264 MERRILL. 



A shrub about '' n\ liiyli, the branches I'athcr stout, terete, brown, 

 glabrous, the l)rauchlets ratlier densely brown- or Jen-ughious-liirsute. 

 Leaves opposite, coriaceous, elli})tical-ovate or oblong-elliptical, 3 to 6 

 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide, the upper sui'l'ace shining, glabrous except 

 the somewhat pubescent midrib, the nerves strongly impressed, the 

 lower sui'facc with scattered short hairs, the midrib and nerves hirsute, 

 the apex shortly acuminate, the base acute or somewhat rounded; nerves 

 6 to S on each side of the midrib, very prominent; petioles stout, densely 

 I'erruginous-hirsute, 1 mm long or less ; stipules ovate, hirsute, 2 to 3 

 mm long. Panicles terminal, congested, 3 to 4 cm long, very densely 

 ferruginous-hirsute, the bracts narrowly oblong-lanceolate, hirsute, 4 mm 

 long, the bracteoles similar but smaller. Calyx hirsute, 3 mm long, the 

 tube 1 mm, the lobes narrowly lanceolate, erect, hirsute, 2 mm long. 

 Fruit ovoid, al)0ut 2 mm in diameter. 



LuzoA', Province of Z;mili;ilt's, Mount 'rupulao, liiir. Hei. .5001 liamofi, Deceiubei', 

 1907. 



A very characteristic species, readily recognizable l)y its small, subsessile, 

 very strongly nerved leaves, congested inflorescence, and rather long erect calyx- 

 teeth. 



MUSSAENDA Linn. 



Mussaenda philippinensis sp. nov. 



Arbuscula 1 ad 3 m alta; ramis, ranudis, subius foliis, paniculisque 

 plus minus hirsutis; foliis mcndjranaceis, oblongo-cllipticis, leviter falca- 

 tis, usque ad 25 cm longis, apice acuniinatis, basi longe decurrentibus; 

 nervis utrinque ca. 10; calycis segmentibus angustc lanceolatis, hirsutis, 

 1.5 cm longis, persistentibus, sepala foliacea alba. 



A shrub 1 to 3 m high, more or less hirsute. Branches reddish-brown, 

 terete, the younger ones grayish-brown, hirsute. Leaves meinbranacoous, 

 oblong-elliptical, slightly falcate, 15 to 25 cm long, (J to 10 cm wide, 

 neai'ly glabrous above, except the slightly hirsute midril) and nerves, 

 somewhat shining, the lower surface palei-, hirsute on the midrib and 

 nerves and with scattered hairs on the lamiiui. the ajie.x rather strongly 

 acuminate, the base long and narrowly deeurrent-acuminate, equilateral : 

 nerves about 10 on each side of the mid rib, distiiu't ; petioles 2.5 em long 

 or less; stipules 1 cm long, ovate, long-acnmiuale. raiiich's tei-iniii;d. 

 hirsute, the bracts 1.5 to 1.8 eui long, hirsute, elet't into three h)ng. 

 acuminate, narrow segments. Calyx segments ])orsistcnt, narrowly lan- 

 ceolate, about 1.5 cm long, 2 to 3 mm wide, with long spreading hairs, 

 one segment sometimes pi'oduced, rormceous. white, its lamimi narrowly 

 elliptical-ovate, acuminate. 1 cm huig. ( 'orolla-t ul)e slendei', yellow, 2.5 

 (111 long, hirsute with long hairs, its lobes ovatt', aeuminate, about 3 

 mm long. i^'niit oho\i)i(l. 1 In 1.5 cm long, when young with few 

 scattered long iuiirs. 



Skmkrara, Merrill '/l-t'.i, .Inly, I'.Mlf), coniiMon in tiiicl<i'ts ;it ahoiil tl in nliovi' 

 ■<cii icvri. 



