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Leaves 2-3 by 1-1 1 iu. ; veius 5-7 pairs, very oblique ; teeth 

 email and distant, sometimes almost obsolete ; petioles ^ in. 

 Cymes 1|— 2 in. diam. Flowers 1 lin. Fruit 2^-3 lin. 



RuBIACEiE. 



Muss^jtda grandifloea, Bolfe. — Calycophyllum grandi- 

 florum, Meyen, Seise, ii. p. 234 ; Whip, in PI. Meyen. p. 356. — 

 M. frondosa, Blanco, I. c. ed. 1, p. 167; ed. 2, p. 118; ed. 3, 

 vol. i. p. 211 ; vol. iv. p. 107, t. 58, excl. vars. ; non L. The varieties 

 enumerated by F. "Villar scarcely belong here. It is doubtful, 

 however, if they belong to M. frondosa, L., as I have not yet 

 seen this species from the Philippines. 



Villaeia, gen. nov. — Calycis tubus infundibularis ; limbus 5- 

 dentatus. Corolla hypocrateriinorpha, faice villosissima ; liuibi 

 lobi 5, patentes, breves, stricte contorti. Stamina 5, fauci corollae 

 inserta, filamentis brevissimis ; antherae subsessiles, dorso affix*, 

 lineares, utrinque acut®, inclusae. Discus annularis, parvus. 

 Ovarium 1-loculare ; stylus basi gracilis, apice fusiformis, villo- 

 Bissimus, vertice integro ; ovula 4-8 in utraque placenta, hori- 

 zontalia; placentis 2 parietalibus. Fructus ignotus. — Frutex 

 glaber, inermis, ramulis teretibus. Folia opposita, coriacea. 

 Stipula? intrapetiolares, triangulares, persistentes. Cyma? axil- 

 lares, pedunculatae, pauci- v. multinora?. Bractese triangulares, 

 basi connatae. Flores parvi. 



V. Philippines sis, sp. unica. — Frutex glaber, ramo tereti, 

 foliis elliptico-oblongis, breviter acuminatis, integris, coriaceis, 

 basi cuneatis, 2-3 poll, longis, I-I5 poll, latis, petiolo \ poll, 

 longo, pedunculis gracilibus, 1-1 \ poll, longis, pedicellis 1 lin. 

 longis, calyce 4 lin. longo, lobis rotundatis brevbius, corolla tubo 

 2 lin. longo, lobis rotundato-ovatis. (Plate X. figs. 1-8.) 



Hab. Minalabat, Luzon, S. Vidal n. 836 ! Nom. vern. 

 " Lasgas." 



The position of this genus appears to be next to Gardenia, 

 with which it agrees in its one-celled ovary ; it is also much allied 

 to some of the immediately following genera, but the ovary and 

 other characters readily distinguish it from them. Since the 

 above was written I have seen some additional material belonging 

 to the genus. Cuming n. 874, from Prov. Albay, Luzon, is a 

 vigorous branch with broader Btipules, larger leaves, and longer 

 cymes, but apparently otherwise quite identical with the fore- 



