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302 meruilia 
ERANTHEMUM Um\. 
Eranthemum curtatum C. B. Clarke in Govt. Lub. Publ. 35 (1!H)5) SO. 
In Uiickets near the Alag River at 100 ni. alt. (No. 6153). Treviously colk-ctetl 
on the Baco River, near the base of Monnt Halcon by Merrill {No. 1779) April, 
1003, and by McGregor (No. 144) March, 1905. 
Known only fi'om Luzon, Mindoro and Tieao. 
STROBILANTHES Blume. 
Strobilanthes halconensis Merrill n. sp. 
Subglabnis; foliis oppoeitis, inaeqii'alibu^, tisqne ad 19 cm. loiigis^ 8 
cm. latiSj longe snbeandato-aciiminatis; spicis 5 ad 8 cm. lon^s; bracteis 
aciileatis, 5 mm. longis, in paribus distantibus; corolla 2 cm. longa; 
filamcntis pilis longis ornatis. 
Erect or ascending, much branched, glabrous except tlie somewhat 
aculeate bracts and sepals, 1 to 2 m. high. Leaves opposite^ unequal, 
5 to 19 cm. longj 1.5 to 8 cm. wide, ovate-lanceolate, the apex rather 
slenderly subcandate-acuminate, the base acute, the margins subcntire or 
obscurely crenate-dentate; nerves about 6 on each side of the midrib; 
petioles 2 cm, long or less. Spikes many, axillary, solitary, 5 to 8 cm. 
long; bracts in pairs, rather distant, ovate, obtuse, 5 mm. long, aculeate- 
hispid. Calyx segments 5 mm. long, oblong, ol)tuse, aculeate at the 
apices. Corolla white, 2 cm. long; stamens 4; filaments clothed with 
stout, brittle, jointed liairs. 
In thickets bordering the forest at an altitude of 900 m. (No. 5586). Also 
collected by Merritt (No. 4370), at 920 m. alt. in June, 1906. 
Perhaps as cloRoly related to ^trohilanthes mcrrillii Clarke, as to any other 
rhilippinc species, but distinct. . 
STAUROGYNE Wall. 
Staurogyne debilis (Andres) C. B. Clarke in herb. Ehermaicra dcbilis Andres 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 9 (18G7) 452, in nota; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 
(1886) 203. Ehermaiera elongata Nees in UIC. Prodr. 11 (1847) 721 var. ^ only. 
Eryilxracayithtis clongaftts Nees 1. c. 78, var. fi only. 
On ledges along the Binabay River at 200 m. alt, (No. 5554). 
Luzon, Negros and Mindanao. 
RUBIACE.i:. 
HEDYOTIS Linn. 
Hedyotis hispida Retz. Obs. 4 (1779-91) 23. 
In an old clearing at 100 m. alt. (No. 5G94), 
Previously recorded from the Philippines only by F.-Villar, Nov. App.'(1883) 
107, also represented in our lierbarium by specimens from Rizal Province, Luzon 
1108 Ramos; 3312 Ahern's collector. 
British India to southern China, the Malayan peniuiiula and archipelago. 
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Hedyotis elmeri Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 127. 
No. 4381 Merriti, Juno, 1900, altitude not given. 
Endemic in tlie Philippines. 
