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162 MERKILL. 
An epiphytic species, growing on Ficus, in .leaf -characters, shape, size, texture 
and venation, very close to Vaccinium ajioanum Merr., but entirely different in 
floral characters, well disiinguished by its small entirely glabrous flowers. 
RUBIACEylO. 
KEDYOTIS Linn. 
F 
Hedyotis parva Aharill sp. iiov. 
Frutex ereetiis, glaber, oa. 1 m alius; foliis lanceolatis vel oblougo- 
laiiceolatis, 1 ad 2.5 cm longis, aeuminatis, basi acutis, nicmbraiiaceis, 
breviter i^etiolatis; floribus axillaribus, glomerato-veTticillatiSj subsessili- 
biiSj ca. 7 mm longis; stipulis setoso-acuminatis^ subintcgris vel pauce 
pectinato-setosis. 
Au erect inucli branched shrub, ghibroiis throughout, about 1 in high. 
Branches slender, brown or grayish, 4-angled, the branchlets gray or 
reddish-brown. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, membranous, 1 
to 2.5 cm long, 5 to 10 mm wide, the base acute, the apex acuminate; 
nerves very faint, two or three on each side of the midrib ; i)ctioles 1 to 2 
mm long; stipules short, setose-acuminate, snbentire or slightly setose- 
pectinate. Flowcio "white, in few-flowered axillary sessile or subsessile 
fascicles or cymes, the bracts oblong, obtuse, foliaceous, about 3 mm long. 
Calyx tube ovoid, less than 1 mm long, the lobes oblong-ovate, about 
1.4 mm long. Corolla about 6 mm long, the tube cylindrical, slightly 
pilose within, the lobes oblong-ovate, acute, about 1.5 mm long. Fila- 
ments 1.5 mm long; anthers 1 mm long. Capsule, including the erect 
calyx lobes, about 3 mm long. 
Mindanao, Province of ^Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Bur. Jf516 Mearns d 
Hutchinson, May, 1900: Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 461, April, 
1906. Negbos, ilouut Silay, For, Bur. 423Jf Everett, February, 1906; Whitford 
1519, May, 1900; Canlaon Volcano, Banks s. «., June, 1906. 
■ A species with the general aspect of Hedyotis micro plujlla Merr., but with 
axillary sessile or subsessile inflorescence. 
HYDNOPHYTUM Jack. 
Hydnophytum angustifolium Merrill sp. nov. 
Eamis tenuibus, usque ad GO cm longis, difFusis, junioribus furfuraeeis, 
plus minus angulatis; floribus axilluribus fasciculatis, minutis, ca. 2 mm 
longis; foliis coriaceis, lanceolatis vel anguste lanceolatis, glabris, 5 ad 
10 cm longis, 6 ad 18 mm latis; nervis lateralibus obsoletis. 
Tuber irregular, at least 15 cm in diameter, brown or grayish, unarmed. 
Stems several, diffusely branclied, at least GO cm long, gray or brown, 
slender, the branches elongated, the younger ones brown and furfuraceous, 
somewhat angled. Leaves lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 5 to 10 
cm lung, G to 18 mm wide, coriaceous, glabrous, sessile or subsessile, pale 
