256 MERRILL. 



Blumea mindanaensis sp. iiov. 



Herba erecta vix vol parce rainosa, stricta, usque ad 1 m alta ; foliis 

 sessilibus, oblongis vol oblongo-obovatis, subcoriaceis, scabridis, plus minus 

 pubescentibus, niargijie irregulariter dentic-ulatis; capitalis in ramuis plus 

 minus congestis, circiter l.T cm diametro. 



An erect stout herb about 1 m high, slightly or not at all branched, 

 except the inflorescence. Stems stout, brown or pui-plish, striate, more 

 or less pubescent, 5 to 7 mm in diameter. Leaves sessile, oblong to 

 oblong-obovate, (i to 12 cm long, 1.5 to 3.5 cm wide, subcoriaceous, some- 

 what shining when dry, scabrid, the upper surface often supplied with 

 numerous, small, white dots, beneath somewhat pubescent, the apex acute 

 or slightly acuminate, the base acute, the margins distantly and irreg- 

 ularly denticulate, not at all lobcd or sinuate. Panicles about 40 cm 

 long, the loAver branches sometimes 15 cm in length, often much smaller, 

 all parts rather densely brown-pubescent. Heads somewhat crowded, 

 shortly peduncled, 10 to 12 mm long, 15 to 18 mm in diameter, the 

 involucral bracts often purplish. Bracts several-seriate, the outer ones 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, about 2 mm long, rather strongly pubescent, 

 the inner gradually larger, the innermost 8 mm long, 1 mm wide, ciliate 

 on the margins toward the apex. Flowers yellow, heterogamous, the outer 

 ones indefinite (more than 100), pistillate; achenes slender, 1 mm long, 

 glabrous or with very few scattered hairs; pappus-hairs about 20, white, 

 slender, minutely scabrid, 6 mm long; corolla cylindric, slender, 7 mm 

 long, obscurely 3-toothed ; style-arms exserted, slender, 1 mm long. Disk- 

 flowers perfect, about 11 ; achenes like those of the pistillate flowers but 

 stouter; corolla 6 mm long, enlarged above, 5-toothed, the teeth oblong- 

 ovate, acute, 0.5 mm long; stamens 2 mm long, minutely tailed at the 

 base; style slightly exserted, the arms 0.5 mm long, slender. Disk glab- 

 rous or with very few, short, scattered hairs, pitted. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 136 (type), November, 

 1906, and also unnumbered specimens collected in March, 1907, and in September, 

 1907. 



A species well characterized by its comparatively large heads which are densely 

 disposed, its erect, strict habit, and sessile, scabrid leaves. It is probably allied 

 to Blumea chinensis Less., and among the Philippine species most closely allied 

 to B. incisa (Elm.) Merr., differing from the latter notably in its leaf characters. 



Blumea ramosii sp. nov. 



Species B. sericanti Hook. f. affinis, sed differt foliis mullo majoribus, 

 usque ad 16 cm longis, late oblongo-oblanceolatis, capitulis pedunculatis. 



An erect, unbranched, suifnitescent plant at least 80 cm high, the 

 stem stout, terete, pubescent, mostly covered with the persistent, densely 

 arranged, petiole-bases, this part of the stem about 20 cm long, the leaves 

 crowded above this naked portion, subtending the inflorescence. Leaves 

 subcoriaceous, sessile, crowded, broadly o])long-oblanooolate, 11 to IG cm 



