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MERRILL. 
Fruits numerous in each head, densely disposed, somewhat 
obovoid, angled, the apex conical, 6-celled, 6-seeded. 
Luzon, Bontoc Subprovince, Malamey, Vanoverbergh 958, October 19, 
1910, in forests, altitude, 1,550 m. Father Vanoverbergh notes that the 
whole tree is white, and that the heads of fruits are brown, with the odor 
of carrots. 
A very characteristic species, distinguished from the other three known 
Philippine species of the section by the dense, pale, stellate indumentum 
on the lower surfaces of its leaflets. 
ERICACEAE. 
. VACCINIUM L. 
Vaccinium indutum Vid. Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 169. 
This appai’ently rare .species is known only from Bontoc, and has 
previously been known only by the type collection, Vidal 1831. It is also 
represented by Vanoverbergh 1013, from Malamey, Bontoc, growing in 
forests at an altitude of about 1,500 m. Vidal gives banuay as the local 
name of the species. 
GENTIANACEAE. 
EXACUM Linn. 
Exacum parvifiorum sp. nov. 
Herba erecta, glabra, baud ramosa, circiter 30 cm alta, caule 
quadrangulare ; foliis anguste lanceolatis, sessilibus, obscure 
trinerviis, 1 ad 3 cm longis; florlbus 4-meris, circiter 1.5 cm 
longis. 
An erect, rather slender, unbranched herb, the stems 4-angled, 
about 2 mm in diameter. Leaves sessile, narrowly lanceolate, 
1 to 3 cm long, less than 5 mm wide, obscurely 3-nerved, obtuse 
or subacute. Inflorescence terminal, few-flowered, racemose, the 
pedicels 2 cm long or less. Flowers 4-merous, blue, about 1.5 
cm long. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, long-acuminate, keeled but not 
winged on the back, 6 to 7 mm long, 2.5 mm wide. Corolla- 
tube 4 to 5 mm long, somewhat contracted at the throat, the 
lobes 10 to 11 mm long, 5 mrh wide, elliptic-lanceolate, long- 
acuminate. Filaments 2 mm long; anthers straight, 5 mm long, 
obtuse. Ovary ovoid; style 2 mm long. 
Luzon, Bontoc Subprovince, Vila, Vanoverbergh 758, August 15, 1910, 
hillsides, altitude about 1,220 m. 
The second species of the genus to be found in the Philippines, differing 
from Exacum tetragonum Roxb., to which it does not appear to be very 
closely allied, by its more slender, unbranched stems, smaller leaves, and 
especially in its much smaller flowers. 
