PI.AXTS FROM CATANES AND BABUYANES ISLANDS. 427 
GENTIANACE.E. 
ERYTHRAEA Rich, 
E. spicata (Linn.) Per«. Syn. 1 (LS05) 283; DC. Prodr. 9 (1845) 60; Forbes 
& Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1890) 122; :^^ats. & Hayata Enum. PL 
Formosa (1906) 242. 
Gentiana spicata Linn, Sp. PI. (1753) 333. 
BatAn, Santo Domingo de Baseo, 31Jf2, 31U, 323 1 Mearns, May 27, 1907. 
No representative of the genus has previously been found in the PJiilippines, 
and the present one lias no doubt been introduced by way of Formosa. 
Mediterranean region; introduced into Formosa, probably by early Portuguese 
colonists. 
OLEACE^. 
LINOCIERA Sw. 
L. cumingiana Vidal. 
FuGA, 32^9 Mearns, Sabtax, 3155 F6nix. N. v., Vasango. 
\YideIy distributed in the Philippines, endemic. A species of doubtful value. 
LOGANIACE^. 
FAG R AHA Thunb. 
F. obovata Wall. 
Camiguin, J4I23 Fenix. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; India to Malaya. No species of the 
genus is reported from Formosa or China. 
GENIOSTOMA Forst. 
Geniostoma batanense Merrill sp. nov. 
Arbiiseula 2 ad 3 ni alta, inliorescentiis exceptis glabra; ramis ramu- 
lisque toretibus, griseis; foliis elliptico-ovatis vel oblongo-ovaiis, submein- 
branaceiSj nitidis^ 5 ad 8 cm longis, apice acumiiiatis, basi acutis, iiervis 
ntrinque 5 vel 6^ subprominentibus; c\\\w axillaribiis^ fasciculatis, pauci- 
floris^ parce pubescentibiis^ circiter 1 cm longis; florihus circiter 3 iimi 
longis. 
A shrub 2 to 3 m higb^ glal)roii? except the iiifloi-eseence. Branches 
and branchlets terete, glabrous, light-grav. Leaves elliptical-ovate to 
ol>long-ovate, 5 to 8 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, submembranous, blackish 
when dry, somewhat winning, the apex acuminate, tlie base acute; nerves 
5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, rather distinct beneath, anastomosing, 
the reticulations nearly obsolete; petioles 5 to 8 mm long. Cymes axil- 
lary, fascicled, slightly pubescent or puberulent, about 1 cm long, few- 
flowered, the bracts and bracteoles ovate, similar, about 0.5 mm long. 
Calyx slightly pubescent, the lobes ovate, blunt or acute, 1 mm long. Co- 
rolla 3 mm long, the throat densely villous inside, the lobes about 1.5 mm 
long, ovate, reflexed, acute. Anthers 0.8 mm long. Ovary globose; 
style shoi-t; stigma ovoid, 0.6 mm in diameter. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, Bur. 8ci. 3105 Fcnix, June 8, 1907. N. v. 
Oatfadang. 
A species allied to Geniostoma cnmhigianum Benth., but with larger leaves, 
and diircrent iiinorescence. 
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