NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VII. 321 



A tree 10 to 30 m high. Branches brownish, glabrous, the young 

 parts sometimes slightly pubescent. Leaves alternate, 5-foliolate, the 

 common petiole 6 to 15 cm long, glabrous or somewhat pubescent: leaf- 

 lets chartaceous or membranaceous, ovate to elliptic-ovate, petiolulate, 7 

 to 16 cm long, 4 to 8 cm wide, entire, base acute, apex acuminate, the. 

 upper surface glabrous and shining, or the midrib and nerves slightly 

 pubescent, the lower surface slightly paler, more or less pubescent, or 

 ultimately glabrous or nearly so, not at all glandular; nerves 15 to 20 on 

 each side of the midrib, prominent, anastomosing; petiolules 5 to 15 mm 

 long, those of the lateral leaflets the shortest. Cymes axillary, solitary, 

 pedunculate, 10 to 15 cm long, in anthesis more or less pubescent, in 

 fruit nearly glabrous. Flowers purplish, tinged with white, the bracteoles 

 very small. Calyx cup-shaped, somewhat pubescent, about 4 mm long, 

 regularly 5-toothed, the teeth less than 1 mm long, broadly ovate, acute 

 or acuminate. Corolla about 11 mm long, somewhat pubescent outside, 

 the tube 5 to 6 mm long, inflated upwards; middle lobe of the lower lip 

 narrowly obovoid, rounded, crisped, 6 to 7 mm long, densely villous on 

 the. median portion inside, the lateral lobes and the upper lip 3 to 4 mm 

 long. Filaments slightly villous below. Ovary ovoid, villous at the 

 apex ; style glabrous, 9 mm long. Fruit black when dry, glabrous, oblong- 

 ovoid, rounded at the apex, about 1 cm long, the calyx persistent, accres- 

 cent, somewhat saucer-shaped, 6 to 7 mm in diameter. 



Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Siocon River, For. Bur. 9-'i90 Whitford d- 

 Hutchinson, Febrviary, 1908; For. Bur. 11245 Hutchinson, March, 1908. A speci- 

 men collected by R. S. Williams, No. 29Jf9, in the District of Davao, Mindanao, 

 is probably referable here; it is with mature fruits, and is entirely glabrous. 



This species is most closely allied to Yitex littoralis Dene.; but is at once 

 distinguishable by its five leaflets which are not at all glandular beneath. It is 

 distinguished from V. turczaninowii Merr. by its purplish, not yellow flowers, 

 non-glandular leaves and inflorescence, and other characters. It is locally known 

 as Malaun aso, and to the Moros as Colipapn aso. 



ACANTHACE^". 



JUSTICIA Linn. 

 . Justicia tenuis sp. nov. 



Herba annua, suberecta, diffusa, vel procumbens, usque ad 20 cm alta; 

 foliis membranaceis, ovatis, 1 ad 2 cm longis, acutis vel leviter acuminatis, 

 ramis ramulisque angulatis, plus minus hirsutis; inflorescentiis spicatis, 

 terminalibus axillaribusque, tenuibus; bracteis lanceolatis vel ovatis, acu- 

 minatis; calyeis segmentis 5, anguste lanceolatis, acuminatis, hyalinis; 

 corolla 2-lobata, lobis imbricatis; seminibus 4, verrucosis. 



An annual, suberect, diffuse, or procumbeiit, rather weak herb, 20 cm 

 high or less. Stems and branches slender, angled, more or less covered 

 with weak white hairs, the leaves also with a few similar ones. , Leaves 

 ovate, 1 to 2 cm long, membranaceous, acute or slightly acuminate, the 

 base broad, rounded; petioles very short. Spikes many, slender, short, 



