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spontaneously in the vicinity of the city, moreover, no specimens have been 

 seen which agree well with Decaisne's original description of the species. 

 After a careful examination of the original description of Clerodendron 

 longiflorum, Schauer's later characterization of the species, and the material 

 in the herbarium cited below, the conclusion has been reached that Clero- 

 dendron longiflorum Decne., does not extend to the Philippines, and that 

 Schauer erred in referring the Philippine specimens collected by Gaudichaud 

 and Perrottet, to this species. A future monographer can definitely settle 

 this point, but for the present we are of the opinion that Clerodendron 

 longiflorum Decne., should be excluded from the Philippines, and that the 

 Philippine specimens previously referred to that species, should be referred 

 to the species here considered. 



Although Blanco's diagnosis of Ligustrum quadriloculare is imperfect, 

 and in some characters apparently erroneous, it is quite certain that the 

 species here considered is the one he attempted to describe, and accordingly 

 his name is here accepted, as being the earliest available one for the species. 



Clerodendron quadriloculare is abundant and widely distributed in the hill 

 forests of the Philippines, extending to an altitude (Benguet) of at least 

 1400 M. above the sea. As noted above, it is commonly cultivated in Manila, 

 the shrub with its numerous, very long white flowers and its leaves, green 

 above, always more or less purplish, frequently uniformly dark purple be- 

 neath, making it very strikingly ornamental. It is represented by the 

 following specimens: 



Manila (Merrill), January, 1904; (Garcia), 1901, from specimens culti- 

 vated in gardens: Luzon, Province of Rizal (1355, 2338 Merrill) (1881, 

 Ahern's collector) ; Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles (3746 Merrill) 

 (339 Barnes) (G762, 6767 Elmer) ; Province of Zambales, Subig (Hallier), 

 January, 1904; Province of Benguet, Sablan (6220 Elmer) ; Baguio (5964 

 Elmer). Island of Ticao (1057 Clark). 



Clerodendron simile sp. nov. § SipJionanthus. 



A shrub with glabrous, membranous, lanceoate to ovate-lanceolate acu- 

 minate leaves, and slender elongated flowers about 3 cm. long, in crowded, 

 terminal, many-flowered panicles. Branches light gray, glabrous. Leaves 

 13 to 20 cm. long, 3 to 8 cm. wide, the base acute, the apex short acuminate, 

 3-nerved from the base, the margins entire; nerves about 7 on each side of 

 the midrib, rather prominent beneath; petioles 2 to 8 cm. long. Panicles 

 minutely puberulous, the branchlets 3-flowered, the bracts and bracteoles 

 subulate, 1 to 3 mm. long. Calyx minutely sparingly puberulent, funnel 

 shaped, 5 mm. long, 5-toothed, the teeth acute, 1.5 mm. long. Corolla 

 3 cm. long, the tube very slender, puberulous below, the lobes spreading, 

 oblong, acute or obtuse, 6 mm. long, 2 mm. wide. Stamens about equaling 

 the corolla lobes, the anthers 2 mm. long. Ovary globose, glabrous. 



Specimens examined: Baco, Mindoro (1192 (type), 1234 Merrill), Jan- 

 uary, 1903; also a specimen collected on Semirara Island (R. C. McGregor), 

 November, 1904. 



A species with the general appearance of Clerodendron quadriloculare, 

 differing from the latter in its much shorter flowers. 



