xi, c,e Merrill: Reliquiae Robinsonianae 315 



An erect, simple or sparingly branched, nearly glabrous herb 

 about 70 cm high, the older parts of the stem terete, the younger 

 parts 4-angled, brown, with numerous small cystoliths similar 

 to those on both surfaces of the leaves. Leaves submembra- 

 naceous, olivaceous and slightly shining when dry, glabrous, 

 ovate, rarely oblong-ovate, entire or obscurely undulate, 8 to 

 14 cm long, 3.5 to 7 cm wide, gradually narrowed from about 

 the lower one-third to the acuminate apex, the base rather 

 abruptly decurrent-acuminate ; lateral nerves 5 or 6 on each side 

 of the midrib, rather prominent, curved; petioles 1.5 to 4 cm 

 long. Spikes terminal, solitary, sometimes in pairs or in threes, 

 brown when dry, dense, oblong-ovoid, about 2 cm long, scarcely 

 secund. Bracts and bracteoles similar, sparingly but promi- 

 nently ciliate on the margins above, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 

 long and slenderly acuminate, the acumen very sharp and 

 apiculate, the bracts about 10 mm long and 3 to 3.2 mm wide, 

 the bracteoles slightly smaller. Calyx 5-parted, the lobes free 

 or nearly so, the upper one lanceolate, 9 mm long and 2 mm 

 wide, the two lower ones free, linear-lanceolate, as long as the 

 upper one and about 1 mm wide, the two lateral ones linear, 1 mm 

 wide or less below, 6 to 7 mm long, much narrowed upward, all 

 more or less ciliate, and very slenderly and sharply acuminate. 



Amboina, Koesoekoesoe sereh and Soja, Rel. Robins. 1785, August, 1913, 

 in forests, altitude 200 to 400 meters. 



A species perhaps as closely allied to Lepidagathis capitata O. Kuntze as 

 to any other species ; well characterized, however, by its short, brown spikes ; 

 its rather large, long-petioled, peculiarly shaped leaves; its sparingly ciliate 

 bracts and bracteoles; and its very unequal calyx-segments, the two lower 

 ones being free or at least only very slightly united, the two lateral ones 

 being narrower, and much shorter than the other three. 



PSEUDERANTHEMUM Radlkofer 



PSEUDERANTHEMUM DEPAUPERATUM sp. nov. 



Planta erecta, simplex vel parcissime ramosa, herbacea e basi 

 suffruticosa, 10 ad 25 cm alta, partibus junioribus inflorescent- 

 iisque minute pubescentibus ; f oliis membranaceis vel chartaceis, 

 ovatis ad oblongo-ovatis, 3 ad 6 cm longis, obscure acuminatis ad 

 obtusis, nervis utrinque circiter 5; inflorescentiis terminalibus, 

 racemosis vel anguste et depauperato-paniculatis ; floribus albis, 

 circiter 1.5 cm longis, sepalis linearis, acuminatis, 3 ad 6 mm 



longis. 



An erect, simple or sparingly branched herbaceous plant from 

 a suffrutescent base, 10 to 25 cm high, nearly glabrous except 

 the rather minutely pubescent younger parts and inflorescence. 

 Suffrutescent parts of the stems terete, smooth, shining straw- 



