716 The Philippine Journal of Science mi 
17. VIOLA RAMOSI AN A W. Bckr. sp. nov. ex affinitate V. mearnsii Merrill. 
Planta nana, glaberrima, in omnibus partibus major quam V. 
Mearnsii, acaulis, stolonifera. Rhizoma tenue, verticale vel ± 
obliquum, 1 ad 2 cm longum, sublaeve, fibrillosum, stolones ten- 
ues foliatos horizontales emittens. Stolones saepe complures, 
longius articulati, ad nodos folia floresque praebentes, ad finem 
rosulam foliorum non ostendentes. Stipulae liberae, e basi ovato- 
lanceolata longe acuminatae, remote glanduloso-fimbriatae, usque 
ad 1 cm longae, membranaceae, pallide virides, interdum sub- 
fuscae. Folia basilaria e basi profunde cordata ovata usque 
oblongo-ovata, 2 ad 3 cm longa, 1.5 ad 1.8 cm lata, obtusiuscula, 
glaberrima, lobis sinibusque rotundatis, distincte rotundato- 
crenata, ad crenas distincte incisas et substipitato-glandulosas 
sub microscopio interdum pilis nonnullis munita, petiolo sub- 
aequilongo. Folia stolonum minora, breviora, basi subaperte 
cordata, subacutiuscula. Flores folia vix vel non superantes, in 
pedunculis tenuibus circiter in medio bibracteolatis infra corol- 
lam disparse hirsutis; sepala lanceolata, acuminata, trinervia, 
ad margines ciliata, ad apicem glandula munita, 2.5 mm longa, 
appendicibus abbreviatis ; petala ? ; capsula ovoidea, glabra, 5 mm 
longa; stylus? 
Luzon, Kalinga Subprovince, Lubuagan, Mount Masingit, 
Bur. Sci. 37548 Ramos & Eclaho ad ripas circiter 1,350 m in 
stat. fruct. II 1920. 
A Viola mearnsii stolonibus horizontalibus bene evolutis, 
foliis glaberrimis ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis obtusiusculis major- 
ibus, pedunculis infra corollam disparse hirsutis, sepalis ad 
margines ciliatis et appendicibus calycinis abbreviatis diversa 
est. 
Viola mearnsii und V. ramosiana sind durch die mit einer 
Driise endigenden Sepalen ausgezeichnet. V. mearnsii ist 
einmal mit sehr kurzen Stolonen gesammelt (Benguet Provincia. 
Pauai, For Bur. 4310 Mearns, W. Becker. Herb. Viol.). 
8. VIOLA BETONICI FOLIA Sm. in Rees. Cyclop. 37 (1817) No. 7. 
Viola Patrinii var. napaulensis Ging. in DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 293. 
Viola Patrinii Wight et Arn. Prodr. FI. Ind. Or. 1 (1834) 32; Hook, 
f. FI. Brit. Ind. 1 (1875) 183 p. p.!; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 (1886) 53 p. p. !; Trimen Handb. FI. Ceyl 1 (893) 
66; Diels FI. Centr. Chin. (1901) 476 p. p.; Reorders Excfl. Java 
2 (1912) 627 p. p. minima! 
Viola Patrinii var. laotiana De Boissieu in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55 
(1908) 467. 
Viola Patrinii var. typica Maxim, in Bull. Acad. Sci. Petersb. 23 
(1877) 315 p. p.! 
