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NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHTUrriXE PI.AXT?;, VT. 
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ArOCYNAOEJl 
CARRUTHERSIA Seemaiin. 
Carruthersia macgregori comb. nov. 
BHertoma «,ac,re3-i Menill in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Ph.hp.) 35 (190«)^9- 
A roexamination of the type .naterial, and study of '^'^ >*';-' ^P^" 
collected by Mrs. Clemens in Mindanao, no. 756 September 9 6, -<! ; J^nt 
numbers, April and June, 1907, leads me to refer th.s speoes to ^ - " -^-. 
the second species of the genus to be found in the Phihpp.nes It is closely 
allied to Carrutkersia v^osa (A. DC.) F.-Vill., but is readily diBt.ngu.shed by 
U Ibrous leaves. The stamens are very slightly united and the two lobes of 
tie ml alternating with the carpels are present. The genus FMerion.a .s thus 
to be excluded from the Philippme flora. 
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STROPHANTHUS DC. 
Strophanthus erectus sp. nov. 
Frutex erecta, 1 ad 3 nl aUa ; f oliis submembranaceis, elliptico-ovatis 
vel oblongo-oyatiB, breviter a^uminatis, iiervis utrinque 5 yel 6 ; cymis 
pa.ciflori bracteis et lobis calycinis lanceolatis, acummatis, stammum 
aristis antheris 5-plo longioribus; coroUae lobis ca 13 cm lo^g^^- 
A glabrous erect shrub 1 to 2 m high, the branches brown or reddisl. 
brown 
el^;aro;at; to oblong-o'vate, 8 to 13 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, subn.m^ 
branaceous, glabrous, dull or slightly shimng, paler beneath, the apex 
ll-t aeunWe, the base rounded to acute or ^'^^^^^ 
times slightly inequilateral ; nerves 5 or 6 on each side of the midnb ^erJ 
pZin nt, anasLosing, the reticulations lax, distijict peho es cm 
W or lesL Cymes teminal, glabrous, few-llowered the bracts and cdyx 
eV;a;:eolate long-acuminate, the latter 7 to ^^^^^^^^ 
tube white slightly yellow within, 2 cm long, about 8 mm m diameter, 
sSt; <S;^r' ted at the middle, enlarged above, the lobes about mm 
wide al the base, attenuate into long, s ender drooping, yeUo.^i hps, 
about 13 cm long; appendages about 1 cm '^-^' f^'^'l^li. 
slender acuminate parts. Anthers 3 mm long, sagi tate at the ba^e, the 
ftlam nts very short, somewhat hirsute, the apical awn very slende 
, Tir. urn lonff Ovary glabrous; style cylindrical, about 12 mm 
i; FolS wo!dy, oblo\i5.evoid, about IG cm long, . mm wide ; 
seeds lanceolate, 1.5 to 2 cm long. 
and appendages to the antncib ami • „•• i-^n 
closely alHed to S. rf,>.o,o,»«. DC, than to ,S. cum.ngu DC. 
