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Cyrtandra umbellifera Merrill sji. nov. § StcUatae. 



Arbuscula 1.5 in alta; foliis oblongo-ellipticis, acuminatis, subinteffris 

 yel leviter crenatis, usque ad 20 can longk, siibfalcatis, membranaceis • 

 niflorescentiis iimbellatis, axillaribus, solitariis, ferrngineo-pubescentibus, 

 pedimculis teniiibus, circiter 1.5 cm longis ; floribus cireiter 1 cm lono-i. • 

 calycis lobis angiiste aciimiiiatis, tubo longioribus. *^ ' 



A shrub about 1.5 m high. Branches grayish, terete, ghibrous, the 

 branchlets pubescent. Leaves opposite, subequal, oblong-elliptical, some- 

 what falcate, membranous, 16 to 50 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide glabrous 

 above, beneath somewhat pale and with scattered appressed hairs on the 

 midrib and nerves, the apex rather strongly acuminate, the base acute 

 the margins subentire or slightly crenate; petioles pubescent, 2 5 to 3 5 

 cm long. Flowers umbellate, umbels solitary, axillary, their pedicels 

 slender, about 1.5 cm long, pubescent, each umbel 6- to 10-flowered 

 the bracts Imear-lanceolate, pubescent, about 5 mm long; pedicels slender' 

 pubescent, 5 to 7 mm long. Calyx pubescent with short spreading hairs' 

 the tube broad, about 2 mm long, the teeth narrowly lanceolate lon- 

 acummate, 3 to 4 mm long. Corolla about 1 cm long, somewhat pubes- 

 cent outside. Fruit (immature) glabrous, narrowly ovoid, long 

 acuminate. 



Batax, near the summit of Mount Iraya, Bur. Sci. 3785 Fenian, June 8, 1907 

 A species well characterized by its umbellate inflorescence. 



ACANTHACE.^. 



ERANTHEMUM Linn. 

 E. curtatum Clarke. 



^^ZVf' ^^^^' ^''""'- ^-'''-''^'' ^""''^'^ Domingo de Basco, 3612 Fenix. Cami- 

 GUIN, Ji0i2 Fenix. 



Known only from the Philippines where it is rather widely distributed. 



JUST I CI A Linn. 

 J. procumbens Linn. 



Batan, 3602, 368S Fenix; 3199, 3200 Alearns, luxuriant forms 

 Widely distributed in the Philippines; India and Ceylon to Formosa, Malaya 

 and Australia. "^ ' 



BLECHUM P. Br. 

 B. brownei Juss. 

 Batan, 3663 Fenix. 



A common and widely distributed weed in the Philippines, a native of tropical 

 America; Formosa, fide Clarke in lit. 



RUBIACE.E. 



DENTELLA Forst. 

 D. repens (Linn.) Forst. 

 Batan, 3665 Fenix. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines in waste places; tropical Asia to For- 

 mosa through Malaya to Australia. 



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