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jjetioles about ') iiuii. long, rugose, s])aringl_v hirsute, heconiing glabrous. 

 Flowers white, turning yellowish in age, faintly 0(h'»rous, in pairs in 

 the uppei' axils, nearly sessile. Calyx 1 nun. long, oxoid. glabrous, the 

 teeth ovate, aeute. o nun. long, sliglitly hirsute-eiliate, the braet linear, 

 glabrous or nearly so, about 3 mm. long. Corolla glabrous outside, hir- 

 sute inside, the tube about 7 mm. long. Anthers oblong, 4 mm. long; 

 tilaments hirsute. Ovary o-eelled ; style about 13 mm. long, slendei', 

 hirsute except just below the stigma. Fruit subglobose or ovoid, glabrous, 

 black when mature. 5 to G mm. in diameter; seeds few, 2 or 3, about 

 1 mm. long. 



Luzox. Province of Benguet. Pauai (4775 Mci-rill) Xoveinl)f'r S. KM)."). In 

 thickets, border of mossy forest at about 2.200 ni. 



A species of the § 'Siniooa, snbsect. Brevifloruc, apparently most closely related 

 to Lonicera glabrata Wall., of the Himalayan region, and quite (lis,tinct from 

 the only other known Philippine species of the genus, L. rehderi ]\[err.. which 

 is also known only from tlie same province as is the present species. 



CUCURBITACE.E. 



ZANONIA Linn. 



Zanonia philippinensis Meriill sp. nov. 



Scandent in large trees reaching a height of iroui 30 to oO m. 

 Branches rather slender, striate, glabrous, gravish brown. Tendrils i>ia- 

 brous 8 to 10 cm. long or more. Leaves ovate, the base broad, somewhat 

 cordate, coriaceous, glabrous, shining on both surfaces, paler beneath, 

 the apex acute, 15 to 21 cm. long, 10 to 12 cm. wide, 3-nerved from the 

 l)ase, the lateral nerves prominent, few. distant; petioles 2 to 3.5 cm. 

 long. FloAvers unknown. Fruit subglobose, brown, glabrous, somewhat 

 shining, the pericarp brittle when dry, about 20 cm. in diameter. Seeds 

 indefinite, elliptical, flattened, 2.5 cm. long, 1.5 cm. wide, wings mem- 

 branous, surrounding the seed, each about G cm. long. 1 cm. wide, the base 

 entire, curved, the apex irregularly lobed or toothed. 



MiXDAXAO, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley (324 Mrs. Clciiicits) February. 1905. 

 A species evidently related to the Malayan Zanonia macrocarpa Blume, differing 

 from the latter in its cordate leaves, smaller seeds which have much wider and 

 somewhat longer wings than in Blume's species. Of this genus, Zanonia imlica 

 Liiui.. has been reported from the Philippines by F.-Vi]]ai\ but liis recMud h:is 

 never been verified. 



CAMPANULACE.E. 



PRAT I A Gaud. 



Pratia begonifolia Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. l-il.i : Clarke in Hook. f. V\. Brit. Ind. 3 

 (1881) 422; Forbes & Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1880) 2. 



Luzox, Province of Benguet, Sablan (6201 Elmer) April. l!l()4: Bagnio to 

 Ambuklao (430!) Merrill) October 24, 1905. Growing on steep damp banks in 

 ravines. Japan to t'ential and Southern China. Formosa, Eastern Iiulia. and 

 JNIalaya. 



No species of the gcnns pic\ iously rc])(irtcd from llic Philippines. 



