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and variable Lunasia amara Blanco, that I have no hesitation whatever 
in describing it as new. Lunasia amara Blanco is distinctly lepidote, not 
at all stellate-pubescent. JL. mollis may be more closely allied to L. babu- 
" yanica than to L. amara, for L. babuyanica is more or less stellate-pubescent, 
although not all to the degree of L. mollis; there are also vegetative 
differences. 
LUNASIA OBTUSIFOLIA sp. nov. 
Species L. amarae affinis differt foliis apice late rotundatis vel 
obtusis, vix acuminatis, baseque distinct cordatis vix acutis. 
A shrub, the young branches, petioles, and inflorescence densely 
pale-lepidote. Leaves oblong-obovate, membranaceous, shining, 
of nearly the same color on both surfaces or the lower one a 
little paler than the upper when dry, 8 to 17 em long, 4 to 8 em 
wide, entire or the upper part very obscurely undulate, the apex 
broadly rounded or obtuse, narrowed from about the middle or 
somewhat above to the distinctly cordate base, the base 1 to 
1.5 cm wide, the lobes rounded, the sinus narrow, shallow, both 
surfaces with few, scattered, pale, lepidote scales when young, 
in age glabrous or nearly so, glandular-punctate; lateral nerves 
up to 15 on each side of the midrib, spreading, prominent, 
slenderly anastomosing, the reticulations slender, lax, not prom- 
inent; petioles 3 to 6 cm long. Male panicles up to 30 cm in 
length, narrow, their branches few, the lower ones up to 3 cm 
in length, the flowers straw-yellow, in scattered, small, globose 
heads. Sepals about 0.5 mm long. Petals oblong-ovate, acute 
or acuminate, about 2 mm long. Filaments about 0.5 mm long. 
Female flowers and fruits not seen. 
BoHOL, Tagbilaran, on beach cliffs, Bur. Sci. 1278 McGregor, July 12, 
1906. 
A species decidedly similar to and manifestly very closely allied to 
Lunasia amara Blanco, differing in its broadly rounded or obtuse, not 
acuminate leaves which are also distinctly cordate and not acute at the 
base; another distinguishing character is its elongated male panicles, some 
of which greatly exceed the leaves in length, while in Lunasia amara 
Blanco the panicles are shorter than the leaves. 
LUNASIA MAGROPHYLLA sp. nov. 
Species L. amarae affinis, differt foliis multo majoribus, usque 
ad 45 cm longis, coriaceis, integerrimis, nervis usque ad 45 
utrinque. 
A shrub about 2 m high, the younger parts, petioles, and in- 
florescence densely pale-lepidote. Leaves pale when dry, coria- 
ceous, shining and of about the same color on both surfaces, the 
upper surface glabrous, minutely and obscurely beaded along the 
reticulations, the lower surface very sparingly lepidote, the apex 
