NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VI. 265 



A species well characterized by its elongated, narrow, persistent calyx-lobes; 

 apparently allied to Miissaenda wrayii King, of the Malay Peninsula, but very 

 different from that species. 



LASIANTHUS .Jack. 



Lasianthus everettii sp. nov. 



Arbor parva vel arbuscula; ramulis foliis stipulis braeteisqne plus 

 minus fusco- vel flavcscenti-pilosis vel villosis; foliis lanceolatis vel oblaii- 

 ceolatis, ca. 2^ cm longis, longe tenuiter acuminatis, basi acutis; nervis 

 utrinque 9 vel 10; stipulis ovato-lanceolatis, 3 cm longis, dense villosis, 

 longe caudato-acuminatis, submembranaceis ; floribus axillaribus, solita- 

 riis vel fasciculatis, 5-meris; bracteis anguste lanceolatis, numerosis. 



A small tree or shrub, the branches, leaves and stipules more or less 

 densely covered with the rather long brown to yellowish-green hairs, 

 the branchlets nearly black when dry. Leaves lanceolate or oblanceolate, 

 about 30 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, submembranaceous, the apex long and 

 slenderly acuminate, base acute, both surfaces with numerous long yellow- 

 ish or brownish hairs ; nerves 9 or 10 on each side of the midrib, prominent 

 beneath, curved-ascending, anastomosing, the reticulations lax; petioles 

 1 cm long, densely villous ; stipules prominent, ovate-lanceolate, long- and 

 slenderly acuminate, 3 cm long, 8 mm wide, densely yellowish-villous 

 narrowed below towards the base, submembranaceous. Flowers axillary, 

 two or three or more in each axil, sessile, the bracts many, lanceolate, 

 slenderly acuminate, densely villous, about 2 cm long. Fruit about 5 mm 

 long sparingly hirsute, crowned with a tuft of long brown hairs, 5-celled. 



Negeos, near Cadiz Nuevo, For. Bur. 5591 Everett, November, 1906. 



A very characteristic species, distinguishable by its yellowish hairs, lanceolate 

 long-acuminate leaves and very prominent stipules and bracts which are covered 

 with long yellowish hairs. 



RANDIA Houst. 



Randia racemosa (Cav.) F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 108; Maxim, in Bull. 

 Acad. Petersb. 29 (1884) 167; Forbes & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 

 (1888) 382. 



atylocoryna racemosa Cav. Icon. 4 (1797) 45, t. 368; DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 

 377; Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. (1841) 264; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1856) 205. 



Remijia odorata Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 115; ed. 3 1: 205. 



Randia densifiora Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 32; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 130, non (?) Benth. 



Luzon, Province of Bataan, Lamao River, For. Bur. 1472 Ahern's collector; For. 

 Bur. 20.'i'1 Borden; Elmer 6813: Province of Batangas, For. Bur. 7631 Curran tC- 

 Merritt, October, 1907: Province of Pangasinan, For. Bur. 8390 Curran d Merriit, 

 December, 1907: Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Merrill 2789, July, 1903; Bur. Sci. 

 Ifl5.'f Ramos, July, 1900; San Mateo, For. Bur. 18U, 3166 Ahern's collector, 

 September, 1904, June, 1905. iliNnoRO, Pola, Merrill 2219, May, 1903. Mas- 

 UATE, Merrill SOSJf, August, 1903. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, 

 Mrs. Clemens 1193, September, 1907. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines, and extending to the Riu Kiu Islands. 



