Jasminum triphyllum Aferrill sp. nov. ^ Trifoliala. 
A scamlent sliriib, glabrous or nearly so throng] i out, Avitb opposite or 
snbopposite, trifoliate leaves and axillary and terminal paniculate cymes. 
Branches slender, glabrous, the 3 ^ounger ones greenish-brown. Leaflets 
subcoriaceous, glabrous, ovate, slightly shining, short acuminate or 
merely acute, the base broad, rounded, the terminal one G to 9 cm. long, 
3 to 4.5 cm. wide, the lateral ones somewhat smaller but similar in 
shape; nerves irregular, not prominent, about G on each side of the 
midrib, the l)ase sub 5-nerved, the marginal pair often ol)Scure; petioles 
1.5 to 2 cm. long, the petiolule of the terminal leaflet 1.5 cm., of the 
lateral leaflets 1 cm. or less. Inflorescence equaling or exceeding the 
leaves, slightly pubescent, the peduncles 2 to 4' cm. long, the bracts small, 
ovate, the bracteoles minute. Flowers white. Calyx tube cup-shaped, 
about 2 mm. long, truncate or with very obscure teeth. Corolla slender, 
the tube 8 mm. long, slightly enlarged above, glabrous, the lobes 5, 
spreading, orbicular-ovate, obtuse, about 2.5 mm. in diameter. Filaments 
short; anthers oblong, slightly acuminate, about 2.3 mm. long. Stigma 
l)ifi.d, the lobes nearly 3 mm. long. 
Palawan, Puerto Princesa (201 Berrnejos) December, 1905. In forests. 
A species apparently related to Jasminum parvillonnii Dociie., dillering espe- 
cially from tlie latter in its glabrous branches and orbicular-ovate, obtuse, not 
lanceolate, acuminate, corolla lobes. 
GENTIANACEJI. 
COTYLANTHERA Blume. 
Cotylanthera tenuis Blume. Bijd. 2 (1825) 707; IMicp PI. Ind. Bat. 2 (1850) 
735; Dunal, in DC. Prodr. 13 (1852) 074. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, Mount Maquiling (5149 Merrill) Alarcli 17, 1900. 
In forests at about 900 ni. 
The above identification is presumably correct, although the original and 
subsequent descriptions of the species, and the descriptions of Eophyloii lohhii 
A. Gray, and E. ienelhim A. Gray, the former at least being apparently a 
synonym of Blume’s species, are all so short that absolute identification is 
impossible without comparison with the type material. The Philippine plant 
when fresh, is of a pale lavender color throughout, 4 to (i cm. high, unbranched, 
or with at most one branch, with solitary flowers and 3 to 5 jiairs of bracts. 
GENTIANA 1 
Gentiana apoensis Merrill sp. nov. § ChondrophyUa. 
A low, erect, often densely tufted, more or less bi-anched perennial 
2 cm. high or less, glabrous, the leaves all similar, distichous, imbricated. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, glalirous, acute or obscurely acuminate, 5 to G 
mm. long, about 2 mm. wide, sessile, crowded, the nerves obscure. Flow- 
ers solitary at the ends of the short In-anches. Calyx 5 mm. long 
including the teetli, the latter lanceolate, acuminate, aificulate, 2 to 2.5 
mm. long. Corolla tiibidar, about 7 mm. long, 5-lobed, the lobes broadly 
