xi, c, 6 Merrill: Reliquiae Robinsonianae 315 
An erect, simple or sparingly branched, nearly glabrous herb 
about 70 cm high, the older parts of the stem terete, the younger 
parts 4-angled, brown, with numerous small cystoliths similar 
to those on both surfaces of the leaves. Leaves submembra- 
naceous, olivaceous and slightly shining when dry, glabrous, 
ovate, rarely oblong-ovate, entire or obscurely undulate, 8 to 
14 cm long, 3.5 to 7 cm wide, gradually narrowed from about 
the lower one-third to the acuminate apex, the base rather 
abruptly decurrent-acuminate; lateral nerves 5 or 6 on each side 
of the midrib, rather prominent, curved; petioles 1.5 to 4 cm 
long. Spikes terminal, solitary, sometimes in pairs or in threes, 
brown when dry, dense, oblong-ovoid, about 2 cm long, scarcely 
secund. Bracts and bracteoles similar, sparingly but promi- 
nently ciliate on the margins above, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 
long and slenderly acuminate, the acumen very sharp and 
apiculate, the bracts about 10 mm long and 3 to 3.2 mm wide, 
the bracteoles slightly smaller. Calyx 5-parted, the lobes free 
or nearly so, the upper one lanceolate, 9 mm long and 2 mm 
wide, the two lower ones free, linear-lanceolate, as long as the 
upper one and about 1 mm wide, the two lateral ones linear, 1 mm 
wide or less below, 6 to 7 mm long, much narrowed upward, all 
more or less ciliate, and very slenderly and sharply acuminate. 
Amboina, Koesoekoesoe sereh and Soja, Rel. Robins. 1785, August, 1913, 
in forests, altitude 200 to 400 meters. 
A species perhaps as closely allied to Lepidagathis capitata O. Kuntze as 
to any other species ; well characterized, however, by its shoi’t, brown spikes ; 
its rather large, long-petioled, peculiarly shaped leaves; its sparingly ciliate 
bracts and bracteoles; and its very unequal calyx-segments, the two lower 
ones being free or at least only very slightly united, the two lateral ones 
being narrower, and much shorter than the other three. 
PSEUDERANTHEMUM Radlkofer 
PSEUDERANTHEMUM DEPAUPERATUM sp. nov. 
Planta erecta, simplex vel parcissime ramosa, herbacea e basi 
suffruticosa, 10 ad 25 cm alta, partibus junioribus inflorescent- 
iisque minute pubescentibus ; foliis membranaceis vel chartaceis, 
ovatis ad oblongo-ovatis, 3 ad 6 cm longis, obscure acuminatis ad 
obtusis, nervis utrinque circiter 5; inflorescentiis terminalibus, 
racemosis vel anguste et depauperato-paniculatis ; floribus albis, 
circiter 1.5 cm longis, sepalis linearis, acuminatis, 3 ad 6 mm 
longis. 
An erect, simple or sparingly branched herbaceous plant from 
a suffrutescent base, 10 to 25 cm high, nearly glabrous except 
the rather minutely pubescent younger parts and inflorescence. 
Suffrutescent parts of the stems terete, smooth, shining straw- 
