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Inflorescentiae brevi-pedunculatae, in axillis superioribus, ut 
videtur biflorae, tantum involucre magno vestitae. Folia exte- 
riora involucri late oblonga vel elliptica, margine leviter crenata, 
nervis longitudinaibus utrinque 1 vel 2, maximum ad 8 cm 
longum, medio circ. 4 cm latum, supra et subtus glabrum in 
nervis tantum sparsim pilosum, cetera folia semper minora, 
ovata, angustiora, omnia obtusa. Flores tenerrimi et cum foliis 
interioribus involucri adeo compressi, ut salvi separari ne in 
aqua tepida quidem nequeant, 3.5 ad 4 cm. longi, margine in 
lobos 1.2 cm longos 6 mm latos, antice rotunda tos divisa, tubus 
sub orificio intus pilosus, de reliquis characteribus floris aliquid 
certi proferre non audeo. FI. Augusto. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, east coast. Bur. Sci. 10576 McGregor. 
I did not succeed in securing a flower in good condition for analysis as 
the corolla is very tender and was more or less amalgamated with the calyx 
and inner bracts of the involucre in drying, so that it was impossible to 
detach the flower as a whole from the involucre. The species is, however, 
well characterized by its very large, nearly entire leaves, and especially 
by its involucres. 
CYRTANDRA ALNIFOLIA Kranzl. sp. nov. (§ Aureae) . 
Rami crassi, tetragoni, glabri, cortice fragili tecti, apicem 
versus brunneo-pilosi, internodia 1 ad 2 cm longa. Folia in 
apice ramulorum congesta, satis longe (2.5 ad 4 cm) petiolata, 
oblonga ellipticave, margine remotiuscule dentata, acuta, basi 
plerumque rotundata, rarius modice acutata, superne glabra, 
obscurius venosa, subtus glabra in venis tantum sparsim brunneo- 
pilosa, laminae 10 ad 13 cm longae, 5 ad 6 cm latae. Inflores- 
centiae brevi-pedunculatae, involucri folia late ovata circ. 4, 
margine crenulato, dentata, obtusa, textura et indole superne 
et subtus omnino foliis similia, circ. 4 cm longa, 2.5 cm lata, 
interiora minora. Flores 2 (certe interdum plura) sessilia. 
Calyx late campanulatus, a dimidio in lobos triangulos longe 
acuminates fissus, lobis in nervo mediano sparsim pilosis, 1 cm 
longus. Corolla campanulata vel urceolaris, supra in lobos fere 
orbiculares divisa, extus sparsissime pilosa, intus a basi dimi- 
dium usque glabra, a dimidio faucem usque dense brevique pilosa, 
lobi tamen glabri; tota corolla 1.5 ad 1.8 cm longa, de colore nil 
constat. Staminti staminodiaque generis manifesta. Ovarium 
brevi-cylindraceum, glabrum, discus satis altus, brevi 5-dentatus, 
stylus dense setosus, crassiusculus, stigma magnum. Fructus 
mihi non visi. FI. Junio. 
Luzon, Subprovince of Benguet, Pauai, Bur. Sci. 8350 McGregor, altitude 
about 2100 m. 
The description of this species runs, in part, literally like that of Cyr- 
tandra populifolia Miq. (See C. B. Clarke in DC. Monog. Phan. 5: 262.) 
