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Jasminum triphyllum Merrill sp. now § Trifoliata. 



A Bcandent shrub, glabrous or nearly so throughout, with opposite or 

 Bubopposite, trifoliate leaves and axillary and terminal paniculate cymes. 

 Branches slender, glabrous, the younger ones greenish-brown. Leaflets 

 subcoriaceous, glabrous, ovate, slightly shining, short acuminate or 

 merely acute, the hase broad, rounded, the terminal one (> to !) cm. long, 

 '.\ to 4.5 cm. wide, the lateral ones somewhat smaller but similar in 

 shape; nerves irregular, not prominent, about f> on each side of the 

 midrib, the base sub 5-nerved, the marginal pair often obscure; petioles 

 1.5 to 2 em. long, the petiolule of the terminal leaflet 1.5 cm., of the 

 Lateral leaflets 1 cm. or less. Inflorescence equaling or exceeding the 

 leaves, slightly pubescent, the peduncles 2 to 4 em. long, the bracts small, 

 ovate, the hracteoles minute. Flowers white. Calyx tube cup-shaped. 

 about 2 mm. long, truncate or with very obscure teeth. Corolla slender, 

 the tube 8 nun. long, slightly enlarged above, glabrous, the lobes 5, 

 spreading, orbicular-ovate, obtuse, about 2.5 mm. in diameter. Filaments 

 short; anthers oblong, slightly acuminate, about 2.3 mm. long. Stigma 

 bifid, the lobes nearly 3 mm. long. 



Palawan, Puerto Princesa (261 Bermejos) December, 1905. In forests. 

 A species apparently related to Jasminum parvifiorum Decnc. differing espe- 

 cially from the latter in its glabrous branches and orbicular -ovate, obtuse, not 



lanceolate, acuminate, corolla lobes. 



GENTIANACEJE. 



COTYLANTHERA Blume. 



Cotylanthera tenuis Blume. Iii.pl. 2 (1825) 707; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1850) 

 7:1.5; Dunal, in DC. Prodr. 13 (1852) 074. 



Luzon, Province of Laguna, .Mount Maquiling (514!) Merrill) March 17, 1906. 

 In forests at about 900 m. 



The above identification is presumably correct, although the original and 

 subsequent descriptions of the species, and the descriptions of Eophylon lobbii 

 A. Gray, and E. tenellum A. Gray, the former at least being apparently a 

 synonym of Blume's species, are all so short that absolute identification is 

 impossible without comparison with the type material. The Philippine plant 

 when fresh, is of a pale lavender color throughout, 4 to (i cm. high, unbranched, 

 or with at most one branch, with solitary flowers ami 3 to 5 pairs of bracts. 



GENTIANA Linn. 



Gentiana apoensis .Merrill sp. nov. § Chondrophylla. 



A low. erect, often densely tufted, more or less branched perennial 

 2 cm. high or less, glabrous, the leaves all similar, distichous, imbricated. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, acute or obscurely acuminate, 5 to 

 mm. long, about 2 mm. wide, sessile, crowded, the nerves obscure. Flow- 

 ers solitary at the ends of the short branches. Calyx 5 mm. Long 

 including the teeth, the latter lanceolate, acuminate, apiculate, 2 to 3.5 

 mm. Long. Corolla tubular, about 7 mm. long, 5-lobed, the lohes broadly 



