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differing from L. loureiri in its oblong-ovate subcordate leaves. It also 

 shows some affinity to Lonicera glabrata Wall., but is readily distinguished 

 from that species by its setosely pilose corolla. A species of the section 

 Nintooa, subsection Breviflorae. 



No specimen of Lonicera is credited to the Philippines in Rehder's recent 

 synopsis of the genus, and although several species have been previously 

 reported from the Philippines, such references to Philippine Loniceras need 

 verification. F.-Villar 1 credits to the Philippines four species, namely, 

 Lonicera chinensis Wats., L. confusa DC., L. macrantha Spreng., and 

 L. javanica DC. The first three species enumerated were observed by 

 that author in cultivation in Manila and Cavite, and whether or not 

 the identifications were correct, the species can be excluded from the 

 Philippine flora as being cultivated only, having been introduced. Regard- 

 ing the fourth species enumerated by F.-Villar, Lonicera javanica, this 

 author cites a specimen in Vidal's Herbarium, from the Caraballo Sur 

 Mountains ( North Central Luzon ) . This specimen is not mentioned by 

 Vidal, 2 but is cited by Ceron, 3 as an undetermined species citing No. 3026 

 Vidal. Vidal's Herbarium in Manila has been destroyed, and as Rehder 

 does not cite this specimen in his synopsis of the genus, it probably does not 

 exist in the Kew Herbarium, the Lonicera material in that herbarium having 

 been examined by Rehder. F.-Villar's identification was undoubtedly erro- 

 neous, for had it been correct, the species would have been cited in Ceron's 

 later work. The specimen identified by Villar as Lonicera javanica DC., 

 may have been identical with the species here described, or it may have 

 been a distinct species. Future collections from the Caraballo Sur Moun- 

 tains may settle this point, but at least until such material is secured 

 Lonicera javanica DC., can safely be excluded from the Philippine flora. 



1 Nov. App. 104, 1882. 



2 Revision de Plantas Vasculares Filipinas, 1886. 



3 Catalogo de las Plantas del Herbario 91, 1892. 



