164 , MERRILL. 
Randia pulcherrima ^lerrill sp. nov. 
Frutex scaudens, iiiermis, ca. 10 in alius; ramulis inllorescentiis et 
siiljtus foliis pauce hirsutis; foliis subsessilibuSj coriaceis^ oblongis^ bre- 
viter acuuiinatis, basi auriculato-cordatis, 15 ad 20 cm longis, nervis 
utriiique ca. 10, promineutibus, supra impressis; cymis axillaribus, 5 ad 
G cm lougis, deusifloris; floribus pulclierriinl?, roseis, crassis, 3 cm longis, 
petal is extus dense villosis, nitidis. 
A scandent slirub about 10 m higli. Branches unarmed^ terete or 
sliglitly angled, light-gray or brownish, glabrous, the branchlets sparingly 
ferruginous-hirsute. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, 15 to 20 cm long, 5 to 7 
cm wide, somewhat shining, glabrous above, slightly hirsute on the midrib 
and nerves beneath, short-acuminate, the base somewhat narrowed and 
prominently auriculate-cordate, subclasping; nerves about 10 on each side 
of the midrib, very i>rominent on both surfaces, impressed above, anasto- 
mosing, the reticulations lax; petioles very short, stout, not exceeding 2 
mm in lengtli. Cymes axillary, usually solitary, 5 to 6 cm long, some- 
what ferruginous-hirsute, densely flowered. Flowers, pink, 3 cm long. 
Calyx nearly 1.5 cm long, narrowly funnel-shaped, slightly hirsute, 
truncate and with 5 minute obscure teeth, about 5 mm in diameter at 
the mouth. Corolla-tube about 1 cm long, and witli the lobes very densely 
pale-appressed-villous outside, the throat inside densely hirsute. Ovary 
2-celled, each cell many-ovuled; style and stigma nearly 3 cm long, the 
stigma narrowly oblong, entire. Fruit ovoid or ellipsoid, glabrous, nearly 
1.5 cm long when mature. 
Mindanao, Lake Lauao, Camp Keitliley, Mrs. Clemens 765, September, 1906, 
and without number, ^March, 1907. Luzon, Province of I'ayabas, For. Bur. 7S63 
Curran rf Merriit, November, 1907; Elmer 9121, May, 1907. 
A very characteristic species, recogTiizal)le by its doiiseiy flowered axilUiry 
cymes, long fluwrrs, the corolla densely villous, pale and shining, and by its 
strongly nerved, subsessile and prominently auriculate-cordate leaves. 
LASIANTHUS Jack. 
Lasianthus dementis Merrill sp. nov. 
Arl)or parva vel arbuscula; ramis ramulis foliisque plus minus olivaeco- 
vel sordide fulvo-pubescentibus ; foliis papyraceis, elliptico-oblongis, teimi- 
ter acuminatis, basi acutis; nervis utrinque 5 vel G, subtus prominentibus ; 
stipulis deciduis; floribus axillaribus, solitariis vel fasciculatis, plus minus 
villosis, 3 mm longis, bracteis nullis vel minutis. 
A shrul) or small tree, the branches and branchlets slender, terete, 
densely olivaceous or dirty-yellowish or brownish-pubescent. Leaves 
papyraceous, elliptical-oblong, rather abruptly slenderly acuminate, base 
acute, 7 to 9 cm long, 2 to 4 cm wide, somewhat shining, glabrous above, 
beneath more or less densely olivaceous-pubescent on the midrib nerves 
and reticulations; nerves 5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, prominent 
