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Blumea mindanaensis sp. nov. 
Herba erecta vix vel parce ramosa, stricta, usque ad 1 m alta; foliis 
sessilibus, oblongis vel oblongo-obovatis, subcoriaceis, scabridis, plus minus 
pubescentibus, margine irregulariter denticulatis ; capitulis in ramuis plus 
minus congestis, circiter 1.7 em diametro. 
An erect stout herb about 1 m high, slightly or not at all branched, 
except the inflorescence. Stems stout, brown or purplish, striate, more 
or less pubescent, 5 to 7 mm in diameter. Leaves sessile, oblong to 
oblong-obovate, 6 to 12 em long, 1.5 to 3.5 cm wide, subcoriaceous, some- 
what shining when dry, scabrid, the upper surface often supplied with 
numerous, small, white dots, beneath somewhat pubescent, the apex acute 
or slightly acuminate, the base acute, the margins distantly and irreg- 
ularly denticulate, not at all lobed or sinuate. Panicles about 40 em 
long, the lower branches sometimes 15 cm in length, often much smaller, 
all parts rather densely brown-pubescent. Heads somewhat crowded, 
shortly peduncled, 10 to 12 mm long, 15 to 18 mm in diameter, the 
involucral bracts often purplish. Bracts several-seriate, the outer ones 
| ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, about 2 mm long, rather strongly pubescent, 
the inner gradually larger, the innermost 8 mm long, 1 mm wide, ciliate 
on the margins toward the apex. Flowers yellow, heterogamous, the outer 
ones indefinite (more than 100), pistillate; achenes slender, 1 mm long, 
glabrous or with very few scattered hairs; pappus-hairs about 20, white, 
| slender, minutely scabrid, 6 mm long; corolla cylindric, slender, 7 mm 
long, obscurely 3-toothed ; style-arms exserted, slender, 1 mm long. Disk- 
flowers perfect, about 11; achenes like those of the pistillate flowers but 
stouter; corolla 6 mm long, enlarged above, 5-toothed, the teeth oblong- 
ovate, acute, 0.5 mm long; stamens 2 mm long, minutely tailed at the 
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| base ; style slightly exserted, the arms 0.5 mm long, slender. Disk glab- 
; rous or with very few, short, scattered hairs, pitted. 
Minpanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 736 (type), November, 
f 1906, and also unnumbered specimens collected in March, 1907, and in September, 
1907. 
A species well characterized by its comparatively large heads which are densely 
; disposed, its erect, strict habit, and sessile, seabrid leaves. It is probably allied 
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to Blumea chinensis Less., and among the Philippine species most closely allied 
to B. incisa (Elm.) Merr., differing from the latter notably in its leaf characters. 
Blumea ramosii sp. nov. 
Species B. sericanti Hook. f. affinis, sed differt foliis multo majoribus, 
usque ad 16 cm longis, late oblongo-oblanceolatis, capitulis pedunculatis. 
/ An erect, unbranched, suffrutescent plant at least 80 cm high, the 
stem stout, terete, pubescent, mostly covered with the persistent, densely 
; arranged, petiole-bases, this part of the stem about 20 cm long, the leaves 
crowded above this naked portion, subtending the inflorescence. Leaves 
subcoriaceous, sessile, crowded, broadly oblong-oblanceolate, 11 to 16 em 
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