BY E. D. MERRILL. 558 



ACANTHACEAE. 



H ALLIERAC'AXTHA Stapf . 



Hallieracantha granulata stapf, Merr. Ennin. Born. Vl. 

 (19-21) 541. 



Eiindii, A'o. 2'28. The tyj)e locality. Known only from 

 tliis region. Tlierp are four otlier numbers representing this 

 family in the coller-tion, hut flowers are lacking in each 

 case so that 1 cannot carry the determinations to the genera 

 with safety. 



EFBTArEAE. 

 XANTHd'HYTr^r Blume. 



XAXTHOPHYTim CAPITATUM Valeton. Merr. Enum. Born. PI. 



(1921^ 548. 



Monnt Poi. -s.n., nenr the foot of the moimtain. Previously 

 known only fi'cm Dutch Borneo. 



Oldenlaxdia Einnaeiis. 



Oldenlandia corymbosa Tjinn.. Merr. Enimi. Born. PI. (1921) 



544. 



Lundii. No. 231. Pantropic, hut piobably introduced in 

 the American tropics. 



Hedyotts Einnaens. 



Hedyotis capitell.\ta Wall.. Merr. Enum. Born. PI. (1921) 

 545. 



Mount Poi. No. 140. near the foot of the mountain. 

 Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 

 Hedyotis TETRANrTULARTS (Korth) Miq.?. Merr. op. cit. 547. 



Mount :\ratanrr. s.n., altitude 800 m. The identify of this 

 with the al)Ove species is doubtful. It is known only from 

 Borneo. 

 HEDYOTrs sTBArAfLis sp. nov. § Diplophragma. 



Planta parva, sufTruticosa, circiter 6 cm alta, glabra, caulis 

 1 inm diametro, teretibns, vix 1 cm longis, hand ramosis ; 

 foliis numerosis densissime confertis, lanceolatis, laevis, 



