulations 
lax ; petioles 4 to 7 mm long, usually rather densely pubescent. Flowers 
in 5- to 10-flowered axillary fascicles, the pedicels slender, pubescent, 
