164 MERRILL. 



Randia pulcherrima Mcnill sp. nov. 



Frutex seaudens, inermis, ca. 10 m altiis; ramiilis inflorescentiis et 

 siibtiis foliis pauce hirsutis; foliis subsessilibus, coriaceis, oblongis, bre- 

 viter acuniinatis, basi aiiriciilato-cordatis, 15 ad 20 cm longis, uervis 

 utrinqiie ca. 10, pvoniinentibiis, supra iniprcssis; cymis axillarilms, 5 ad 

 (') cm longis, deiisifloris; floi'ibiis ]»iilcb('rriiiiis. rosois, crassis, 3 cm longis, 

 ])etalis extiis dense villosis, nitidis. 



A scandent sbi'iib alxnil 10 m liigli. Branches nnannod, terete or 

 slight! V angled, light-gray or hrowni.sh, glabrous, the branchlcts sparingly 

 ferruginous-hirsute. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, 15 to 20 cm long, 5 to 7 

 cm wide, soiucAvhat shining, glabrous a])ove, slightly hirsute on the midrib 

 and nerves beneath, short-acuminate, the base somewhat narrowed and 

 prominently auriculate-cordatc, subclasi)ing; nerves about 10 on each side 

 of the midrib, very prominent on both si;rfaccs, impressed al)Ove, anasto- 

 mosing, the reticulations lax; ])ctioles very short, stout, not exceeding 2 

 mm in length. Cymes axillary, usually solitary, 5 to 6 cm long, some- 

 what ferruginous-hirsute, densely tlowei-ed. Flowers pink, 3 cm long. 

 Calyx nearly 1.5 cm long, narrowly funnel-shaped, slightly hirsute, 

 truncate and with 5 minute obscure teeth, about 5 mm in diameter at 

 the mouth. Corolla-lube about 1 cm long, aiul with tlie lobes very densely 

 pale-appressed-viilous outside, the throat inside densely hirsute. Ovary 

 2-cclled, each cell manv-ovuled; style and stigma nearly 3 cm long, the 

 stigma narrowly oblong, entire. Fruit ovoid or ellijtsoid. glabrous, nearly 

 1.5 cm long when mature. 



MiNDA.XAO, Lake Lanao, Camp Keitliley, Mrs. Clemens "765, September, 1906, 

 and without number, March, 1907. Luzox, Province of Tayabas, For. Bur. 1863 

 Curran cG Merritt, November, 1907; Elmer D127, May, 1907. 



A very characteristic species, recognizable by its densely llowcrcd axillary 

 cymes, long flowers, the corolla densely villous, ])ale and shining, and by its 

 strongly nerved, subsossile and ])rominenily aurieulate-cordate leaves. 



LASIANTHUS Jack. 



Lasianthus dementis Merrill sp. nov. 



Arbor pa i-va vol arbuscula ; raniis ramulis foliis(|U(' plus niiiius olivaeeo- 

 vel sordide fulvo-})u])escentibus ; foliis papyraceis, ellii)tico-()blongis, tenui- 

 ter acuminatis, basi acutis; nervis utrin(|uc 5 vel 0, subtus prominentil)us ; 

 stipulis deciduis; tloribus axillarilms, solitaiiis vel ftisciculatis, plus minus 

 villosis, 3 mm longis, bracteis nullis vel minutis. 



A sbnd) or snudl tree, the branches iind hrauchlcls slender, terete, 

 densely olivaceous oi' dirty-yellow isli or lirowiiish-pubesccnt. Leaves 

 pa])yraceous, elliptical-oblong, i at her abruptly slciidci'ly acuminate, base 

 acute, 7 to i> cm long, 2 to 1 cm wide, someuliat sliiiiiiig, glabrous above, 

 beneatb more or less densely olivaceous-pultesceiii on the midrib in-rves 

 and I'ct iculal ions ; tiei'ves 5 oi- (i on each side of the midrib, prominent 



