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VALLARIS Burman f. 



VALLARIS DARONENSIS (Elmer) comb. nov. 



Holarrhena daronensis Elmer Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1465. 



Mindanao, District of Davao, Elmer 11912 (type number), in fruit, 

 October, 1909: District of Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens s. n., May, 

 1907, with young flowers: Province of Misamis, Quadras 100, from Tali- 

 sayan, locally known as pamacoton. 



This species is in all respects a Vallaris, not a Holarrhena, and is 

 accordingly transferred to the former genus; it is closely allied to Val- 

 laris gitingensis (Elmer) Merr., but has broader, more prominently nerved 

 leaves and apparently somewhat larger flowers. 



VALLARIS GITINGENSIS (Elmer) comb. nov. 



Kickxia gitingensis Elmer I^afl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912, March 18) 1455. 



Vallaris angustifolia Merr. in Philip. Joum. Sci. 7 (1912, November 

 15) Bot. 335. 



The name proposed by Mr. Elmer, sub Kickxia, has priority over that 

 used by me, sub Vallaris, the latter being the proper genus as the anthers 

 are exserted, not included in the corolla tube. Mr. Elmer's specific name 

 is accordingly adopted, transferred to Kickxia, and K. angustifolia Merr. 

 reduced as a synonym. The two are identical in all respects. Vallaris 

 gitingensis is represented by the following material: 



Luzon, Province of Laguna, Paete, Holman 8, April, 1910; Nangaiby, 

 For. Bur. 20175 Manuel, September, 1913 (sterile) : Province of Tayabas, 

 Lucban, Bur. Sci. 195S7 Ramos, January, 1913, in fruit: Province of Sor- 

 sogon, For-. Bur. 10507 Curran, June, 1908, For. Bur. 15077 Rosenbluth, 

 April, 1909 (type of V. angustifolia Merr.). Sibuyan, Elmer 1220S, April, 

 1910 (type number of Kickxia gitingensis Elmer). Leyte, Wenzel 652, 

 678, May, 1914. Some of the material has been distributed as Vallaris 

 holmanii Merr., but I consider now that but a single species is represented. 



The follicles are in pairs, about 20 cm long, 5 mm in diameter, nar- 

 rowed at both ends, straight or slightly curved; seeds linear-lanceolate, 

 about 2 cm long, the coma plumose, the hairs very soft, pale-brownish, 

 abundant, 5 to 6 cm long. 



VERBENACEAE 



CALLICARPA Linnaeus 

 CALLICARPA LANCIFOLIA sp. nov. 



Frutex 1 ad 4 m altus plus minusve stellato-pubescentibus 

 glandulosisque ; foliis lanceolatis vel anguste oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 chartaceis, usque ad 20 cm longis, basi leviter inaequilateralibus, 

 obtusis, apice longe caudato-acuminatis, supra parce simpliciter 

 pubescentibus, eglandulosis, subtus leviter stellato-pubescentibus, 

 glandulosis, nervis utrinque circiter 11; cymis axillaribus soli- 

 tariis, laxis, 2 ad 4 cm longis, dichotomis; floribus 4-meris, cir- 

 citer 3 mm longis, corolla glabra vel subglabra. 



A shrub 1 to 4 m high. Branches terete, slender, subglabrous 

 or more or less ferruginous-stellate-pubescent, the younger ones 



