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120 meuuiltj and kolfk. 
Jasminum dolichopetalum Merrill & Rolfe sp. nov. § Unifoliolata. 
Scandens^ glabruin; foliis lanceolatis vel anguste elliptico-lanceolatis^ 
glabris, memhrnnaceis vel cliartaceis^ subtrinerviis^ basi cuneatis, apice 
aensim anguste caudato-aciiminatis ; inflorescentiis terminalibus, pauci- 
floris, breviter peduiieulatis; floribus fasciculatis vel umbellatis; calycis 
laciniis 5, anguste lanceolatis, nsqiie ad 1 mm longis; corollae tubo 13 mm 
longo, laciniis lOj linearibus^ acnminatis^ usque ad 3 cm longis, 1.5 ad 2 
mm latis. ' . ^ 
Glabrous tlirougliout, seandent, the brandies slender, smooth, brown. 
Leaves lanceolate to narrowly elliptical-lanceolate, membranous or 
chartaceous, the base cuneate, the apex gradually and narrowly caudate- 
acuminate, G to 10 cm long, 1.5 to 3 cm wide, the midrib prominent 
beneath and witli a pair of submarginal basal nerves, anastomosing with 
the few distant lateral nerves, the reticulations very lax. Inflorescence 
terminal, few-flowered, the flowers white, 2 to 4, fasciculate or umbellate 
at the ends of the branches, the pedicels 3 to 3.5 cm long. Calyx short, 
the lobes 5, about 1 mm long, the corolla-tube about 13 mm long, slender, 
the lobes 10, very narrow and elongated, about 3 cm long, 1.5 to 2 mm 
wide. Anthers oblong-lanceolate, apiculate, 3 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Bur. Sci. 995 Ramos, June, 190G. 
A very characteristic species, distinguished by its narrow, long-acuminate, glab- 
rous leaves, few-flowered terminal inflorescence, long pedicels and very long 
corolla lobes. 
LOGANIACEZ^l 
MITRASACME T^biU. 
Mitrasacme nudicaulis ileiuw. ex Blunie Bijdr. (1820) 849; A. DC. Prodr. 
9 (1845) 12; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit, Ind. 4 (1883) 80; Korhes & llemsl. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1880) 117. 
Lrzox, District of Lcpanto, IMouut Data, Merrill Jf48G. 
Kew to tlie Archipelago, and diifering from the common and widely diffused 
Mitntsaeme alsinoides in that its leaves are confined to a basal rosette. 
Eastern India to southern Cliina and Malaya. 
GENTIAN ACILE. 
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HOPPEA Willd. 
Hoppea dichotoma Willd. in Ges. Nat. Fr. Berl. Neue Schrift. 3 (1801) 435; 
Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 100. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Loo, Loher 5f>^5. 
A most interesting addition to our knowletlge of t!»e Asiatic element in the 
flora of northern Luzon, the genus containing hut two species, both previously 
known only from British India. 
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