The Philippine Journal of Science, C. Botany, 
Vol. VIII, No. 5, November, 1913 
CYRTANDRACEAE NOVAE PHILIPPINENSES, II 
By F, Kranzlin 
(Berlin^ Germany) 
AESCHYNANTHUS Jack 
AESCHYNANTHUS EVERETTIANA Kranzl. sp. nov. (§ Holocalyx), 
Caules tenues, glabri, nitidi, grisei, pauciramosi, radicibus 
paucis obsiti, internodia 4 ad 5 cm longa. Folia numerosa, 
brevissime petiolata, petiolis 2 mm longis, setosis, glabra, oblonga 
vel ovato-oblonga, obtusa, rarius aeutata, pergamenea, 3.5 ad 
4.5 cm longa, 1.5 ad 1.8 cm lata. Inflorescentiae pauciflorae ex 
axilla folii cujusdam apicalis orientes, pedunculus brevissimus, 
dense setosus, pedicelli circ. 1 cm.longi, sparsissime albo-pilosi 
(pilis laxis). Calyx ample urceolaris, margine vix lobatus, 1 
cm altus et in orificio latus, glaber. Corolla e basi angusta am- 
pliata, in dorso curvata, lobi labii superioris erecti, subquadrati, 
retusi, sinu angustissimo sejuncti, labii inferioris lobi laterales 
late oblongi rotmidati, reflexi, lobus intermedius inter formam 
orbicularem et quadratam intermedius, margine revoluto, deflex- 
us, tota corolla glabra, excepto margine sparsissime setoso, 3.5 
cm longa 7-8 mm ampla. Stamina corollam paulum excedentia, 
subaequilonga. Stylus gracili-fusiformis, dimidium tubi subsu- 
perans, et in illo omnino obcelatus. Stigma et discus parvi. 
Calyx fusco-purpureus, corolla plane purpurea. FL Julio. 
Negros, For. Bur, 5585 Everett, 
A species between Aeschynanthus ohconica C. B. Clarke and A. hians 
C. B. Clarke, but readily distinguished from both. Judging from herbarium 
specimens it is a rather handsome plant. 
AESCHYNANTHUS FIRMA Kranzl. sp. nov. (§ Haplotrichium) . 
Caulis dependens ? satis firmus, lignosus, brachiato-ramosus, 
internodia 4.5 ad 5.5 cm longa. Folia brevi-petiolata, basi rotun- 
data, ovata, acuta, crassissima, viva certe succulenta, petiolus 5 
mm longus, lamina 8 ad 15 cm longa, 5 cm lata, Flores in axillis 
foliorum versus apicem caulis (de inflorescentia nil certi proferre 
audeo), pedicelli 6-7 mm longi, glabri. Calyx 8 ad 9 mm longus, 
fere basin usque fissus, lobi anguste trianguli 7 mm. Corolla 
leviter incurva e basi paulisper ampliose leviter contracta, deinde 
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