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3. V. vidalii Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 6; 6, 1904. V. arborea 
vestita Vid. Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. 160, 1886 non V. vestita 
Baker.— A small tree 10 m. high or less, with elliptical ovate, 
acuminate or merely acute leaves which are very densely 
white or buff velvety pubescent beneath, darker, glabrous 
and shining above, and ample terminal panicle; the axis and 
branches densely pubescent like the under surface of the leaves. 
Leaves 9 to 15 em. long, 3 to 5 cm. wide, the nerves prominent 
beneath, about 10 pairs, the petioles densely velvety pubescent, 
1.5 to 2.5 cm. long. Heads including the pappus about 8 
mm. long, the flowers pale purple, 5 or 6 in each head; 
scales of the involuere imbricate in several series, the inner 
longer and glabrous or somewhat pubescent; achenes sparingly 
strigose, 1.5 mm. long. 
An endemic species, most closely related to V. arborea 
Ham., but snfficiently distinct. 
Luzon: 
Kias, Province of Benguet, June 1904, Elmer 6607. 
Bagabag, Province of Nueva Viscaya, June 1902, Mer- 
rill 153. 
Lamao River, Province of Bataan, July 1905, Forestry 
Bureau 1278. 
Tanay, Province of Rizal, May 1903, Merrill 2291. 
San Mateo, May 1904, Forestry Bureau 1128. 
4. V. lenticellata n. sp. A woody climber; branches al- 
ternate; bark of the older ones dark brown and densely 
set with raised lenticels; flowering twigs pubescent with brown 
hairs. Leaves alternate, ascending, lanceolate, equally acum- 
inate at both ends, subcoriaceous, glabrous above, lighter 
colored and puberulent beneath, 7 cm. in length, 2 em. in 
width across the middle, primary as well as the lateral 
nerves prominent beneath. Inflorescence thyrsoid, 1 to 2 
dm. long; branches rigidly ascending, short pubescent with 
brownish yellow hairs; heads not numerous but clustered 
toward the ends of the peduncles, 1 cm. long, only half 
that in diameter, cylindrical; involucral bracts easily sepa- 
rating, imbricate, coriaceous, in several series, the lower 
ones short and acute, the upper ones linear lanceolate to 
