AFRO-INDIAN REGIONS. 



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Gen. Ardisiac. (No. 1). " Twelve feet high," ornamental ; leaves Andromeda-like ; a 

 panicle. " On the mountains near Eanos, at the elevation of 1800 feet," Bracken- 

 ridge. 



(• ■ — ?, No. 2). A shrub ; leaves alternate, serrate; cymes covered with imbricated 



bracts, like young branches of Juniperus. Oq Mount Banajao. 

 Tabernsemontana (compare No. 1 Tongatabu to the Feejee Islands); penninerved leaves; 



fleshy red geminate fruit. In the environs of Manila. 

 Hoya (No. 5). At Mayjayjay. No specimens. 



; the leaves seeming smaller and thicker than in Mayjayjay sp. " At Banos," 



Brackenridge. 



(Secamone?, No. 1); Cynauchoid. A herbaceous vine; leaves ovate, smooth, subcordate 

 at base ; flowers minute, clustered in interrupted racemes. " At Banos," Braken- 

 ridge. 



Labordia? (No. 7). " Twenty feet high ;" leaves opposite, cushioned at base, no flowers. 



" On the mountains near Banos," Brackenridge. 

 G-en. Gentianac. ? (No. 1). Habit of Vahlia Oldenland., but apparently monopetalous ; a 



single radical whorl of four leaves, which are entire, acute at each end, puberulous ; 



calyx 4-fid ; capsule superior, dehiscent above, as though bifenestrate, the two apices 



uniting in a common style. " On the mountains near Banos," Brackenridge. 

 Gen. incert. (No. 1) ; Gentianoid. A vine, creeping ; leaves Viola-like, but two oppo- 

 site ; calyx with five long teeth ; berry ? containing several seeds, and crowned with a 



bifid style. On Mount Banajao, at the elevation of 4000 feet. 

 Cyrtandra (No. 20) ; not before met with. " Six to twelve inches high ;" leaves spatu- 



late, obtuse, denticulate. " On the mountains near Banos, growing on stones in moist 



shady places," Brackenridge. 

 (No. 21) ; not before met with. Attenuate, and pointed leaves ; flowers numerous. 



" On the mountains near Banos," Brackenridge. 

 ? (No. 22). Herbaceous, and only one to two inches high. Frequent in the 



forest ; " on the mountains near Banos," Brackenridge. 

 (Acschynanthus ?, No. 1) ; gen. Cyrtandroid. Epidendric on trunks of trees, like a 



Loranthus; leaves opposite, Hoya-like; terminal scarlet tubular flowers, somewhat 



inequal. On Mount Banajao. 

 (Ipomoea, No. 8) ; large cordate leaves ; fleshy calyx ; white flowers. At Banos, C. P. 



( ?, No. 9). Yellow-flowered, small. At Banos, and elsewhere. 



( reniformis?, No. 10). One of the yellow-flowered species sub-aquatic. 



( ?, No. 11) ; not before met with. Hairy ; leaves deeply divided into about five 



lobes. "On the mountains near Banos," Brackenridge. 

 (Argyreia?, No. 1); Convolvul. ; not before met with. Leaves puberulous; flowers 



almost glomerate, in glob, heads. " On the mountains near Banos," Brackenridge. 



Elephantosis ? (compare No. 1 Brazil). Frequent in open ground, at Banos and else- 

 where ; probably introduced by colonial Whites. 

 Spilanthus. Two feet high. " At Banos," Brackenridge. 



Eclipta (bis Feejee Islands, and compare Brazil and Peru); small. Frequent around 

 Banos, and elsewhere. 



Achras inammosa. The fruit met with ; which is mauiniosum, rough externally, and in 

 taste somewhat resembling the lucuma of I'eru. 



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