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GENTIANACE.^. 



ERYTHRAEA Eich. 



E. spicata (Liiin.) Pers. Syn. 1 (1805) 283; DC. Prodr. 9 (1845) 60; Forbes 

 & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1890) 122; Mats. & Hayata Enum. PI. 

 Formosa (1906) 242. 



Gentiana spicata Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 333. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 31J,2, 31^4, 3231 Mearns, May 27, 1907. 



No representative of the genus has previously been found in the Philippines, 

 and the present one has no doubt been introduced by way of Formosa. 



INTediterranean region; introduced into Formosa, probably by early Portuguese 

 colonists. 



OLEACE^. 



LINOCIERA Sw. 

 L. cumingiana Vidal. 



FuGA, 32/i9 Mearns. Sabtan, 37.55 Fenix. N. v., Vasango. 

 Widely distributed in the Philippines, endemic. A species of doubtful value. 



LOGANIACEJ^. 



FAGRAEA Thunb. 



F. obovata Wall. 

 Camiguin, Jfl23 Fenix. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines; India to Malaya. No species of the 

 genus is reported from Formosa or China. 



GENIOSTOMA Forst. 



Geniostoma batanense IMerrill sp. nov. 



Arbuscula 2 ad 3 m alta, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; ramis ramii- 

 lisqiie teretibus, griseis ; f oliis elliptico-ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, submem- 

 branaceis, nitidis, 5 ad 8 cm longis, apice acuminatis, basi aciitis, nervis 

 utrinque 5 vel 6, subprominentibus ; cj^mis axillaribus, fasciculatis, pauci- 

 floris, parce pubescentibus, circiter 1 cm longis; floribns circiter 3 mm 

 longis. 



A shrub 2 to 3 m high, glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches 

 and branchlets terete, glabrous, light-gray. Leaves elliptical-ovate to 

 oblong-ovate, 5 to 8 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, submembranous, blackish 

 when dry, somewhat shining, the apex acuminate, the base acute; nerves 

 5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, rather distinct beneath, anastomosing, 

 the reticulations nearly obsolete; petioles 5 to 8 mm long. Cymes axil- 

 lary, fascicled, slightly pubescent or pu])erulent, about 1 cm long, few- 

 flowered, the bracts and bracteoles ovate, similar, about 0.5 mm long. 

 Calyx slightly pubescent, the lobes ovate, blunt or acute, 1 mm long. Co- 

 rolla 3 mm long, the throat densely villous inside, the lobes about 1.5 mm 

 long, ovate, reflexed, acute. Anthers 0.8 mm long. Ovary globose; 

 style short; stigma ovoid, 0.6 mm in diameter. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, Btir. Sci. 3795 Fenix, June 8, 1907. N. v. 

 Gagadaiig. 



A species allied to Geniostoma cumingianum Benth., but with larger leaves, 

 and different inflorescence. 



