11 :> MKUltlLL AND UOLFK. 



sli^^litlv cordate, the apex acuminati\ the mar<iiiis irre<,nilarly driilatc, 

 siil)iiK'nil)raiioiis, sonu'wliat i)iil)t'sccnt hcncatli, glabrous above cxt-e})! on 

 the nerves, the l)ase wilb a pair of strong nerves and one or two pairs 

 of sliorter ones, the primai'v nerves above the basal oDes about 4 on 

 eac'h si(U' of the midrib, distant, ])r()ininent, ascending, the retieuhi- 

 tions \i\x-, petioles puberulent, 1(» to 14 cm long. Flowers large for the 

 genus, 3 cm in diameter, yellow, the lower ones axillary, solitary, the 

 upper ones forming a terminal raceme, the |)edieels Jointed in the middle, 

 geniculate, densely puberulent, 3 cm long or less, the bracts deciduous, 

 linear, densely pubescent, about 8 mm long, ('alyx densely stellate- 

 pubescent, 1.5 to 2 cm in diameter, cleft to al)out the middle; the teeth 

 ovate, acute or somewhat acuminate, about 7 mm long, each 3-nerved. 

 Petals about 17 mm long, 14 mm wide, irregulai-ly triangular-olxjvate, 

 refuse, with numerous nerves radiating from the l)ase, slightly pilose, the 

 base acute. Staminal column about 4 mm long, stamens very numerous. 

 Ovary pubescent. Carpels al)()ut S. rugose, somewhat stellate-pubescent 

 on the upper or exposed surface, about .") mm hmg, eacli tipped with 

 two 4 mm long awns which are furnished with reflexed hairs. Seeds 

 black, triangular-compicssed like the carpels, glabrous except the pubes- 

 cent top and the awns. 



Balabac, Bur. >Sci. .'i'>6 Manyubut, Maroli-April, I'JOd. 



A .species somewhat resembling »S'ida corylifoUa Wall., l)ut (list iujiuishcd from 

 tliat species by its lai"fit' Howci's ami piiherulont l)ranclH>s, pedicels, calyx, etc. 



BOMBYCIDENDRON Zoll. 



Bombycidendron Vidalianum (Naves) Merrill & Kolfe comb. nov. 

 Hibiscus Viddlianus Xaves in Blanco ]''l. Fill]), ed. ',i, />/. 333, noiiicu : A'idal 

 Sinopsis Atlas 10. pi. Id. f. ('.. with description: Cat. Tl. Prov. Manila (ISSO) 



Hibiscus yrciciuefolius F.-y'ill. Nov. App. (1880) 24, exd. syn. Micpiel. 



Thcspcsid campylosiphon Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1880) G4, non 'rnrcz. 



Bombycidendron glahresans \\;u\\. in Perk. Fraj:'. I'"l. l^liiliii. (1!H)4) 110. 



Luzox, Province of Rizal, Lohvr 13H, 13!); Mdal J 17 ', : Montalban, Merrill 

 ')018; Bosoboso, For. Biir. 1810, 3331 Ahern's collector; Hur. Sci. .',621, 4679 

 Jfamos; For. Bur. 10015 Curran ; Anti])olo, Decad. Philip. l-Vnest Fl. .H : Province 

 of Bulacan. Norzajjaray, Yoder H.'i : Piovince of Benfruct. Bairnio. For. Bur. 513!) 

 Cur ran. 



The sjiecitic name iiere adopted for this species was published as a notnrn 

 nudum in 1880, and with a description in 188.S, l)einff redescribed by Warburg 

 in 1004 as B. ylabrcsccns. Bombycidrndron campylosiphon (Turcz. ) Warb. is 

 i|iiile distinct from H. lidnlitinum. being characterized by its dense, soft pubes- 

 cence, \'idal erroneously reducing the species, that Avas dedicated tf) him. 1o 

 Turczaninow's species. B. partnfolium Warb. is very similar to 11. (■(irnpi/lnsi- 

 phon in its pubescence, but has smaller leaves. The type. ])reserved in the 

 ]?erlin Trerl)ariinn. is very fragmentary, and consists of jxmrly i)re|)are(l leaf- 

 specimens only, so that il will prove dillieull to establish the validity of the 

 species. 



