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Cyrtandra umbellifera ^Mi'irill sp. nov. § SfcUaiae. 
Arbuscula 1.5 m alta; foliis oblongo-ellipticis^ acuminatis, subiutegris 
vel leviter crenatis, usque ad 20 cm loiigis, siibfalcatiSj mombranacei&; 
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inflorescentiis umbellatis, axillaribus, solitariis, ferrugmeo-pubescentibus, 
pedunculis tenuibus, circiter 1.5 cm longis; floribus circiter 1 cm longis; 
calycis lobis aiiguste acuminatiSj tubo lougioribus. 
A shrub about 1.5 m higli. Brandies grayish^ terete, glabrous^ the 
branchlets pubescent. Leaves opposite^ subequal^ oblong-elliptical, some- 
what falcate, membranous, 16 to 90 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide, glaljrous 
above, beneath somewhat pale and with scattered appressed hairs on the 
midrib and nerves, the apex rather strongly acuminate, the base acute, 
the margins subentire or slightly crenate; petioles pubescent, 2.5 to 3.5 
cm long. Flowers umbellate, umbels solitar}', axillary, tlieir pedicels 
slender, about 1.5 cm long, pubescent, each uml>el 6- to 10-flowered, 
the bracts linear-lanceolate, pubescent, about 5 mm long; pedicels slender, 
pubescent, 5 to 7 mm long. Calyx pubescent with' short spreading hairs, 
the tube broad, about 2 mm long, the teetli narrowly lanceolate, long- 
acuminate, 3 to 4 mm long. Corolla about 1 cm long, somewhat pubes- 
cent outside. Fruit (immature) glabrous, narrowly ovoid, long 
acuminate. 
Batan, near the summit of Mount Iraya, Bur. Set, 3785 Fenix, June 8, 1907. 
A species well characterized by its umbellate inflorescence. 
ACANTHACE.il 
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ERANTHEMUM Linn. 
E. curtatum Clarke. 
Babuyan, 3907 Fenlx. Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3612 Fenix. Cami- 
GUIN, Ji012 Fenix, 
Known only from the Philippines where it is rather widely distributed. 
JUSTICIA Linn. 
J. procumbens Linn. 
Batan, 3602, 368S F^nix; 3199, 3200 Mcarns, luxuriant forms: 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; India and Ceylon to Formosa, :Malaya, 
and Australia. 
BLECHUM P. Br. 
B. brownei Juss. 
, Batan, 3663 F4nix. 
A common and widely distributed weed in the Philippines, a native of tropical 
America; "Formosaj fide Clarke in lit. 
EUBIACE.^. 
DENTELLA Forst. 
D. repens (Linn.) Forst. 
Batan, 3665 Fenix. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines in waste places; tropical Asia to For- 
mosa tlirouffh Malaya to Australia. 
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