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rTYDrvOPIlYLLACE.lD. 
ELLISIOPHYLLUM Maxim. 
Ellisiophyllum reptans Maxim. Bull. Acad. Petersb. 1 6 (1871) 223. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Pauai (4738 Merrill) November 8, 1005. In the 
mossy forest at about 2,200 m. Japan. 
This monotypie genus has previousl_y been known only from Japan, and the 
discovery of the .Species in the Philippines is of special interest, especially in 
connection with the now known, strong, northern lloristic element in the highlands 
of Northern Luzon. The identification has been made from the generic descri]i- 
tions in Bentham and Hooker, Genera Plantarum, and in Engler und PrantI, 
Natiii'liehen Pllanzenfamilien, as the original description of the genus and species 
is not available in Manila. 
BORRAGINACE^E. 
BOTH RIOS PER MUM Bunge. 
Bothriospermum tenellum (Hornem.) Fisch. & Mey. hid. Sem. (1835) 24; 
Clarke in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 167. Anclnisia tenella Hornem. 
Hort. Hafn. 1 (1813-1815) 170. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Bagnio (5774 Elmer) March, 1904. In waste 
places about old rice lands. An interesting addition to our knowledge of the 
northern element in the Philippine flora. Northern India to Manchuria, China, 
Formosa, and Japan. 
TRIGONOTIS Stev. 
Trigonotis philippinensis Merrill sp. nov. 
.:Vn erect or somewhat spreading few liranehed herli 25 cm. liigii or 
less, with olilong-elliptical short acuminate or apiculate leaves, white 
flowers in terminal ehracteolate racemes, and glabrous tetrahedral shining- 
nutlets. Branches more or less appressed his]hd puhescent. Leaves 
coriaceous, 1 to 1.8 cm. long, 8 mm. tvide or less, ajipressed hispid 
pubescent on both surfaces tvith scattered white hairs, the petioles 1 cm. 
long or less, the nerves oljsolete. Racemes terminal, solitary, altout 10 
cm. long, apjfressed hispid pubescent, eliracteolate, the pedicels short, 
elongated to 5 or (i mm. in fruit. Calyx nearly 3 mm. long, 5-cleft, the 
lobes narrowly ovate, acute, hispid, nearly 2 nmi. long. Corolla white, 
T mm. long, the tube nearly 2 mm. long, the 5 lobes spreading, broadly 
oljovate, rounded, the throat with 5 rather broad scales. Stamens 5, 
included, the filainents very short, the anthers oblong, about 0.8 mm. 
long. Ovary glabrous; style simple, slender, aljout 1 mm. long. Carpels 
J, M'ith 4 acute edges, Idack, glaln'ous, shining, about 1 mm. long, the scar 
small, basal. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Pauai to Baguio (4700 Merrill) November 9, 1905. 
Growing on damp mossy cliffs just below the limits of the mossy forest at an 
altitude of about 1,900 m., rare. 
An interesting addition to our knowledge of the northern element in the Phil- 
ippine flora, no species of the genus having ]irevionsly been reported from the 
Philippines, all which had been known being confined to the Asiatic continent. 
Ja|ian, and f he Luchn Archipelago. 
