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to determine its true alliances. In habit it is nearer to the former, a 
Bornean species, but in floral characters it looks like Cyrtandra ohlongi- 
folia, a Philippine species. 
CYRTANDRA ROSEO-ALBA Kranzl. sp. nov. (§ Cuneatae), 
Rami quadranguli, setosi, partes novellae apicales dense fulvo- 
villosae. Folia opposita aequalia vel parum diversa, satis longe 
petiolata, oblonga vel lanceolata, acuta vel acuminata, superne 
glaberrima, subtus scaberula, secus nervos fulvo-pilosa, margine 
Integra vel brevissime et valde distanter denticulata, maxima 
mihi visa cum petiolo 4 cm longo ad 24 cm longa circ. 5 cm 
lata. Racemi breves, sessiles, pauciflori, fere glomerati dicendi, 
bracteae parvae, ovatae, obtuse acutatae, pedicelli 3 mm longae. 
Calyx fere basin usque fissus, ima basi campanulatus, deinde 
in lobos 5 basi late ovatos, acuminatos, 1 cm longos, basi 5 mm 
latos divisus. Corolla paulum curvata, e basi ampla contracta, 
supra dilatata et in lobos 5 vix diversos, parvos, rotundatos di- 
visa, 1.8 cm longa, basi et in orificio 5 mm diam. medio ad 2 
mm contracta ; corolla et calyx extus necnon pedicelli longe f ul- 
vo-pilosi, corolla alba et rosea verosimiliter versicolor. Stamina 
brevia in dimidio superiore corollae affixa, antherae in ipso ori- 
ficio. Ovarium ovatum glaberrimum sulcatum, discus vel an- 
nulus sat magnus, 5-dentatus. Stylus media longitudine sparsim 
setosus, stigma pro flore maximum, hians, bilabiatum. Baccae 
in specimine meo nondum maturae. Fl. Augusto. 
Luzon, Province of La^na, near San Antonio, in forests. Bur. Scu 
10923 Ramos, 
The most striking character of this species is its wide calyx, which 
is cup-shaped at the base and incloses the rather small corolla. 
CYRTANDRA NERVOSA Kranzl. sp. nov. (§ Aureae.) 
Frutex 2 ad 3 m altus. Caules subtetragoni, grisei, plerumque 
minute partibus novellis densius fulvo-pilosi, praesertim in axillis 
foliorum et juxta insertionem petiolorum. Folia opposita vel 
non, dissimilia, petiolata, oblonga, brevi-acutata, coriacea, su- 
perne glabra, subtus valde nervosa, pallide et sparsissime in 
lamina, fulvo- secus nervos pilosa, cum petiolis 1.5 ad 2 cm longis 
15 ad 18 cm longa, medio 5 cm lata, nervi laterales utrinque 7 
vel 8. Inflorescentiae axillares quam folia bene breviores (vix 
i longitudinis aequantes), longe pedunculatae, pedunculi plus 
minus flexi 3 ad 4 cm longi, fulvo-pilosi, bracteae in involucrum 
breve 4- vel 5-lobatum coalitae, lobi trianguli, acuti, totum 
involucrum circ. 7 mm longum, 1 cm diam. Cyma pauciflora, 
flores (5 vel 6) brevi-pedicellati. Calyx extus fulvo-villosus, 
pilis apices segmentorum bene excedentibus, segmenta fere basin 
