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by Ceron,-" No. 3395 Tidal, l)iit our s])('ciiiioii cited docs not appear to be suf- 

 ficiently distinct from JMiqucl's species. The Palawan specimens dillVr from 

 Nycticalos cuspidatuvi as described by Miquel in having shorter petioh's, and 

 slii,rlitly lar<ier calyces, while tlie leaves are acute, scarcely cuspidate. 



RADERMACHERA Ilassk. 



Radermachera biternata .Merrill sp. nov. 



A small tree about 8 in. liio-li. (|uite glal)i'()us iliToug-hoiit, with l)ipin- 

 nate leaves, clliptical-ovatc, usually obtuse leaflets and few flowered 

 panicles much shorter than the leaves, the flowers about 5.5 cm. long. 

 Branches gray or brownish, the younger parts black when dry. Leaves 

 20 cm. long or less, opposite, biternate; leaflets 5 to 9 cm. long, 2.5 to 

 5 cm. wide, subcoriaceous, shining, the apex rounded obtuse or broadly 

 acute, the base acute, the margins revolute; primary nerves about 10 on 

 each side of the midrib, rather distinct beneath, the reticulations netted, 

 rather close; petiolules of the lateral leaflets 1.5 cm. long or less, of the 

 terminal ones about 3 cm. long. Inflorescence much reduced, the rhachis 

 3 cm. long or less, the branches very short or none. Flowers few. Calyx 

 about 1 cm long, closed in bud, in anthesis unequally 3-lobed, the lobes 

 short, acute. Corolla 5 to 5.5 cm. long, the tubuhir portion less than 

 1 cm. long, about 3.5 mm. in diameter, enlarged-ventricose above, the 

 lobes about 1.5 cm. long, rounded, entire, glabrous pink or pale purjjlc. 

 Stamens about 2 cm. long. Style 2.5 cm. long. Fruit unknown. 



CULION (568 Merrill) December 24, 1902. Busuanga (3491 Ciirran) Decem- 

 ber 31, 1905, both of these islands l)eloii<iing to tlie Calamianes Group, between 

 Mindoro and Palawan. 



A species growing in open grassy valleys slightly above tlie sea level well cliar- 

 acterized by its much reduced inflorescence and large flowers. 



RUP.TACK.E. 



GALIUM Linn. 



Galium philippinense Alcnill sp. ni»v. (1. ciiuuv Elm. Leaf. Philip. Bot. (190()) 

 4, non Hook. 

 A tufted erect or diffuse, much branched perennial, more or less ciliate- 

 pilose herb 10 to 30 cm. high, the leaves in wliorls of fours, 3-nerved 

 rtoiii ihc base, the cymes sliort, hilcral. \('\\ llowercd. Branches 4-angled, 

 more or less pilose when young, l)ut not hispid, becoming nearly glabrous. 

 Leaves elliptical-ovate, sessile or nearly so, 5 to 8 mm. long, 2 to 4 mm. 

 wide, acute a( both ends, more or less (•iliate-])ilose witli long scattered 

 white hairs, 3-]ierved. Cymes about 1 cm. long, mostly 5-llowered, the 

 I)eduncles 1 cm. long or U^ss, glabrous or nearly so. tb.e l)racts foliaceous, 

 oblong-lanceolate, about 3 cm. long, i'^lowers white, eoi'olla I'otate, 

 O.iS mm. long. l-lol)ed. the lobes ovate, obtuse. Calyx tube oxoid. Vv\\\i 

 about 1 mm. in diametei', glahi'ous oi- somewhat rugose when ili'v. 



"''('(il. I'l. Ilrrh. ( iSifil. 127. 



