Robinson : Alabastra philippinensia 



»io 



Type collected at Sax River, Province of Zamboanga, Min- 



Will 



dins, no. 2423, in fruit, February 28 1905 

 in.s ,s closely allied to P. polycephalus Lam., and may be the 

 spec.es whose introduction into cultivation under that name is 



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SANTALACEAE 



1868 



Thesjum psilotoides Hance, Jour. Bot. 6: 48. 



Originally described from China, but apparently well represented 

 by Williams rjio, Bagnio, Province of Benguet, northern Luzon ; 

 in flower, October 9, 1904. A genus not previously known in 

 the Philippines. 



NYCTAGINACEAE 



PiSONM LONGiKosTRis Teijsm. & Binnend. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. 



25 : 401. 1863 

 Collected on the island of Jolo, by R. S./ Williams, no. 

 3i2 5 ; ln flower, July, 1905. Not previously reported from the 

 Philippines. ' 



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RANUNCULACEAK 



Thalictrum philippinense sp. nov. 



Perf f W ^ fS P roDaD 'y perfect ; certainly every young flower seen 

 sen! ' . erones on Mnieor different plants lacking stamens and 

 sile S : I " florescence a terminal 2-5- (usually 2- or 3-) flowered ses- 

 sen .? yme ' s,mu lating a panicle ; pedicels slender, 1-5.5 cm - lon S \ 

 theh 8 P^ ta *°^i 2 -5~3-5 "mi. long, 3-nerved, elliptic, cuneate at 

 uou aSe ' obtusc at the apex, deciduous : stamens 25-3 5, early decid- 

 t } 1e ' S ' 7-5 nini - lo "g, the basal half of the filaments very slender, 

 mun I>Pe ' c ^vate, the anthers 0.5 mm. long, elliptic : maxi- 



lone n f Umber of carpels seen 12, stipitate, at anthesis 5-6 mm. 

 ache' ° U tne st 'P e forms 2 mm. and the style 1 mm.: 



side f S lnc ' u ^i ,1 g' the stipe also 5-6 mm. long, 3-ribbed on each' 



Y'PPed by the persistent style. . 

 3_- S la brous j)lant, 20 to 30 cm. high, with a rootstock only 

 slende '^ &* n and somewhat tuberous roots : basal leaves on 

 Petiolul^ 6 !'? 165 6 ~ 15 Cm " Iong ' 2— 3-tcrnate, ultimate leaflets with 

 0r bicul eS 2 ' 5 ~ 10 mm - ^ng, the lateral leaflets S-i6 mm. long, 

 base, vi r "k Vate ' n outwne . rounded or truncate or subcordate at the 

 '- ed, the lobes also usually notched, rounded or truncate 



a ^t fWenreich 4 " : 6 9 . X900. 



