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Jasminum triphyllum .Mfviill sji. nov. S Tiifoliald. 



A sciiiidcnl slii'uh, ulahrmis oi' nearly so tliroii.ii'lioiit. witli opposite or 

 suhopposite, li'ifoliati' leaves and axillary and ieriiiinal paniculate cymes. 

 Branches slender, glabrous, the younger ones greenish-broAvn. Leaflets 

 subcoriaceons, glabrous, ovate, slightly shining, short acuminate or 

 merely acute, the base broad, rounded, the terminal one (i to !) cm. long, 

 .') to 4.5 cm. wide, the lateral ones somewhat smaller but similar in 

 shape; nerves irregular, not prominent, aljout on each side of the 

 midrib, the base sub o-nerved, the marginal pair often obscure; petioles 

 1.5 to 2 cm. long, the petiolule of the terminal leaflet 1.5 cm., of the 

 lateral leaflets 1 cm. or less. Inflorescence equaling or exceeding the 

 leaves, slightly pubescent, the peduncles 2 to 4 cm. long, the l)racts small, 

 ovate, the bracteoles minute. Flowers white. Calyx tube cup-shaped, 

 about 2 mm. long, truncate or with very obscure teeth. Corolla slender, 

 the tube 8 mm. long, slightly enlarged above, glabrous, the lobes 5, 

 spreading, orbicular-ovate, obtuse, about 2.5 mm. in diameter. Filaments 

 short; anthers oblong, slightly acuminate, about 'l.'.\ mm. long. Stignui 

 bifld, the lobes nearly 3 mm. long. 



Palawax, Puerto Piincesa (2(51 Bermejos) December, 1905. In forests. 



A species apparently related to Jasminum parriflonnii Decne., diftVvins' espe- 

 cially from the latter in its glabrous branches and ()il)icular-ovat('. obtiiso, not 

 lanceolate, acuminate, corolla lobes. 



GENTIANACE.ll 



COTYLANTHERA Blumo. 



Cotylanthera tenuis Blume. Bijd. 2 (1S25) 707; ALiq. ¥\. hid. Bat. 2 (1850) 

 735; Dunal, in DC. Prodr. 13 (1852) 074. 



Luzon, Province of Laguna, :\Iount :\laq)iiling (5140 MerriU) :Mavch 17, 1000. 

 In forests at about 900 m. 



The above identification is presumably correct, although the original and 

 subsequent descriptions of the species, and the descriptions of Eophylon. lohhii 

 A. Gray, and /v. inirUinn A. Gray, the former at least being apparently a 

 synonym of Blume's species, are all so short tliat absolute identification is 

 impossible without comjiarison with the type material. The Philippine plant 

 when fresh, is of a pale lavender color throughout, 4 to (i cm. high, unbranched, 

 or with at most one branch, with solitary flowers and :'> to 5 pairs of bracts. 



GENTIANA Linn. 



Gentiana apoensis Merrill sp. nov. $ ('hoii<Irophi/llii. 



A low. erect, often densely tufted, more oi' less branched perennial 

 2 cm. high or less, glabrous, the leaves all similar, distichous, imbricated. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, acute or obscurely acuminate, 5 to G 

 mm. long, about 2 mm. wide, sessile, crowded, the nerves obscure. Flow- 

 ers solitary at tlie ends of the short brandies. Calyx 5 mm. long 

 including the teeth, the latter lanceolate, acuminate. ai)iculate. 2 to 2.5 

 mm. loiii;-. (^)i'olla liil)iilar. about 7 mm. long. 5-lobed, the lobes bi'oadly 



