xi, c, 6 Merrill: Reliquiae Robinsonianae 313 
GESNERIACEAE 
RHYNCHOGLOSSUM Blume 
RHYNCHOGLOSSUM OBLIQUUM Blume Bijdr. (1826) 741. 
Amboina, Mahiya, Rel. Robins. 1729, August 12, 1913, on limestone rocks 
at an altitude of about 300 meters. 
Burma through Malaya and the Philippines to Timor and Amboina, with 
a variety in India. 
EPITHEMA Blume 
EPiTHEMA BRUNONIS Dene. var. LON Gl P ETIOLATU M var. nov. 
A typo differt foliis majoribus, usque ad 12 cm longis, in- 
ferioribus longe petiolatis, petiolo 7 ad 10 cm longo. 
The leaves are equilateral or nearly so, broadly subtruncate- 
rounded to shallowly cordate at the base. The lower petioles 
attain a maximum length of 10 cm, those of the upper leaves 
shorter, rarely as short as 1.5 cm. 
Amboina, Halong, Rel. Robins. 1727, September 26, 1913, on limestone 
rocks at an altitude of from 50 to 100 meters, flowers pale blue. 
TRICHOSPORUM Blume 
TRICHOSPORUM AMBOINENSE sp. nov. § Holocalyx. 
Frutex scandens inflorescentiis exceptis glaber ; foliis breviter 
petiolatis, crasse coriaceis, in siccitate pallidis, ovatis ad elliptico- 
ovatis, 3 ad 4 cm longis, obtusis ad brevissime late acuminatis, 
basi rotundatis vel leviter cordatis; inflorescentiis axillaribus, 
solitariis vel binis, breviter pedunculatis subtrifloris, parce 
pubescentibus ; calycis cylindraceis, subtruncatis, late breviter 
denticulatis, extus parce pubescentibus, 8 ad 10 mm longis; 
corolla coccinea, sursum gradatim ampliata, circiter 3 cm longa, 
extus parce pilosa, tubo leviter curvato; capsulis 8 ad 17 cm 
longis, circiter 3 mm diametro. 
Amboina, Mahiya, Rel. Robins. 1728, August 12, 1913, hanging over rocks 
at an altitude of about 300 meters; locally known as manumpang. 
The alliance of this species is manifestly with Trichosporum ( Aeschy - 
nanthus) volubile (Jack) Nees, from which it differs in its somewhat smaller 
leaves; shorter, pubescent calyx; and distinctly longer corolla. 
ACANTHACEAE 
JUSTICIA Linnaeus 
JUSTIC1 A PROCUMBENS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 15. 
Rostellularia procumbens Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. 3 (1833) 101, 
DC. Prodr. 11 (1857) 371. 
Bali, Boeleleng, Rel. Robins. 2527, July 7, 1913. 
Widely distributed in the tropics of the Old World. 
