17,8 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XVI 3807 
layan floras maintain Kickxia Blume for a genus of apocynaceous 
plants. Under the circumstances it would seem that Kickzxia 
Blume must be abandoned, as its use is distinctly invalidated by 
Dumortier’s previous use of the same name for a different genus 
of plants. 
The genus under discussion was originally described in 1826 
as Hasseltia Blume, this name being invalidated by the earlier 
Hasseltia HBK. The first description of the genus under the 
name Kickxia was published in 1848,” but as early as 1828 Blume 
had realized the necessity of a new name for his Hasseltia and 
proposed * to subsitute the name Kickxia which, however, due 
to a typographical error appears as Kixvia; as Blume himself in 
later publishing a description and figure of this genus altered the 
name to Kickxia and, further, as the genus was dedicated to 
Prof. Jean Kickx no other explanation of Kixia is possible and 
accordingly this form has no valid standing. 
No new name is necessary for this apocynaceous genus in 
view of the fact that G. Don‘ has proposed the generic desig- 
nation Kibatalia for Hasseltia Blume, non HBK. So long as 
individual botanists differ in their conception as to what consti- 
tutes and what does not constitute a genus cases of nomencla- 
ture like this will occur; and unless Blume’s generic name be 
definitely abandoned we have here a case where Kickxia Blume 
will be recognized by those botanists who do not recognize 
Kickxia Dum. as distinct from Linaria, while those who recog- 
nize Dumortier’s genus as a valid one cannot recognize Kickxia 
Blume as a generic designation. The logical course to follow 
in this case seems to be to abandon Blume’s generic name and 
adopt Kibatalia for the group as proposed by G. Don. 
KIBATALIA LONGIFOLIA sp. nov. 
Arbor glabra; foliis chartaceis, oblongis, usque ad 17 cm longis, 
basi acutis, apice acutis vel breviter acuminatis, nervis utrinque 
circiter 10, tenuibus, vix anastomosantibus; inflorescentiis 2- vel 
3-floris, breviter pedunculatis, corollae tubo circiter 2.5 cm longo, 
lobis 4 cm longis; folliculis subligneis, rectis vel leviter curvatis, 
17 ad 20 cm longis, 2 cm diametro. 
A glabrous tree, about 16 m high, the branchlets smooth, red- 
dish-brown, the branches of about the same color and distinctly 
lenticellate. Leaves firmly chartaceous, oblong, 12 to 17 cm long, 
2 Blume, C. L. Rumphia 4 (1848) 25. 
* Blume, C. L. Fl. Jav. Praef. 1 (1828) VII. 
*Gen. Syst. 4 (1838) 86. 
