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The Philippine Journal of Science 
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A species apparently allied to Alstonia angustifolia Wall., of the Malay 
Peninsula, but differing in many characters, notably, in its quite different 
flowers. 
KICKXIA Blume 
KICKXIA BLANCOI Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 21 (1884) 313. 
Kickxia arborea Vid. Sinopsis Atlas (1883) t. 67, f. G; F.-Vill. Novis. 
App. (1880) 132; Naves in Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 3, t. U28 bis, non 
Blume. 
Kickxia merrittii Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1910) Bot. 355. 
Kickxia macgregorii Elm. Leaf!. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1457. 
Rolfe’s species is typified only by the plate in the third edition of 
Blanco’s Flora de Filipinas, no description having been published; the 
plate well represents the species as here interpreted. There is some 
variation in vegetative characters, but in essentials the species is quite 
constant. A careful examination of all available material has convinced 
me that the two recently described species, above cited as synonyms, are 
not distinct from Kickxia blancoi Rolfe. The species is sometimes known 
as lanete, as landing gubat, and as ayate, and probably represents the 
form mentioned by Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 114, ed. 2 (1845) 81 after 
the description of Anasser laniti as “Hai otra especie con las flores axilares 
solitarias.” It is represented by the following material: 
Luzon, Province of Batangas, Looc, For. Bur. 76b9 Curran & Merritt; 
Santo Tomas, For. Bur. 215U5 Tamesis: Province of Laguna, Calamba, 
For. Bur. 2096b Villamil. Mindoro, For. Bur. Ilb88 Merritt (type of 
K. merrittii Merr.). Guimaras, For. Bur. 862 Gammill. Sibuyan, Elmer 
12373 (type number of K. macgregorii Elm.). Negros, For. Bur. 15112 
Tabat. Leyte, Wenzel 330, July, 1913. Without definite locality, Loher 
6329. 
By description alone Kickxia macgregorii Elm. appears to be a remark- 
ably distinct form, but this is due to errors in the description. “Calyx 
1.5 to 2.25 cm long” is the description of the pedicel, the calyx being very 
short; the pedicel is subtended by a very few, small, obscure bracteoles. 
The flowers are about 6 cm long as in the other specimens referred to Kickxia 
blancoi Rolfe and as represented by Naves’ plate. 
TABERNAEMONTANA Linnaeus 
TABERNAEMONTANA HEXAGONA sp. nov. 
Frutex glaber, circiter 2 m altus; foliis chartaceis vel sub- 
membranaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 17 cm longis, acutis 
ad abrupte obtuseque acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 14, 
patentibus; pedunculis axillaribus, ut videtur paucifioris; fruc- 
tibus oblongo-lanceolatis, rectis, acuminatis, basi acutis, 6-an- 
gulatis vel angulis propriis (3) anguste 3-alatis, alternantibus 
vix alatis, circiter 6 cm longis, in siccitate minute verruculosis. 
A glabrous shrub, according to the collector about 2 m 
high. Branches terete, light-gray, the younger ones somewhat 
compressed when dry. Leaves membranaceous to somewhat 
chartaceous, oblong-elliptic, the larger ones 13 to 17 cm long, 4 
to 7 cm wide, base acute or decurrent-acuminate, apex acute to 
