V. PHILIPPINE ACAXTHACE.^. 



Bv C. B. Clarke. 



The following Latin diagnoses of new species of Acanthacei-e, 

 are submitted for publication as prepared by ]\Ir. C. B. Clarke, Kew, 

 England, and transmitted by him to this office, the material cited, 

 other than the numbers of Cuming's, Vidal's, and Lother's collec- 

 tions, having been submitted to Mr. Clarke from this office. Addi- 

 tional notes in English have been added by myself. The types 

 are at Kew.— (E. D. M.) 

 "Eranthemum curtatum C. B. Clai-ke, MS. 



"(Cuming Xo. 1658). Foliis usque ad 27 cm. longis, 8 cm. latis, basi 

 longe attenuatis, apice breviter acutatis; panicula in pseudoapicam conti- 

 nuam, 18 cm. longam, contracta; coroUae tubo 3 cm. longo, usque ad 

 apicem lineari ; cetero ut E. racemosum Hassk. 



-Eranthcmum malabaricinn Vid. Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 205. 1886, non Hook. 

 f.; E. crenulatum Nees, MS., non Lindley; E. Andersoni Herb. Kew, partim." 

 C. B. Clarke in lit. 



An erect simple or slightly branched suffrutescent plant 0.7 to 1.5 ni. 

 high. Stem light gray, glabrous, striate, angular, the younger parts some- 

 what ferruginous furfuraceous. Leaves membranous, glabrous or nearly 

 so; nerves 6 to 9 on each side of the midrib, rather prominent; petioles 

 1 to 3 cm. long, more or less ferruginous furfuraceous, becoming glabrous 

 or nearly so. Calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, acuminate. 4 to 5 mm. long, 

 slightly pubescent. Corolla white, becoming yellowish white with age, more 

 or less hirsute pubescent, tlie lobes about ll mm. long. Capsule glabrous, 

 2.5 cm. long. 



Luzon. Province of Bataan. Mount Mariveles (:!052 Merrill) , March, 1905; 

 Province of Benguet, Sablan (6122 Elmer), April, 1904. Mindoro, Baco 

 River (1779 Merrill), April, 1903. Ticao Island (1046 Clark), May, 1904. 

 Rather common in forests, but scattered, extending to an altitude of about 

 200 m. on Mount Mariveles. 

 "Hypoestes cinerea C. B. Clarke, MS. 



•■(\iilnl Nos. ;540. 482; Loher, Nos. 4277, 4278.) I'ul.cnila, foliis 1 dm. 

 longis, ovati-lanceolatis; paniculis eompositis, pro magna parte terniinali- 

 bus; involucris 7 to 8 mm. longis. puberulis, lobis apice oblongis. vix acutis: 



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