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teeth broadly ovate, acute or subobtuse or sometimes rounded, 4 to 5 

 mm. long, 5 to 10 mm. wide. Corolla 6 cm. long, subcampanulate, the 

 portion inclosed in the calyx tubular, 1 cm. long, then dilated, the mouth 

 5 to 6 cm. wide, entirely glabrous except near the insertion of the 

 stamens where it is more or less ferruginous pubescent inside, the margins 

 minutely ciliate, 5-lobed, the lobes rounded, about 2 cm. wide, 1.5 cm. 

 long, subequal. Stamens inserted in the tube near the top of the tubular 

 portion of the corolla, the filaments about 2 cm. long, glabrous above, 

 more or less ferruginous pubescent below with capitate hairs. Ovary 

 glabrous, the disk annular, thickened, the style glabrous, 2.5 cm. long. 

 Capsule (immature) cylindrical, about 40 cm. long, 4 mm. in diameter, 

 glabrous. Seeds including wings 8 mm. long, 2 mm. wide. 



Type specimen No. G179 (A. D. E. Elmer), Sablan, Province of Benguet, 

 Luzon, April, 1904. Growing in the hill forests. 



CAPRIFOLIACE.^. 



Lonicera rehderi, sp. nov. 



A low jjrostrate shrub with subcordate, ovate-oblong, acute leaves, which 

 are glabrous above, except on the midrib, and sparingly strigose-pubescent 

 beneath, and yellow flowers about 2 cm. long, the corolla setosely pilose. 

 Branches light brown, densely pubescent. Leaves 3 to 4.5 cm. long, 1.5 to 



2 cm. wide, ovate oblong; nerves 5 to 6 on each side of the midrib, the 

 reticulations distinct, nearly as prominent as the secondary nerves; petioles 

 .3 to 4 mm. long, densely pubescent. Flowers in axillary pairs, crowded 

 toward the ends of the branches, the bracts subulate. Calyx oblong-ovoid, 



3 mm. long, the tube glabrous, the five erect lanceolate teeth setosely 

 pilose, about 1 mm. long. Corolla yellow, marked with pale yellow, 

 setosely pilose, the tube slender, 10 to 12 mm. long, nearly cylindrical, the 

 limb about 10 mm. long, 2-lipped, the upper lip broad, 4-lobed, the lobes 

 oblong ovate, obtuse, 3 mm. long. Stamens and style pilose, the corolla 

 tube pilose within. Ovary 3-celled. 



Type specimen No. 6G01 (Elmer), Baguio, Province of Benguet, Luzon, 

 June, 1904, a rather common prostrate shrub on limestone outcroppings 

 at an approximate altitude of 1,800 m. 



This species was first identified as Lonicera loiireiri DC, but as the 

 specimens did not agree entirely with the available descriptions of that 

 species, material was sent to Mr. Alfred Rehder, who has recently published 

 a synopsis of the genus.' Mr. Rehder kindly examined the specimens and 

 states that although the species is allied to Lonicera lourciri and L. acumi- 

 nata, it is a distinct, undescribed species, which is here dedicated to that 

 author. According to Mr. Rehder, the present species differs from both 

 Lonicera loureiri DC, and L. acuminataW&U., in its yellow, not red, corolla, 

 which is much more densely setose than in those species, more slender, 

 nearly cylindrical tube, smaller, acute, not acuminate, leaves which are 

 glabrous above, except on the midrib, not appressed pilose throughout, also 



'Rei)t. Mo. Bot. Gard. 14:27-2.32, 1904. 



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