23S 
by Ceron,™ No. 3395 Vidal, Imt our spociiiien cited does not appear to be suf- 
ficiently distinct from Miquel’s species. The Palawan specimens differ from 
Nycticalos cuspidatum. as described by Miquel in having shorter petioles, and 
slightljf larger calyces, while the leaves are acute, scarcely cuspidate. 
RADERMACHERA Hassk. 
Radermachera biternata Merrill sp. nov. 
A small t)-ee about 8 m. high, quite gial)i’ous throughout, with hi pin- 
nate leaves, elliptical-ovate, usually obtuse leaflets and few flowered 
panicles much shorter than the leaves, the flowers about 5.5 cm. long. 
Bi'auclies gray or brownish, the younger parts black when dry. Leaves 
20 cm. long or less, opposite, biternate; leaflets 5 to 9 cm. long, 2.5 to 
5 cm. wide, subcoriaceous, shining, the apex rounded obtuse or broadly 
acute, the base acute, the margins revolute; primary nerves about 10 on 
each side of the midrib, rather distinct beneath, the reticulations netted, 
rather close; petiolules of the lateral leaflets 1.5 cm. long or less, of the 
terminal ones about 3 cm. long. Inflorescence much reduced, the rhachis 
3 cm. long or less, the branches very short or none. Flowers few. Calyx 
about 1 cm long, closed in bud, in anthesis unequally 3-lobed, the lobes 
short, acute. Corolla 5 to 5.5 cm. long, the tubular portion less than 
1 cm. long, about 3.5 mm. in diameter, enlarged-ventricose above, the 
lobes about 1.5 cm. long, rounded, entire, glabrous pink or pale purple. 
Stamens about 2 cm. long. Style 2.5 cm. long. Fruit unlcnown. 
CuLiON (508 Merrill) December 24, 1902. Busuanga (3491 Curran) Decem- 
ber 31, 1905, both of tliese islands belonging to the Calamianes Group, between 
Mindoro and Palawan. 
A species growing in open grassy valleys slightly above the sea level well char- 
acterized by its much reduced inflorescence and large flowers. 
RUmACE.Ll. 
GALIUM L inn. 
Galium ph i I ippi nense Merrill sp. nov. 0. ciliare Elm. Leaf. Philip. Bot. (1900) 
4, non Hook. 
A tufted erect or diffuse, much branched perennial, more or less ciliate- 
pilose herb 10 to 30 cm. high, the leaves in whorls of fours, 3-nerved 
from the base, the cymes short, lateral, few flowered. Branches 4-angled, 
more or less pilose when young, but not hispid, becoming nearly glabrous. 
Ijoaves elliptical-ovate, sessile or nearly so, 5 to 8 mm. long, 2 to 4 mm. 
wide, acute at both ends, more or less ciliate-pilose with long scattered 
Avhite hairs, 3-nerved. Cymes about 1 cm. long, mostly 5-flowered, the 
peduncles 1 cm. long or less, glabrous or nearly so, the bracts foliaceous, 
oldong-lanceolate, about 2 cm. long. Flowers white, corolla rotate, 
0.8 mm. long, 4-lobed, the lobes ovate, obtuse. Calyx tube ovoid. Fruit 
nbout 1 mm. in diameter, glabrous or somewliat rugose when dry. 
PI. Herb. (1892), 127. 
