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A widely distributed species in the Philippines, extending from central Luzon 
to southern Mindanao, the only representative of the genus known from the 
Archipelago. After an examination of Presl’s type in Herb. Prague, I am able to 
affirm the identity of the above-cited specimens, and accordingly transfer the 
sjjecies to the genus in which it properly belongs. 
PHAEANTHUS Hook. f. et Thoms. 
Phaeanthus ebracteolatus (Presl) comb. nov. 
Uvaria ebracteolata Presl Eel. Haenk. 2 (1835) 77. 
Uvaria tripetala Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 465, non Eoxb. 
Unona tripetala Blanco 1. c. ed. 2 (1845) 324; ed. 3, 2: 236. 
Phaeanthus cumingii Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 2 (1859) 51; Yidal Phan. Cuming. 
Philip. (1885) 93; Rev. PI. Vasq. Filip. (1886) 42; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. (1892) 
II; Merr. in Forest. Bur. Bull. 1 (1903) 20; Philip. Journ. Sei. 1 (1906) 
Suppl. 54. 
Phaeanthus malabaricus Vid. Cat. PI. Prov. Manila (1880) 16; F.-Vill. Nov. 
App. (1880) 7, non Bedd. 
Phaeanthus nutans F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 6, non Hook. f. et Thoms. 
A very common and widely distributed endemic species for which Presl’s 
specific name is here adopted, being the oldest valid one. In January, 1908, 
I had opportunity to examine Presl’s type, preserved in the Prague Herbarium, 
and consider it to be identical with Cuming’s plant on which Miquel based his 
Phaeanthus cumingii. 
M< )NIMIACE2E. 
KIBARA Endl. 
Kibara mollis sp. nov. 
Omnibus partibus dense et niolliter stramineo-fulvo-pilosis vel pubes- 
centibus; foliis ellipticis vel elliptico-ovatis, membranaceis, 12 ad 16 cm 
longis, apice breviter acuminatis, nervis utrinque 5 vel 6 ; inflorescentiis 
panieulatis vel racemoso-paniculatis, paucifloris, solitariis, axillaribus, 6 
ad 10 cm longis, ramis patentibus, inferioribus ca. 3 cm longis; re- 
ceptaculis elliptico-ovatis, cliartaceis, extus dense pilosis; carpellis ca. 
20, pubescentibus ; tepalis ovatis, glabris, acutis, ca. 0.5 mm longis. 
A shrub or small tree very densely and softly pilose or pubescent 
throughout. Branches terete, slender. Leaves pale, elliptical or ellip- 
tical-ovate, densely pilose on both surfaces, membranaceous, 12 to 16 cm 
long, 4 to 8 cm wide, base acute, apex short-acuminate, the margins 
above unequally undulate-denticulate ; nerves 5 or 6 on each side of the 
midrib ; petiole 1.5 to 2 cm long. Inflorescence axillary, solitary, panic- 
ulate or racemose-paniculate, 6 to 10 cm long, densely pilose, the 
branches spreading, the lower ones about 3 cm long, the upper gradually 
shorter, each bearing 1 to 3 flowers. Flowers 3 to 4 mm long, their 
pedicels 1 to 2 cm long, the receptacle elliptical-ovate, chartaceous, exter- 
nally densely pilose ; carpels about 20, 2 mm long, pubescent ; tepals ovate, 
glabrous, acute, about 0.5 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Bur. & lei. 1010 Ramos, July, 1906. 
A very characteristic species, readily recognizable by its soft, dense, rather 
pale pubescence, which extends to all parts of the plant. 
