106 The Philippine Journal of Science 1917 
The specimens agree in all particulars with the Philippine form which is 
known from a few localities in northern Luzon. It is by no means certain 
that Flemingia philippinensis Merr. & Rolfe is distinct from Flemingia 
yunnanensis Franch. PI. Delavay. (1890) 185, as the material also agrees 
closely with Franchet’s short and imperfect description; an examination of 
Franchet’s type will be necessary to determine the relationship of the two. 
MALVACEAE 
SI DA Linnaeus 
SIDA MYSORENSIS W. & A. Prodr. (1834) 59. 
Honam Island, near Canton, Merrill 990i, in waste places near houses. 
India to Java and the Philippines; not previously reported from China. 
This cannot, from Cavanilles’s description, be Sida glutinosa Cav. to which 
it has been referred by some authors. 
THEACEAE 
EURYA Thunberg 
EURYA SWINGLEI sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, ramulis dense subferrugineo-villosis ; foliis lan- 
ceolatis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, distichis, chartaceis vel subcoria- 
ceis, 2 ad 3.5 cm longis, 7 ad 11 mm latis, brevissime petiolatis 
in siccitate flavido-viridis, supra glabris, subtus leviter pilosis, 
basi acutis ad rotundatis, saepius leviter inaequilateralibus, apice 
tenuiter acuminatis, acumine obtuso, margine obscure crenato- 
denticulatis vel integris; nervis lateralibus in pagina superiore 
obsoletis, subtus 4 ad 6, obscuris, arcuato-anastosantibus ; pet- 
iole circiter 0.5 mm longo, piloso; floribus 5 axillaribus et e 
axillis defoliatis, solitariis vel binis, brevissime pedicellatis ; sep- 
alis ovatis, obtusis, baud 1 mm longis, villosis; petalis 5, oblon- 
gis, liberis, obtusis, circiter 4 mm longis et 1.5 mm latis; ovarium 
anguste ovoideum, dense pallide sericeo-villosum ; stylis 3 vel 
4, elongatis, glabris, recurvatis, 1.5 ad 2 mm longis ima in stylum 
elongatum cylindricum glabrum vel subglabrum 2 ad 3 mm 
longum connatis. 
Loh Fau Mountain (Lofaushan), Merrill 10233, October 28, 1916, in 
damp shaded ravines, altitude about 1,000 meters. 
A very characteristic species, conforming in many characters with Eurya 
distichophylla Hemsl., from which it is distinguished by its acuminate 
leaves which are pilose, not strigillose beneath, the veins obsolete on the 
upper surface, obscure beneath and not impressed, and its oblong, not 
oblong-obovate, free petals. Hemsley’s description was based on a stam- 
inate specimen from Amoy. The type of the present species is a pistil- 
late specimen, the pistillate flowers being characterized by their densely 
silky-villous ovaries and greatly elongated styles, which are united for the 
lower 2 to 3 mm. The species is dedicated to Doctor Walter T. Swingle, 
of the United States Department of Agriculture, through whose interest 
