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The whole plant much resembles a young shoot of Salix with somewhat 
luxuriant leaves. The flowers are borne in a dichasially branched fascicle 
from the very base of the plant just above the ground, not a favorable 
position for such fragile and tender corollas. I could not make out the 
outlines of the corolla-lobes, as the specimen was gathered a little too late. 
Most of the flowers showed young berries, and the numerous fertilized 
flowei’S are rather remarkable in contrast with Cyrtandra strongiana 
Kriinzl. 
CYRTANDRA STRONGIANA Kranzl. sp. nov. (§ Radiciflorae) . 
Caulis satis crassus, certe humifusus, radicans; rami adscen- 
dentes, foliati, ad 10 cm alti, laxi, fuliginoso-villosi. Folia op- 
posita, petiolata, oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, subfalcata, acuta 
vel acuminata, superne opaca, scabriuscula, subtus fuliginoso- 
pilosa, praesertim secus nervos, ceterum parum prosilientes, 
margine remote serrata, maxima ad 17 cm longa, 4.5 cm lata, 
pleraque minora. Rami floriferi e caule repente secus radices 
orientes, ad 30 cm alti vel altiores, ramosissimi, ramis ad 10 cm 
longis, cortici pallide brunneo, fragili tecti, aphylli. Flores 
parvi, distichi, (alabastris interdum ab insectis injuriatis, in 
strobos minutissimos mutatis), bracteae parvae, deciduae; pe- 
dunculi pilosi, 5 mm longi. Calyx extus hirsutus, profunde, fere 
basin usque, partitus, lobis triangulis aristatis vel longissime 
attenuatis, teretibus, totus calyx 8 mm longus, pars Integra basi- 
laris circ. 2 mm. Corolla calycem paulum superans, labium 
superius minute bilobulum, rotundatum, ceteri lobi orbiculares, 
tota corolla sparsissime pilosa, 1.3 ad 1.5 cm longa, lobi 4 mm 
diam. Stamina 2, antheris conglutinatis orificium tub! attin- 
gentibus; ovarium oblongo-ovatum, glabrum, discus satis altus, 
margine integer; stylus breviusculas antheras non attingens. 
Bacca stylo curvulo coronata rugulosa. Flores lavandulaceo- 
purpurei. FI. Septembri. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 109 J^. 
A very singular plant; a shrub 2..5 m. in height according to the collector. 
The inflorescences are the most remarkable in the family, composed of 
slender, weak, flexible branches bearing small buds of apparently succe- 
daneous flowers. The foliage and flowers pr-esent all the characters of a 
true Cyrtandra. The three specimens examined were composed of several 
pieces each, but showed a plant somewhat similar to Cyrtanda radiciflora 
C. B. Clarke. 
CYRTANDRA STENOPHYLLA Kranzl. sp. nov. (§ Decurrentes) . 
Caulis repens, radicans, breviusculus, inter folia tantum brun- 
neo-pilosus, ceterum cortice griseo, sordido vestitus, ad 10 cm 
altus vel vix altior. Folia apicem caulis versus congesta, 12 ad 15, 
opposita, linearia vel lineari-obovata, angusta, basin versus an- 
gustata, sed non proprie petiolata, margine plus minus crenato- 
dentata, apice obtusissima, superne obscure glauca, subtus pallide 
