228 

 HYDROPHYLLACE.E. 



ELLISIOPHYLLUM Maxim. 



Ellisiophyllum reptans Maxim. Bull. Acad. Petersb. 16 (1871) 223. 



Luzon. Province of Beiignct. I'auai (4738 Merrill) NoA-ember 8, 1905. In the 

 mossy forest at about 2,200 m. Japan. 



This monotypic genus has previously been known only from Japan, and the 

 discovery of the species in tlie Philippines is of special interest, especially in 

 connection with the now known, strong, northern Horistic element in the liighlands 

 of Xortliern Luzon. The identification lias been made from the generic descrip- 

 tions in Bentham and Hooker, Genera Plantarum, and in Engler uiid Prantl. 

 Xaturlichen Pflanzenfamilien, as the original description of the genus and species 

 is not available in ^Manila. 



BOERAGINACE.5^. 



BOTH RIOSPER MUM Bvmge. 



Bothriospermum tenellum (Ilornem.) Fisch. & Mey. Ind. Sem. (1835) 24; 



Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1S83) 1G7. Anchvsia ienella Hornem. 



Hort. Hafn. 1 (1813-1815) 176. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Bagnio (5774 Elmer) March. 1904. In waste 



places about old rice lands. An interesting addition to our knowledge of the 



northern element in the Philii)pine fiora, Xovtliern India 1o Manchiuia, China. 



Formosa, and Japan. 



TRIGONOTIS Stev. 



Trigonotis philippinensis Merrill sp. nov. 



An erect or somewhat spreading few branched licrl) 25 cm. high or 

 less, with ohhjng-elliptical short acuminate or apicuhite leaves, white 

 flowers in terminal ebracteolate racemes, and glabrous tetrahedral shining 

 nutlets. Branches more or less appressed hispid pubescent. Leaves 

 coriaceous, 1 to 1.8 cm. long, 8 mm. wide or less, appressed hispid 

 pubescent on both surfaces with scattered white hairs, the petioles 1 cm. 

 long or less, the nerves obsolete. Eacemes terminal, solitary, al)out 10 

 cm. long, appressed hispid pubescent, ebracteolate, the pedicels short, 

 elongated to ■"> or (I mm. in I'l'uit. Calyx nearly ."> mni. long, ."j-clert, the 

 lobes narrowly ovate, acute, hispid, nearly 2 mm. long. Corolla white, 

 4 mm. long, the tube nearly 2 mm. long, the 5 lobes spreading, broadly 

 ()l)()\ate, I'ounded, the tln'oal with .") rather hroad scales. Stamens 5, 

 included, the lilaments very short, the anthers oblong, about 0.8 mm. 

 long. Ovary glabrous; style simple, slender, about 1 mm. long. Carpels 

 4, with 4 acute edges, black, glabrous, shining, about 1 mm. long, the scar 

 small, basal. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, I'auai to J'.aguio (4700 Merrill) Xoveudjcr !», 1905. 

 Growing on damp mossy clifi's just below the limits of the mossy forest at an 

 altitude of about 1,900 m.. rare. 



An interesting addili'ni In uwv kii<i\\ le(lge (.f tlie norllicni elciiieut in the I'liil- 

 i])l)iii(' llora. no species of the genus having previously l)icn icpdited linin tin' 

 PhilippiiU's, all which had been known being conlined lo llie A>iatic cniilinent. 

 .laiian. and the l.ueliu Archipelago. 



