236 

 SOI.AXACIOJ-:. 



SOLANUM l.imi. 



Solanum inaequilaterale .Miiiill sp. iiov. 



An uiuii'iikmI. more oi- less sti'Uate piilx'si-ciit shrub '2 to .'J m. liigli, 

 with alti'rnate subentire or undulate leaves and e\ti-a-a.\illai-v cymes. 

 r>ranehes light gray, glabrous, the youiigei' ones blaek wlu-n dry, moi-e or 

 less densely stellate pubescent. Ticaves membranous or submemljranous, 

 ol)long-ovate, acute or aeuminate. the base aente or obtuse, inequilateral, 

 the lamina on one side of the niidrih extending somewhat down the 

 petiole, the margins entire or somewhat undulate, glabrous above, more 

 or less densely steUate ])ul)escent beneath, tlic young leaves very densely 

 so, the older ones subglabrous; nerves 5 to •> on each side of the uiidrih; 

 petioles 2 to 3 cm. long. Cymes ped nuclei I. stellate pubescent, densely 

 or laxly flowered, abont 5 cm. long. Calyx densely stellate ])ubescent, 

 about 4 mm. long, subtruncatc or obscurely -l-toothed. C(n-olla pale 

 purple, 11 mm. long, stellate pul)escent outside, the tube "2 mm. long, 

 the 5 lobes oblong to ol)long-laneeolate. acute. al)out :'> mm. wide. 

 Stamens 5, oblong, about 5 mm. long. Ovary ■;;-celled. glabrous or 

 slightly pubescent at the apex, the style glabrous, about G mm. long. 

 Fruit globose, glabrous, shining, bright red when mature, about T mm. 

 in diameter, the calyx not enlarged. Seed 'i to 2.5 mm. in diameter. 

 Inlloreseence becoming nearly or quite glabrous in fruit. 



Ci'zox, Province of Benguot. Siiyoo to Pauai (4807 Merrill) Novciiilur 7. I'.Mt."). 

 I><)i-(lcr of tlic mossy forest on lii;;li ridi-cs at about -J. (>()() in. .Vo. ((•i(»4 FJ)ti< r. 

 from Sablaii, the same province, appears to l)c a form of this species witli ttiiii. 

 h'ss pulu'scent leaves and longer, lax cymes. 



sci:()riirLAKiACE.T:. 



ALECTRA llimili. 



Alectra dentata il'.ciitli.i o. Kunt/.e liev. (leii. 1*1. (1891) 458. II ipin uoapcr- 



viiDii (hntdluiii Benth. in Wall. Cat. '.VMV.\. Alectra indica Benth. in DC. 



Prodr. 10 (1840) 330: Hook. f. V\. Brit. Iml. 4 (1884) 2!)7 ; Forbes & 



Hemsl. .louni. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (18»0l 2(11. Mihisnui indira Wettst. in 



Engl, uiid IVantl. Nat. Pllan/.enfam. 4 (LSitl i 3B: ill. 



Luzon, Province of Bengiiet. Bagnio to Anibuklao (4350 Merrill) October 24, 



]!)05. Dry open grass lands in thin pine forests at about 1.500 m. Xot ])reviously 



rejtorted from the I'hilippincs. 



Southern China to the inonn1ain> of Itnnna. India, and ?»Iaiirit ins. 



EUPHRASIA I. inn. 



Euphrasia borneensis Stajd. Iran-. Linn. Soc. l!ot. 11. 4 (1804) 21(i. i>l. Id. 

 f. I hi. 



Li;/.().N. rrovincc of Bcnguel. Snyoc to I'auai (4720. 4722 Merrill) XovcnduT 7. 

 1005. On dry open grassy ridges at about 2,200 m. 



Xo species of the genus has ber-n jtrevionsly rejiortcd from the Philippines. 

 Euphnisia horncoisis having previously bcin known only from the type locality. 

 Mmmt Kanabahi. British Xorth Horimo. The sixrinM-ns cited above dilfer from 

 IJiiphrasid honiccusis as described by Stai)f in some slight minor characters, but 



