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ciilatae; flores hermaphroditi 3 ad 3.5 mm. loim in bractcarum axillis 
solitarii. 
Eobxist, erect, sligtly brancliod, about GO em. high, the stems terete, 
seabrid, the ohler ones reddish brown, tlio younger parts rather densely 
clothed witli long brittle white hairs. Leaves olliptical-ovatc 2 to 3 em. 
long, 1 to 1.0 cm. wldo, those on the older parts op])osite, those on the 
yonnger brandies in wdiorls of four, crowded, rigid, coriaceous, scabriil, 
; sessile or short-petioled, the base rounded, the apex acute, the margins 
strongly acuminatcKlcntieulate, both surfaces wiili scattered coarse white 
hairs. Inflorescence terminal, crowded, consisting of many simple race- 
mes forming a terminal panicle up to 10 cm. in U^ngth and 4 or 5 em. in 
I diameter, the individual racemes 4 cm. long or less, ascending, the lower 
ones subtended by leaves. Bracts narrowly lanceolate, 3 mm. long, 
1-flowered, the bracteoles acicnlar, 1 mm. long: pedicels about 1 mm. 
long, strigosc. Calyx tube 4-anglcd, narrowly ovate, slightly strigose, not 
rugose nor pellucid-punctate but slightly strigosc-his])id, the lobes erect, 
lanceolate, about 1.5 mm. long, acuminate, glal)rous. ]*etals boat-shaped, 
slightly aculeate-hispid on the keel, 2.2 mm. long. Stamens 8; anthers 
1.5 to 1.7 mm. long. 
In open lieaths at 2,400 iii. alt. (No. 5700). 
Tlie fourth species of this characteristic Australian ^enus to be found in th** 
Philijipines, readily recognizable by its crowded, oppns;itc and verticilliito, very 
large leaves {for the genus), and terminal racemoso-paniculate inflorescence. 
Halorrhagis micrantha (Tlmnb.) R. Jlr. ex Sieb. et Zucc. Y\. Jap. Nat. 1 
' (1843) 25; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. (1906) Suppl. 1: 210. 
A With the preceding (No. 5787). 
Known in the l*liilippines from Canlaon Volcano, Negros, nnd Mount Apo, 
ifindanao. 
Bengal to Japan, Malaya, Australia and New' Zealand. 
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BOERLAGIODENDRON Harms, 
J Boerlagiodendron trilobatum ^rcrrill, n. sp. 
Frutex glabcr 2 ad o m. altu.s; ramiilis tennis, lenticollatt-^ : foliis 
glal)i'is, snbmcmbranaceis, longe potiolatis, ad 20 cm. longis, profnnde 
3-lobatis, lobis acuminatis, sinuato-serratis ; umbelliri terminalibns, mid- 
tifloribus; ovario 5-lobato. 
A slender shrub, pimple or sparingly branehod, nearly glabrous, 2 to 
5 m. high. Branches slender, terete, lenticellate. Leaves alternate, sub- 
(V membranous, glabrous, paler beneath, shining, about 20 em. long, 
3-lobed, the sinus reaching nearly i to the base of the leaf, narroM', the 
lobes narrowly oblong, sharply acnminate, irregularly rather coarsely 
sinuate-serrate, the base broadly acute, 5-nerved ; petioles 13 cm. long with 
