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distributed species, and is here adopted, following Kurz. Both as a nomen 
nudum (1814), and as a valid publication (1832) it antedates the similar 
uses of the specific name vestita. Two other early names. Metabolus 
lineatus Bartl. (1830), and Metabolus caeruleus Blume (1826), are in- 
validated in Hedyotis by other authors having already used both names 
for different species. The use of Hedyotis costata R. Br. in Wall. Cat. 
No. 6198, dates from 1831 or 1832, but does not invalidate H. costata 
Kurz, as it is only a nomen nudum. 
IXORA Linnaeus 
IXORA PILOSA sp. nov. 
Frutex, ramulis subtus foliis inflorescentiisque valde ciliato- 
pilosis ; foliis lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, 
usque ad 15 cm longis, basi obtusis, breviter petiolatis; inflores- 
centiis terminalibus, laxis, paucifloris, floribus 4-meris, bracteo- 
latis, corollae tubo ciliato, 11 mm longo. 
A shrub, the branchlets, lower surface of the leaves, petioles, 
and inflorescence prominently ciliate-pilose. Leaves lanceolate 
to oblong-lanceolate, chartaceous, 9 to 15 cm long, 2 to 3.5 cm 
wide, base somewhat narrowed, obtuse, apex distinctly acum- 
inate, brownish when dry, the upper surface slightly shining, 
somewhat ciliate when young, glabrous when mature, the lower 
surface slightly paler, prominently ciliate-pilose on the midrib, 
nerves, and primary reticulations, the hairs pale, spreading; 
nerves 10 to 12 on each side of the midrib, prominent beneath, 
anastomosing, the reticulations lax ; petioles pilose or pubescent, 
about 5 mm long; stipules setaceous, pilose, 8 to 10 mm long. 
Cymes terminal, peduncled, lax, few-flowered, all parts prom- 
inently ciliate-pilose, the peduncles usually 3 cm long, dichot- 
omous, the branches spreading; bracts and bracteoles linear- 
lanceolate, acuminate, about 2 mm long; pedicels about 8 mm 
long. Calyx ovoid, ciliate, about 2.5 mm long, the teeth 4, 
oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 1 mm long. Corolla-tube 
about 11 mm long, 1 mm in diameter, cylindric, outside prom- 
inently ciliate with spreading hairs, the lobes spreading, revolute, 
when spread out about 6 mm long, 2.2 mm wide, obtuse; fila- 
ments exserted about 3 mm. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Tagacauayan, Bur. Sci. 13371 Ramos, 
March, 1911. 
A strongly marked species, differing from all the Philippine forms 
in its pubescence, and especially in its ciliate corolla-tube. 
IXORA PROPINQUA sp. nov. 
Frutex glaber 3 and 4 m altus; foliis oblongis, chartaceis vel 
subcoriaceis, petiolatis, usque ad 15 cm longis, in siccitate baud 
nitidis, apice obtusis, basi acutis, nervis utrinque 10 ad 13, 
