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Stamina 4 infra fancem tnbi affixa, filamentis brevibns, antheris 

 oblongis. Ovarium globosum 2-lobum stylum snbœquans 2-locu- 

 lare, loculis co-ovulatis. Capsula globosa 6 mm. in diametro 

 oequans rubra 4 valvis dehiscens. Semina numerosa ovoidea J mm. 

 longa la) via minute reticulata. 



Hab. Ganzan, in montibus Morrison, ad 9141 pcd. alt., leg. S. 

 Nagasawa, Oct. 1905, (No. 639) ; in isdem montibus, leg. G. Naka- 

 HAKA, Oct. 1906; in monte Morrison, ad 8000 ped. alt., Oct. 1906, 

 (No. 1803), et in montibus centralibus, ad 10000 ped. alt., Nov. 

 1906, (No. 1847), leg. T. Kawakami et U. Mora. 



It is not without hesitation that I have identified the present 

 plant with Elmer's Nertera clentata, transferring it to the genus 

 Logania. There is a little doubt about this being similar to Mr. 

 Elmer's. In his diagnosis, the fruits are described as follows : 

 " berries shining vermilion red, 2 lin. in diameter ; globose, frequently 

 with a short persistent style . . . . " But, in my specimens, they are 

 decidedly capsules, 5 mm. in diameter, opening with two valves, 

 each valve being- afterward divided into two. After considerino: 

 liis description and my specimens, I have wondered if he had not 

 made an error of regarding the fruits as " berries." Mr. E. D. 

 Merrill affirmed me that my plant is exactly the same as the 

 Philippine plant. In superficial observation, it appears very much 

 to be a rubiaceous plant as Mr. Elmer writes in his paper. Never- 

 theless, the plant has superior ovaries, by which character it should 

 not be regarded as belonging to Eubiaceoe, but must be referred 

 to Loganiacea?. This species is greatly different from any 

 other species of Logania known to us, and it is perhaps the 

 smallest of all the plants belonging to this genus. The plant 

 agrees with the generic characters of Logania in its floral 

 structure, inflorescence and habit, and it is somewhat like the 



