PHILIPPINE PLANTS, IX. 347 



Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, near Zamboanga, Merrill 5467, October 

 1906, in coconut groves along small streams; Basagan, Merrill 8238, De- 

 cember, 1911, in waste places near houses. Palawan, near Puerto Princesa, 

 Bur. Sci. 287 Bermejos, January, 1905, locally known as cadlum. 



This species, like the preceding, is certainly not a native of the Philip- 

 pines, but has been introduced from some other part of Malaya. It appears 

 to be less common than Pogostemon cablin, or at any rate more restricted 

 in its distribution. It is found in waste places in and near settlements, 

 and is thoroughly naturalized; it is doubtless also cultivated, but I have 

 seen no cultivated specimens. 



POGOSTEMON NEPETOIDES Stapf in Kew Bull. (1908) 116. 



This species was described from a specimen collected by Micholitz in 

 the Philippines, no definite locality being given. Dr. C. B. Robinson, who 

 has kindly examined the type in the Kew Herbarium informs me that it 

 seems to be well matched by a specimen collected in Ilocos Norte, Luzon, by 

 Merritt and Darling, For. Bur. 12^79, although the specimens were not quite 

 comparable, the type being more mature. So far as the specimen goes, 

 For. Bur. 12^79 Merritt & Darling agrees with Stapf's description, and 

 doubtless represents his species. It has much the appearance of Pogos- 

 temon cablin Benth., but differs in being less pubescent, its leaves scarcely 

 lobed, and its panicled spikes much more numerous and smaller than in 

 Bentham's species. 



Var, GLANDULOSUS var. nov. 



A typo difFert calycibus minoribus, 3.5 ad 4 mm longis, 

 glandulosis. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso (San Isidro), Bur. Sci. 18^9, 2130, 

 ISJtOe (type) Ramos, January, 1907, February, 1911, the specimens in- 

 dicated as growing in forests. 



This form may eventually prove to be a distinct species, but it appears 

 to be closely allied to Stapf's Pogostemon nepetoides, which it closely re- 

 sembles. It differs at least in that its calyces are shorter, 3.5 to 4 mm 

 long, and distinctly glandular with waxy glands. The plant is aromatic, 

 with about the odor of Pogostemon cablin Benth., but much weaker. No 

 native names are recorded. 



POGOSTEMON MEMBRANACEUS sp. nov. 



Herba erecta, ramosa, erecta, 50 cm alta vel ultra, subglabra 

 vel plus minusve puberula; foliis membranaceis, ovatis, nitidis, 

 basi rotundatis, apice acuminatis, margine distincte crenato- 

 serratis, usque ad 9 cm longis, subtus glandulosis, ad costa ner- 

 visque puberulis; inflorescentiis terminalibus, solitariis, cylin- 

 draceis, usque ad 15 cm longis, 1.5 ad 2 cm diametro, anguste 

 paniculatis, spicif ormibus ; verticillastris subapproximatis, in- 

 ternodiis 5 ad 10 mm longis; floribus 5-meris, calycibus circiter 

 6.5 mm longis. 



An erect branched herb 50 cm high or more, subglabrous, 

 or more or less puberulent. Branches subterete or slightly 



