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available here for comparison; not previously reported from the Philippines 
except for the unverified record of F.-Villar; India to the Malay Peninsula and 
Archipelago. 
LUCINAEA DC. 
Lucinaea monocephala sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor glaber; foliis oblongo-ellipticis, brunneis, nitidis, 
acuminatis, usque ad 8 cm longis, nervis utrinque eirciter 10, tenuibus; 
capitulis axillaribus, solitariis, pedunculatis, eirciter 2 cm diametro. 
A shrub or tree, glabrous throughout. Branches terete, rugose, gray 
or brown. Leaves oblong-elliptic, brown and shining when dry, paler 
beneath, subcoriaceous or thickly chartaceous, 5 to 8 cm long, 1.5 to 3.5 
cm wide, the base acute, the apex shortly acuminate, the lower surface 
coyered with minute, obscure, whitish, lepidote scales; nerves about 10 
on each side of the midrib, slender, not prominent, the reticulations nearly 
obsolete; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long. Heads axillary, solitary, brown, the 
peduncles 'Stout, 3 to 4 cm long, the heads globose, about 2 cm in diameter. 
Corolla at least 1 cm long, the petals valvate. Calyx-rim truncate or 
subtruncate. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, near Dahican, Bur. Sci. lOOSJf Ramos, July, 1909 
(type). Negros, Earaon, For. Bur.. 19074 Curran. 
Apparently most closely allied to Lucinaea ridleyi King, of the Malay Penin- 
sula and Borneo, but differing, according to the description of that species, in 
a number of characters. 
MUSSAENDA Linn. 
Mussaenda albiflora sp. nov. 
- Frutex erectus 2 ad 5 m altus, omnibus partibus plus minus dense 
hirsutis; foliis chartaceis, usque ad 30 cm longis, breviter petiolatis, 
acuminatis, nervis utrinque 11 ad 15; paniculis terminalibus, floribus 
ad apices ramulorum congestis, corollae tubo albo, eirciter 2.5 cm longo. 
An erect shrub 2 to 5 m high, all parts more or less densely hirsute 
with mostly long, spreading, pale or brownish hairs. Branches terete, 
reddish-brown or grayish, ultimately glabrous, the young branchlets 
densely hirsute. Leaves chartaceous, ovate , to oblong-ovate, 11 to 30 cm 
long, 6 to 9 cm wide, the apex .rather slenderly acuminate, the base 
more or less decurrent-acuminate and usually slightly inequilateral, both 
surfaces with scattered, spreading, long hairs, either pale or brownish, 
and especially dense on the midrib and primary nerves; petioles 1 to 1.5 
cm long, densely hirsute ; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, about 1 cm long, 
usually ultimately cleft. Panicles terminal, all parts more or less clothed 
with long or short, mostly spreading hairs, the flowers congested at the 
apices of the branchlets, the bracts acuminate, about 7 mm long, the 
bracteoles similar, more or less hirsute. Pedicels short, gradually merging 
into the slender, slightly hirsute calyx, the calyx-tube about 2 mm in 
diameter, the lobes linear-lanceolate, acuminate, hirsute, 6 to 7 mm long, 
about 1 mm wide at the base, gradually narrowed upward to the acuminate 
