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Prema membranacea sp. nov. 



A subscandent shrub with rather hirge, very thin, more or h>ss pubescent, 

 broadly elliptical-ovate to suborbicular-obovate entire leaves, and small 

 4-merous flowers, the calyx equally 4-toothed, the corolla equally 4-lobed, the 

 lobes reflexed. Branches light gray, glabrous, the young branchlets dark 

 brown, rather strongh- pubescent with weak crisped hairs. Leaves 11 to 

 20 cm. long, !) to 14 cm. wide, shortly abruptly acuminate, the base broad, 

 truncate-rounded, the margins obscurely undulate, the upper surface with 

 few scattered weak spreading hairs, especially on the nerves and midrib, 

 the pubescence of the lower surface similar but stronger ; nerves very prom- 

 inent on both surfaces, ascending, C to 7 on each side of the midrib, the 

 primary reticulations subparallel, rather lax; petioles 5 to 7 cm. long, rather 

 densely pubescent with somewhat crisped hairs. Inflorescence a terminal 

 corymbose panicle 12 to 14 em. long, and nearly as broad, the peduncle, 

 branches and bracts imiformly, rather densely, crisped, somewhat ferrugi- 

 nous pubescent, the bracts subulate, about o mm. long. Flowers yellowish 

 white, sessile or nearly so. Calyx oblong, slightly strigose pubescent, 2 mm. 

 long, equally 4-toothed, the teeth small, rounded or subacute. Corolla evenly 

 4-lobed, the tube 3 mm. long, glabrous outside, the throat den.sely villous, 

 lobes reflexed, oblong, rounded, about 1.5 mm. long, slightly more than 1 nun. 

 wide. Stamens 4, didynamous ; filaments glabrous, slender, two slightly ex- 

 ceeding 4 mm. in length, two slightly shorter; anthers 0.4 mm. long. Ovary 

 ovoid, glabrous; style glabrous, about 4 mm. long, the style arms 1 mm. long. 



Type specimen: Bosoboso, Province of Rizal. Luzon (1165 Ahern's collect- 

 or), June, 1904; also from the same loc^ility Xo. 3102. June. 1005. 



GESNERACE.E. 



Boea swinhoii Hance, Ann. Sc. Nat. V. 5: 231. 186G; Carke in DC. 



Monog. Phan. 5: 142. 1883; Forbes & Hemsley, Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 



26: 234. 1890. 

 This species previously known only from Formosa and Borneo is repre- 

 sented by specimens from Mount Arayat, Province of Pampanga, Luzon 

 (3928, 4209 Merrill), October, 1904, September, 1905, the specimen in fruit, 

 agreeing well with one of Boea sicinJwii (897a Henry), from Formosa (in 

 Herb. Oovt. Lab.). 



CAPRI FOLIACE.l]. 



Virburnum sinuatum sp. nov. (Euvihurnum, ^ Opuhts.) 



A shrub about 7 m. liigh or less, with oblong-ovate, coarsely sinuate- 

 dentate, long-acuminate, nearly glabrous leaves, the petioles and inflores- 

 cence densely stellate pubescent, the fruit compressed, 1 -celled, 1 -seeded, the 

 endocarp pitted but not ribbed, the albumen uniform. I?ranches slender, 

 bro\ni, glabrous, the branchlets more or less ferruginous pubescent. Leaves 

 membranous, G to 8 cm. long, 2 to 5 cm. wide, the base rounded, broad, tiie 

 apex long slender acuminate, the margins coarsely sinuate-dentate, the 

 teeth subacuniinate. entirely glabrous above, except the more or less pilose 



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