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WAHLENBERGIA Sflnnd. 



Wahlenbergia bivalvis ]\Jfirill sp. iiov. 



An erect, glabrous, lax, branched, animal herb "iU tu iU cm. h.igh with 

 linear or linear-lancieolate entire leaves and solitary, long peduncled, 

 l)liie flowers, the capsule 2-celled, 2-valved at the apex inside the persistent 

 calyx teeth. Branches slender, terete. Leaves 1.5 to 3 cm. long, 1 to 

 ■i.o jiiin. wide, acuminate, sessile or the basal ones petioled and sometimes 

 sparingly pilose, the margins thickened, the lateral nerves obsolete. 

 Peduncles solitary, slender, 10 cm. long or less. Calyx glabrous, 5 mm. 

 long, the tube 3 mm. long, oblong-ovoid, the lobes 5, erect, linear-lan- 

 ceolate, acute, 3 mm. long. Corolla blue, campanulate. al)out 7 mm. 

 long, 5-lobed, the tube nearly 3 mm. long, the lobes oblong, acute, about 

 2 mm. wide. Stamens free; anthers narrow, 2 mm. long. Ovary infe- 

 rior, 2-celled; style nearly 4 mm. long; stigma broadly lobed. Capsule 

 membranous, oblong, 6 mm. long, 3 mm. in diameter, 2-celled, 2-valved 

 at the apex inside the persistent erect calyx teetji, the apex convex, sul)- 

 conical. Seeds indefinite, elliptical-oblong, glabrous, 0.5 mm. long. 



Luzo>% Province of Benguet, Mount Tonglon (Santo Tomas) (4811 Merrill) 

 November 12, 1905; Baguio to Ambuklao (43G1 Merrill) October 24, 1905: 

 District of Lepanto, Mount Data (4559 Merrill) November 4, 1905. 



A species ajjparently distinct from Wahlenheijiia gracilis A. DC, especially in 

 its 2-celled, 2-valved capsules, growing on diy ()i)en grassy slopes in thin pine 

 forests 1,000 to 2,100 m., widely distribvited Imt not abundant. 



COMPOSIT.E. 



AINSLIAEA DC. 



Ainsliaea reflexa Merrill sp. nov. 



Erect, simple, the leaves mostly radical, long petioled, the petioles 

 winged-margined, the inflorescence long, racemose, the lieads 3-flowfered, 

 about 12 mm. long, solitary or in pairs. Stems glabrous, terete, simple, 

 erect 20 to 60 cm. tall with few reduced linear-lanceolate leaves. Eadical 

 leaves membranous, glabrous or with few long hairs beneath and on the 

 7nidrib above, tlie blade elliptical-oblong to oblong-ovate, 2.5 to 6 cm. 

 long, 1 to 2 cm. wide, acute, with distant, short spinulose teeth the 

 nerves 2 to 3 on each side of the midrib, rather abruptly contracted at 

 the base; petioles narrowly winged, much exceeding the lamina G to 8 

 cm. long. Heads narrow, pedicellate, the pedicels 2 lo •! mm. long, 

 pubescent, mostly reflexed, at least in anlhesis. Iiivoluci'al bracts si)ai'- 

 ingly pilose with scattered hairs, the lowei- ones l..') mm. long, ovate to 

 lanceolate, acuminate, the inner ones liiicar-lnnceolate to liuear-oblan- 

 ceolate, 12 mm. long, al)out l.S mm. wide. Adienes 4.5 to 5 mm. long, 

 10 ribbed, somewhat com}iressed, about I mm. thick above, j)ilo.se with 

 scattered spreading white hairs; ])ai)])us l)rowni>b, the bristles about 30 

 on eac1i acheiie, (i to 7 mm. long, ])lnmnse-|)ili)se with 1 mm. long hairs. 



