J 1 L^ MERRILL. 



t. 77, Iml the description does not apj)ly to the plant figured and described by 

 Kuniphius. Jt seems reasonable to consider tliat the specimen in the Linnean 

 Herbarium represents the type of the species, and tliat lie erred in referring to 

 it Eumphius's Gclala alha ; what the specimen in the Linnean Herbarium really 

 represents can only be determined by an examination of the material. .Specimens 

 closely matching llumpliius' figme of Geiala alba are represented by For. Bur. 

 3557 Ciirran from Palawan, but in all respects other than the mottled leaves 

 this specimen is typical Erythrina indica Lam. Baker ''- states "E. picta Linn. 

 (Humph. Amboin. t. 77) appears to be a mere form of this [E. hvUca Lam.], 

 with variegated leaves." 



2. Erythrina stipitata sp. nov. § Micropteryx. 



Arbor circiter 10 m alta; ramulis vix aculeati?; foliis trifoliolatis, 

 foliolis junioribus ovatis vel rhomboideis, acumiiiatis, submembranaceis, 

 subtus pallidis, puberulis; raceniis simplicibus, circiter 15 cm longis; 

 floribus 3 cm longis; legnmiiiibus 5 ad 9 cm longis, circiter 8 mm latis, 

 subejlindraceis, vix torulosis, longissime icniiiter stipitatis, valvis tcnue 

 coriaceis, reticulatis. 



A tree about 10 m high. Ti'iink with rallier thin, ^-ellowish bark, and 

 Avith very large, scattered, subpyj'amidal spines wliich are from 1 to 1.5 

 cm high, and nearly as thick at the base, minutely ap.iculate. Branches 

 glabrous, unarmed, the ultimate branchlets stoul, often slightly puber- 

 iilent. Leaves tj-ifoliolate, all parts, when very young, densely puber- 

 nlent; leaflets pale beneath, pubescent, the terminal one rhomboid-ovate, 

 acuminate, tlic lateral ones ovate, up to 5 cm long (pi'obably considerably 

 larger when mature). Flowers crimson, about 3 cm long, in many 

 flowered racemes about 15 cm long, their pedicels about 5 mm long, 

 solitaiy or two at a node. Calyx broadly campanulato, distinctly 2-lobed, 

 about G mm long. A'exillum 3 cm long, 1.3 cm wide, about equally 

 narrowed at both ends, scarcely clawed. Pod subcylindric, long-apiculate, 

 5 to cm long, about 8 mm wide, glalu-ous or nearly so, dehiscent along 

 the ventral suture, the pedicels slightly elongated, the calyx persistent; 

 stipe very slender, 1.5 to 2 cm long, about 1 mm thick; valves very 

 Ibinly coriaceous, oljscurely reticulate; seeds few, three oi- foiii'. biown 

 wlien nearly matui-e. about 7 mm long, and half as thick. 



LuBANd Island, near the town of Lubang, in open lands at sea level, with 

 flowers and nearly mature fruits April 7, 1903, Merrill 95S. Deciduous, with 

 •only immature leaves at this date. 



This sjieeies is allied to Erythrina suherusa Ro.vb. of British India, Init ap- 

 parently most closely related to E. microcarpa Koord. & Val. of Java; from the 

 latter it difTers especially in its unarmed branches and branchlets, diflercntly 

 shaped seeds, and in its dilTerently disposed flowers wliith in E. microcarpa are 

 in racemosely disposed cymules, and in E. slipilaia arc in simple racemes. 



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