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MERRILL AND ROLFE. 
Jasminum dolichopetalum Merrill & Rolfe sp. nov. § TJnifoliolata. 
Scanclens, glabrum ; f oliis lanceolatis vel anguste elliptieo-lanceolatis, 
glabris, membranaceis vel chartaceis, subtrinerviis, basi cuneatis, apice 
sensim anguste caudato-acuminatis ; inflorescentiis terminalibus, pauci- 
fioris, breviter peduneulatis ; floribus fasciculatis vel umbellatis; calycis 
laciniis 5, anguste lanceolatis, usque ad 1 mm longis; corollae tubo 13 mm 
longo, laciniis 10, linearibus, acuminatis, usque ad 3 cm longis, 1.5 ad 2 
mm latis. 
Glabrous throughout, scandent, the branches slender, smooth, brown. 
Leaves lanceolate to narrowly elliptical-lanceolate, membranous or 
chartaceous, the base cuneate, the apex gradually and narrowly caudate- 
acuminate, 6 to 10 cm long, 1.5 to 3 cm wide, the midrib prominent 
beneath and with a pair of submarginal basal nerves, anastomosing with 
the few distant lateral nerves, the reticulations very lax. Inflorescence 
terminal, few-flowered, the flowers white, 2 to 4, fasciculate or umbellate 
at the ends of the branches, the pedicels 3 to 3.5 cm long. Calyx short, 
the lobes 5, about 1 mm long, the corolla-tube about 13 mm long, slender, 
the lobes 10, very narrow and elongated, about 3 cm long, 1.5 to 2 mm 
wide. Anthers oblong-lanceolate, apiculate, 3 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Bizal, Bosoboso, Bur. Bci. 995 Ramos, June, 1906. 
A very characteristic species, distinguished by its narrow, long-acuminate, glab- 
rous leaves, few-flowered terminal inflorescence, long pedicels and very long 
corolla lobes. 
LOG AN 1 AGILE. 
MITRASACME Labill. 
Mitrasacme rvudicaulis Reinw. ex Blume Bijdr. (1820) 849; A. DC. Prodr. 
9 (1845) 12; Clarke in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 80; Forbes & Hernsl. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1889) 117. 
Luzon, District of Lepanto, Mount Data, Merrill 1/1/ 86 . 
New to the Archipelago, and differing from the common and widely diffused 
Mitrasacme alsinoicles in that its leaves are confined to a basal rosette. 
Eastern India to southern China and Malaya. 
GENT! AN AGILE. 
HOPPEA Willd. 
Hoppea dichotoma Willd. in Ges. Nat. Fr. Berl. Neue Sclirift. 3 (1801) 435; 
Clarke iff Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 100. 
Lu£on, Province of Benguet, Loo, Loher 501/5. 
A most interesting addition to our knowledge of the Asiatic element in the 
flora of northern Luzon, the genus containing but two species, both previously 
known only from British India. 
