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WAHLENBERGIA Scinad. 
Wahlenbergia bivalvis Merrill sp. nov. 
An erect, glal)rons, lax, branched, animal herb 20 to 40 cm. high with 
linear or linear-lanceolate entire leaves and solitary, long pednncled, 
blue dowers, the capsule 2-celled, 2-valved at the apex inside the persistent 
calyx teeth. Branches slender, terete. Leaves 1.5 to 3 cm. long, 1 to 
4.5 mm. wide, acuminate, sessile or the basal ones petioled and sometimes 
sparingly pilose, the margins thickened, the lateral nerves obsolete. 
Peduncles solitary, slender, 10 cm. long or less. Calyx glabrous, 5 mm. 
long, the tube 3 mm. long, oblong-ovoid, the lobes 5, erect, linear-lan- 
ceolate, acute, 2 mm. long. Corolla blue, campanulate, about -7 mm. 
long, 5-lobed, the tube nearly 3 mm. long, the lohes oblong, acute, about 
2 mm. wide. Stamens free; anthers narrow, 2 mm. long. Ovary infe- 
rioi’, 2-celled ; style nearly 4 mm. long ; stigma broadly lobed. Capsule 
membranous, oblong, 6 mm. long, 3 mm. in diameter, 2-celled, 2-valved 
at the apex inside the persistent erect calyx teeth, the apex convex, sub- 
conical. Seeds indefinite, elliptical-oblong, glabrous, 0.5 mm. long. 
Luzon, Province of Beiiguet, Mount Tonglon (Santo Tomas) (4811 Merrill) 
November 12, 1905; Baguio to Ambuklao (4361 Merrill) October 24, 1905: 
District of Lepanto, Mount Data (4559 Merrill) November 4, 1905. 
A species apparently distinct from Wahlenhergia gracilis A. DC., especially in 
its 2-celled, 2-valved capsules, growing on dry open grassy slopes in thin pine 
forests 1,600 to 2,100 m., widely distributed but not abundant. 
COMPOSITiE. 
AINSLIAEA DC. 
Ainsliaea reflexa Merrill sp. nov. 
Erect, simple, the leaves mostly radical, long petioled, the petioles 
winged-niargined, the inflorescence long, racemose, the heads 3-flowered, 
about 12 mm. long, solitary or in pairs. Stems glabrous, terete, simple, 
erect 20 to 60 cm. tall with few reduced linear-lanceolate leaves. Eadical 
leaves membranous, glal)rous or with few long hairs beneath and on the 
midril) above, the blade elliptical-obloiig to oblong-ovate, 2.5 to 6 cm. 
long, 1 to 2 cm. wide, acute, with distant, short spinulose teeth the 
nerves 2 to 3 on each side of the midrib, rather abruptly contracted ' at 
tbe base; petioles narrowly winged, much exceeding the lamina 6 to 8 
cm. - long. Heads narrow, pedicellate, the pedicels 2 to 3 mm. long, 
pubescent, mostly reflexed, at least in anthesis. Involucral bracts spar- 
ingly pilose with scattered hairs, the lower ones 1.5 mm. long, ovate to 
lanceolate, acifininate, the inner ones linear-lanceolate to linear-oblan- 
ceolate, 12 mm. long, about 1.8 mm. wide. Achenes 4.5 to 5 mm. long, 
10 ribbed, somewhat compressed, about 1 mm. thick above, pilose with 
scattered spreading white hairs; pappus brownish, the bristles about 30 
on each achene, 6 to 7 mm. long, plumose-pilose with 1 mm. long hairs. 
