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cup-shaped, about 2.5 mm. long, pubescent with short spreading hairs, 

 4-toothed, the teeth acute, 0.5 mm. long. Corolla slender, glabrous, 

 while. .'! cm. long, the lobes spreading, oblong-lanceolate to oblong- 

 oblanceolate, obtuse, 10 mm. long, 3 to 3.5 nun. wide. Anthers linear. 



5 to 6 mm. long, spirally twisted when, dry. Exserted portion of the 

 style slender, glabrous 4 to 4.5 cm. long. 



Mindoro, Bongabong River (3714 Merritt) March 21, L906. In forests, river 

 valley near sea level. A species well characterized by its long corolla tubes an. I 

 very long exserted styles. 



PSYCHOTRIA Linn. 

 Psychotria crispipila Merrill sp. nov. 



A shrub 3 to 4 m. high with elliptical-ovate leaves which are promi- 

 nently nerved and rather densely fulvous pubescent beneath with crisped 

 hairs, the flowers crowded in dense subcapitato cymes on 2.5 to I cm. 

 long terminal peduncles. Branches, petioles, and inflorescence also rather 

 densely fulvous pubescenl with crisped hairs. Leaves < to 10 cm. long, 

 3 to 5 cm. wide about equally narrowed to both the acute apex and base, 

 coriaceous, glabrous above; nerves ii to 11 on each side of the midrib, 

 obscure above, prominent beneath, parallel, anastomosing near the margin, 

 the reticulations obscure; petioles 1 to 1..") cm. long; stipules caducous. 

 Peduncles 2 or )5 from each hranchlet. Flowers white, sessile or short 

 pediceled. Calyx ."> to 4 nun. long obscurely L-toothed or subtruncate, 

 fulvoufl pubescent with crisped hairs especially on the margin. Corolla 

 5 mm. long glabrous outside, the throat villous within, l-cleft to or 

 below the middle, the lobes oblong-ovate, obtuse, 'i to -'! mm. long. Fila- 

 ments and anthers each about 1 nun. long, the latter elliptical-oblong. 

 Ovary 2-celled, each cell with one ascending ovule; style about 2 mm. 

 long. Fruit unknown. 



Luzon, District of Lepanto, Mount Data (44!)() Merrill) November, 1905. In 

 the mossy forest at 2.'200 m. 



Related to Psychotria bataanensis Elmer, differing from thai species in its 

 elongated peduncles, densely crisped fulvous pubescent branches, petioles, under 

 surface of its leaves and inflorescence. The leaves in the present species are 

 always acute at the base, while in /'. bataanensis they are narrowly cordate or 

 auriculate. 



CAPRIFOLIACE^E. 



LONICERA Linn. 

 Lonicera philippinensis Merrill sp. nov. 



A scandent glabrous or nearly glabrous shrub 'I to .'! m. high, with 2- 

 lipped corollas about 1.5 cm. long. Branches dark brown, glabrous, 

 shining obscurely angled, slender, the young parts sparingly hirsute. 

 Leaves narrowly oblong-ovate, entire, acute, the base broad, truncate or 

 subcordate, 2.5 to I cm. long. 1 to "„ } cm. wide, coriaceous, shining above. 

 quite glabrous or sparingly hirsute on the midrib on both surfaces; 

 nerves about 5 Oil each side of the midrib, the reticulations distinct; 



