240 MERRILL. 



but differs in il^ very short calyx-teeth, shorter and usually iiiuru slender corolla, 

 which is white or pale-pink, and in its very small, congested, few-flowered cymes. 

 In spite of its wide distribution in the Philippines I have been unable to refer 

 it with any degree of satisfaction to any previously described species. 



Var. brevituba var. nov. 



A typo diJfert cymis sessilibus vel brevissime pedunculatis, corollae 

 tubo vix 1 cm longo. 



Luzon, Province of Ilocos Norte, Pasuquin, For. Bur. 15527 Merritt d Darling, 

 November 3, 1908, on limestone formation, hillsides, altitude about 100 m. 



Ixora coccinea Linn, apparently does not occur in the Philippines except as an 

 introduced and cultivated plant. 



Ixora iittoralis sp. nov. 



Arbuscula glabra, erecta ; foliis coriaceis, breviter petiolalis, basi leviter 

 cordatis, apice acutis vel acuminatis, ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 

 () cm longis; cymis depauperatis, congestis, paucifloris, breviter pedun- 

 culatis, axillaribus terminalibusquc ; floribus sessilibus vel brevissime pedi- 

 cellatis, 1.6 ad 1.8 cm longis, calycis lobis acutis, quam tubus brcvioribus. 



A glabrous shrub. Branches stout, terete, dark-gray. Leaves ovate 

 to oblong-ovate, 2.5 to 6 cm long, 1 to 3 cm wide, subcoriaceous, brown, 

 and shining Avhen dry, paler beneath, the base rather l.»road, rounded - 

 subcordate, apex acute or obscurely acuminate, apiculate; nerves about 

 8 on each side of tlie midrib, slender, brown, distinct beneath, the 

 reticulations rather lax, distinct; petioles about 1 mm long; stipules 

 lanceolate-acuminate, 3 mm long or less. Cymes axillary and termi- 

 nating short lateral branches, the peduncles 5 to 6 mm long, subtended 

 by about three pairs of imbricated, distichous bracts about 2.5 mm 

 long, their bases broad, abruptly caudate-acuminate, the bracts sub- 

 tending the few branches ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 2 mm long, the 

 bracteoles linear, 1 mm long or less. Cymes few-flowered, congested, the 

 branches only about 2 mm long. Flowers in triads, the middle one sessile 

 or nearly so, the pedicels of the lateral ones 1 to 2 mm long. Calyx 3 

 mm long, the teeth broadly triangular-ovate, acute, 0.5 mm long. Corolla- 

 tube 14 to 16 cm long, 1 mm in diameter, the lobes coriaceous, not 

 reticulated, mottled, elliptic-ovate, 5 mm long, 3 mm wide, acute or obtuse. 

 Anthers 3.5 mm long, apiculate. Style slightly exserted; stigma cleft. 



BoHOL, Tagbilaran, on beach cliffs, Bur. Sci. 127 Jf McGregor, July, 1906; 

 flowers white. 



A species closely allied to Ixora philijjpiitetisis Merr., differing in its smaller 

 leaves and flowers and frequently axillary inflorescence. 



LASIANTHUS Jack. 



Lasianthus cyanocarpus Jack in Trans. Linn. Soc. 14 (1823) 125; Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1880) 179; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 112; King in Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng. 73= (1904) 113. 



Luzo.N, Province of Cagayan, Bur. Sci. 7^/06 Ramos, March, 1909. 



The specimen agrees closely with the description and with the single specimen 



