302 MEintiLL. 



ERANTHEMUM I. inn. 



Eranthemum curtatum C. ]{. Clarke in Govt. l>al). Puhl. 35 (liK)')) S!). 



Ill tliickfts near tlie Alag River at 100 in. alt. ( Nu. (il."):}). rreviously eollected 

 on tlie Baco River, near the base of Mount Halcon hy Merrill (No. 177!)) April, 

 190:3, and by McOrcfjor (No. 144) Mareli, 1905. 



Known only from \Av/.on, ^lindoro and Tiejio. 



STROBILANTHES I'.lmne. 



Strobilanthes halconensis Mcnill n. sji. 



Suhg'labrus; J'oliis opiiositis, iiiae'(iiialil)us, u^t[\U' ad !!• cin. loii.uis, 8 

 fill, latis, longe sii])eau(lat(>-ac'iiiiiinatis ; spicis 5 ad S cm. loii^is; hi-acteis 

 aeuleatis, 5 iiuii. lonjiis, in pai'ihiis distant ihiis : coi'olla "^ cm. loiiga; 

 filamentis pilis loiigis oniatis. 



Erect or ascending, mncli hraiiclicd, glabrous except the soincwhat 

 aculeate bracts and sejials, 1 to 2 m. high. Leaves opposite. iine(|ual. 

 5 to 19 cm. long, 1.5 to S cm. wide, ovate-bmeeolate, the apex i-ather 

 slenderly subcaudate-acumiiiatc, the base acute, the mai'gins subentire or 

 obscurely crenate-dentate: nerves about (i on each side of the midrib; 

 jietioles 2 cm. long or less. Spikes many, axillary, solitary. 5 to S cm. 

 long; bracts in pairs, rather distant, ovate, obtuse, .") mm. long, aculeate- 

 hispid. Calyx segments .") mm. long, oblong, obtuse, aculeate at the 

 apices. Corolla, white, 2 cm. long; stamens I; lilaments clothetl with 

 stout, brittle, jointed hairs. 



Ill thickets hoi-dciiii.ii the forest at an altitude of !)00 in. (No. o.lSli). Also 

 collected by Merrilt (No. 4370), at !)20 in. alt. in .iiiiic. I'.MHi. 



I'erliaps as closely related to Slroliilaiil Iks iiurrlUii Clarke, as to any other 

 l'hili|)|iine spceii's. but di>tinet. 



STAUROGYNE Wall. 



Staurogyne debilis (Andres) C. B. Clarke in hcii). i:hrnii<ii< ni <hliilis Andres 

 in .b.uni. Linn. Soe. ]5ot. 9 (18G7) 452, in in.ta ; Nidal Kev. I'l. \asc. Filip. 

 (188()) 20:5. J]hcr)ii(iirra elorifjata 'tioof^ in JJC. I'rodr. 11 ( 1S47 I 721 var. /i only. 

 Eryl lira can thus clonnatus Nees 1. c. 78, var. /3 only. 



On ledj;cs alon-,' the I'.inabay River at 20(1 in. alt. (No. 5554). 

 kuznn, Nej^nos and Mindanao. 



KUBIACE.1]. 



HEDYOTIS Linn. 



Hedyotis hispida itelz. <>l)>. 4 (i77!t-!tl) 2;j. 



Ill ; hi clcariii-,' at 10 alt. I Xo. 5004;. 



Previously recorded from the I'hilippines only by h\-\illar. \n\. Aiip. ( I SS;{ ) 

 J07, also represented in our herbarium by s])eeiinens from Ri/.al rrnvinee. Luzon, 

 IIOS h'oiiios; :$:5I2 Mirni's colhrlnr. 



Uritish India to southern ( liina. tiie Malayan peiiiiiMila and a rehi|ielaL:<i. 



Hedyotis elmeri Men. in i'liili]). ■Inuni. Sei. 1 (lOO(i) Suppl. 127. 

 No. 4:!s| \hirill. .liiiM'. I'.HKi. altiliiile not i^ivcii. 

 Liideinic in the riiilip|iiiies. 



