300 The Philippine Journal of Science 1916 
UMBELLIFERAE 
HYDROCOTYLE Linnaeus 
HYDROCOTYLE SI BTHORPOI DES Lam. Encycl. 3 (1789) 153. 
Hydrocotyle nitidula A. Rich, in Ann. Sci. Phys. 4 (1820) 200, t. 63, 
f. S3. 
Hydrocotyle rotundifolia Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 21, nomen nudum, 
FI. Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 88. 
Amboina, Roetoeng, Rel. Robins. 1793, September 30, 1913, on earth 
and stones at low altitudes, locally known as kaki kuda. 
The specimen is apparently exactly the form described by Roxburgh 
as Hydrocotyle rotundifolia from specimens found in cultivated ground 
in the botanic garden at Calcutta. I can see no reason, however, why the 
much older name Hydrocotyle sibthorpoides Lam. should not be adopted, 
as Lamarck’s description certainly applies to the same form. His type 
was from the Isle of France; the species is of very wide distribution in 
the Indo-Malayan region. 
MYRSINACEAE 
MAESA Forskal 
MAESA ROBINSONII sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens novellis parce ferrugineo-lepidotis exceptis 
glaber, omnibus partibus in siccitate brunneis, ramis teretibus, 
lenticellatis ; foliis subcoriaceis, ellipticis, integris, margine rev- 
olutis, usque ad 10 cm longis, apice obtusis ad rotundatis, basi 
leviter inaequilateralibus, subacutis, nervis utrinque circiter 5, 
subtus prominentibus, reticulis obscuris ; petiolo 2 ad 3 cm longo ; 
inflorescentiis axillaribus, paniculatis, usque ad 9 cm longis, e 
basi ramosis, ramis paucis, patulis ; floribus sessilibus, 5-meris, 
sepalis petalisque haud lineatis, omnino glabris. 
A scandent shrub entirely glabrous, except the very young 
parts, which are more or less ferruginous-lepidote. All parts 
brown when dry. Branches and branchlets terete, the former 
prominently lenticellate. Leaves subcoriaceous, elliptic, entire, 
shining, the lower surface paler then the upper, 7 to 10 cm long, 
3.5 to 5.5 cm wide, apex obtuse to broadly rounded, base acute 
or subacute, slightly inequilateral, margins revolute; lateral 
nerves about 5 on each side of the midrib, prominent on the lower 
surface, the reticulations obscure ; petioles 2 to 3 cm long. Pan- 
icles axillary, solitary, pyramidal, up to 9 cm in length, branched 
from the base, the branches rather few, spreading, the lower 
ones up to 4 cm in length, the upper gradually shorter. Flowers 
numerous, sessile, 5-merous, pink. Bracteoles two, triangular- 
ovate, acute, 0.5 mm long. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, entirely 
glabrous, not punctate, about 0.7 mm long. Petals united for 
