1 62 MERRILL. 



All opipliytir species. gro\vin<T on Ficus, in ieaf-eliiiiacters. shape, size, texture 

 and venation, very close to Vucriiniini apoaniini ^lerr., but entirely difTerent in 

 lloral cliaraeters, well distinj^uislied by its .small entirely <;lai)rou.s flowers. 



HEDYOTIS Linn. 



Hedyotis parva .Merrill s\). nov. 



Fnitex erectus, g-laber, ca. 1 in alius ; I'oliis laiu-eolalis vel oljloiigo- 

 lanceolatis, 1 ad 2.5 cm longis, acuniinatis, basi acutis. nuMnbrauaeeis, 

 breviter petiolatis; floribus axillaribus, glomerato-vertieinatis, subsessili- 

 bus, ea. 7 una longis; stipulis setoso-acimiinatis, subintegris vel pauce 

 pectinato-setosis. 



An erect iiuicli branched shrul), glabrous tlirongliout, about 1 m high. 

 Brandies slender, brown or grayish, 4-angled, the branchlets. gray or 

 reddish-brown. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, membranous, 1 

 to 2.5 cm long, 5 to 10 mm wide, the base acute, the apex acuminate; 

 nerves very faint, two or three on each side of the midrib; jjetioles 1 to 2 

 nun long; stipules short, setose-acuminate, subentire or slightly setose- 

 ])eclinate. Flowers white, in few-flowered axillary sessile or subsessile 

 fascicles or cymes, the bracts oblong, obtuse, foliaceous, about 3 nmi long. 

 Calyx tube ovoid, less than 1 nun long, the lol)es oblong-ovate, about 

 1.4 mm long. Corolla about ti mm long, the tube cylindrical, slightly 

 pilose within, the lobes oblong-ovate, acute, about 1.5 mm -long. Fibi- 

 mcnls 1.5 jmn long; anthers 1 mm long. Capsule, including the crcH't 

 calyx lobes, about .") mm long. 



Ml.NDAN'AO, rrovincc uf Misaniis, JNIount Malindaiig, Fur. Bur. JfolU Mtarns t(- 

 Hutchinson, May, 1906: Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens If61, April, 

 inoo. Neoros, Mount Silay. For. liur. Jf23Jt Everett, February, 1906; Whitford 

 ir,l'.}. May, 1906; Caiilaon NOlcaiio, Hanks s. n., June, 1906. 



A species with the general aspect of IfctJi/nfis iiiirrdiihi/lla Men.. I>u1 with 

 axillary .ses.sile or subsessile inflorescence. 



HYDNOPHYTUM Jack. 



Hydnophytum angustifolium Meriill sj). nov. 



li'aniis tcnuiliii.-. iis(|iic ad (id cm longis, dill'usis, juniofiiitis t'urruraccis. 

 ])lus minus angulatis; lloribus a.\illaril)us fasciculalis, minulis, (■i\. 2 mm 

 longis; foliis coriaceis, lanceolaliK vel angusle lanceolatis, glabi'is, 5 ad 

 Hi cm longis, (I ad IS nun latis; iicrv is latci'aliUiis ol)solelis. 



Tuber irregular, at least 15 cm in diameter, brown or grayish, iiiianiicil. 

 Stems several, diflFusely biaiu lied, at least (50 cm long, gray or inowii, 

 sleiuler, the branches elongated, tlu- younger ones l)n)\vn and furfuraceous, 

 somt'wbat angled. Leaves lanceolate or naiTowly lanceolate, 5 to 10 

 cm long, (i to IS jiim widt', coriaceous, glabrous, sessile or subsessile. pale 



