bho 
~J 
2. P. parvifolia Vid. 
+ + Foliage much exceeding 3 em. in length. 
++ Leaves glabrous. 
3. P. barnesii n. sp. A spreading shrub, about 5 m. 
high. Leaves chiefly clustered near the ends of the branch- 
lets, membranous, glabrous, turning black while drying, ob- 
laneeolate, opposite, 3 em. wide, 14 cm. long including the 
2 em. long petiole, apex obtuse or more frequently long 
acuminate at the base, its midnerve and 7 to 9 lateral 
pairs equally prominent on both sides; stipule glabrous, acute, 
subeoriaceous, 5 mm. long, nearly as broad across the base. 
Inflorescence terminal, not exceeding the leaves, paniculately 
cymose; lower branchlets subtended by broad bracts; pedi- 
cels 1 em. long, ebracteate; calyx 3 mm. long, the lower 
half finely pubescent, terminated by 4 short teeth; corolla 
white, straight or often curved, nearly 3 cm. long, glabrous 
on the exterior; its 4 segments broadly linear, 8 mm. long, 
parallel nerved, obtuse, spreading; stamens 4, inserted upon 
the throat of the corolla; filaments very short; anthers linear, 
12 mm. long, sagittate at the base; style slender, glabrous, 
except the puberulous protruded portion, exceeding the co- 
rola by 2 cm.; stigma very minute, entire; fruit 5 mm. in 
diameter, smooth, globose, green when immature and con- 
taining a creamy white seed. 
Type specimen 6788, A. D. E. Elmer, Mount Mariveles, 
Province of Bataan, Luzon, November, 1904. 
++ ++ Leaves pubescent on nerves beneath. 
== Inflorescence paniculately spreading; pedicels 5 mm. long. 
4. P. indica Linn. 
== = Inflorescence cymosely congested ; pedicels less than 5 mm. 
long. 
5. P. indica polyantha Hook. 
PLECTRONIA LINN. 
* Spinescent shrubs. 
+ Flowers slenderly pedicelled; leaves membranous, pubescent. 
