NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VIII. 241 



available here for comparison; not previously reported from the Philippines 

 except for, the unverified record of F.-Villar; India to the Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago. 



LUCINAEA DC. 



Lucinaea monocephala sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor glaber; foliis oblongo-ellipticis, brunneis, nitidis, 

 acuminatis, usque ad 8 cm longis, nervis utrinque circiter 10, tenuibus; 

 capitulis axillaribus, solitariis, pedunculatis, circiter 2 cm diametro. 



A shrub or tree, glabrous throughout. Branches terete, rugose, gray 

 or brown. Leaves oblong-elliptic, brown and shining when dry, paler 

 beneath, subcoriaceous or thickly chartaceous, 5 to 8 cm long, 1.5 to 3.5 

 cm wide, the base acute, the apex shortly acuminate, the lower surface 

 covered with minute, obscure, whitish, lepidote scales; nerves about 10 

 on each side of the midrib, slender, not prominent, the reticulations nearly 

 obsolete; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long. Heads axillary, solitary, brown, the 

 peduncles stout, 3 to 4 cm long, the heads globose, about 2 cm in diameter. 

 Corolla at least 1 cm long, the petals valvate. Calyx-rim truncate or 

 subtruncate. 



Luzon, Province of Laguna, near Dahican, Bur. Sci. 10034 Ramos, July, 1909 

 (type). Negkos, Faraon, For. Bur. 1901/4 Curran. 



Apparently most closely allied to Lucinaea ridleyi King, of the Malay Penin- 

 sula and Borneo, but differing, according to the description of that species, in 

 a number of characters. 



MUSSAENDA Linn. 



Mussaenda albiflora sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus 2 ad 5 m alius, omnibus partibus plus minus dense 

 hirsutis; foliis chartaceis, usque ad 30 cm longis, breviter petiolatis, 

 acuminatis, nervis utrinque 11 ad 15; paniculis terminalibus, floribus 

 ad apices ramulorum conge&tis, coroUae tubo albo, circiter 2.5 cm longo. 



An erect shrub 2 to 5 m higli, all parts more or less densely hirsute 

 with mostly long, spreading, pale or brownish hairs. Branches terete, 

 reddish-bro^vn or grayish, ultimately glabrous, the young branchlets 

 densely hirsute. Leaves chartaceous, ovate to oblong-ovate, 11 to 30 cm 

 long, 6 to 9 cm wide, the apex rather slenderly acuminate, the base 

 more or less decurrent-acuminate and usually slightly inequilateral, both 

 surfaces with scattered, spreading, long hairs, either pale or brownish, 

 and especially dense on the midrib and primary nerves; petioles 1 to 1.5 

 cm long, densely hirsute ; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, about 1 cm long, 

 usually ultimately cleft. Panicles terminal, all parts more or less clothed 

 with long or short, mostly spreading hairs, the flowers congested at the 

 apices of the branchlets, the bracts acuminate, about 7 mm long, the 

 bracteoles similar, more or less hirsute. Pedicels short, gradually merging 

 into the slender, slightly hirsute calyx, the calyx-tube about 2 mm in 

 diameter, the lobes linear-lanceolate, acuminate, hirsute, 6 to 7 mm long, 

 about 1 mm wide at the base, gradually narrowed upward to the acuminate 



