438 MERRILL. 



PSYCHOTRIA Linn. 



Psychotria cephalophora Merrill sp nov. 



Arhuscula erecla, glabra; foliis niembranaceis vel subniembranaceis, 

 elliplieo-oblongis vel obovato-ellipticis, iitrinqne acuminatis, 11 ad 15 cm 

 longis, nervis iitriiiqiie cireiter lo; fruetibiis giabris, 5 mm loiigis, pedi- 

 cellatis, in capitula globosa, 3.5 cm diametro cougestis. 



An erect glabrous sbrub, the brandies gray, terete, the branchlets 

 l)ro\vn, lenticellate, terete or slightly compressed. Leaves membranous 

 or submeml)ranous, elliptical-oblong or oA'ate-elliptical, 11 to 15 cm long, 

 5 to 7 cm wide, glabrous, the base somewhat acuminate, the apex rather 

 abruptly and sharply acuminate; nerves prominent on both surfaces, 

 al)out 13 on each side of the midrib, parallel, somewhat curved, the 

 reticuhitions indistinct; petioles 1.5 to 2 cm long. Flowers unknown. 

 Fruit obovoid, smooth, glabrous, not ridged, aliout 5 mm long, the 

 2)edicels a])out 5 uim long, arranged in a rather dense terminal globose 

 liead about 2.5 cm in diameter; seeds liemispherical, not ridged. 



Camiguin, in forests, Bnr. Sci. J/O'iS Fcnix, June 27, 1907. 



A species well characterized by its congested inflorescence, forming, in fruit, a 

 terminal subglobose head about 2.5 em in diameter. 



P. manillensis Bartl. 



Babuyan, S908 Fenix. Batax, .Ul'iH Fenix, t>]iical forms, agreeing with the 

 type in Herb. Prague. 



Known only from the Pliili|ijiin('s wlicre it is not uncommon. 



GEOPHILA Don. 



G. herbacea i.Iaccj.i (). Ktz. 



]i.\TAX, Santo Domingo de Basco. .iSlH Fviiix. 



Tropics of the World. 



LASIANTHUS Jack. 

 L. obi iqu inervis .Mcii . 

 Camiguix, jo?// Fcnix. 

 Katlier widely distributed in the IMiilijipiiic- : endemic. 



PAEDERIA Linn. 

 P. tomentosa Jilume. 



I'AiA.N, S:int() Domingo de Basco. .ij.il MnniiN: .ilOl l'<')iix. 



Common inid widely distributed in tlie Pliiiipj)ines ; eastciii India lo .lapaTi 

 Mild l'"ormos;i. till' .Malay I'l'iiiiisula and Archipelago. 



MORINDA Linn. 



M. bracteata itoxb. 



Camigui.x, 397!) Fcnix. Sai!TAN, JTJfi F^-nix. 



Very common and widely distributed in the Piiilippiiics ; tropical Asia. Malaya 

 and northern .Vii'^t lalia. 



M. parvifolia Bartl. in DC. Prodr. 4 (is;?0) 44!t. 



.)/. cinniiif/iand \'id. Phan. Cuming. Philip. (18.S5) LS4. 



lAiciwica cumin(ji(iim \"u\. I. c. 21(;; Kev. PI. Vase. Pilip. (ISS(i) l.')2. 



Baiuvax. 3U2'i Fi'niix. Camkhin. J//.9 F&nix. 



r have exaniincd tlic type of Harliing's species in llerli. l'ia,L;iir. wliicli was 



