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A species well characterized by its elongated, narrow, persistent calyx-lobes; 
apparently allied to Mussaenda wrayii King, of the Malay Peninsula, but very 
different from that species. 
LASIANTHUS Jack. 
Lasianthus everettii sp. nov. 
Arbor parva vel arbuscula; ramulis foliis stipulis bracteisque plus 
minus fusco- vel flaveseenti-pilosis vel villosis ; foliis lanceolatis vel oblan- 
ceolatis, ca. 20 cm longis, longe tenuiter acuminatis, basi acutis; nervis 
utrinque 9 vel 10 ; stipulis ovato-lanceolatis, 3 cm longis, dense villosis, 
longe caudato-acuminatis, submembranaceis ; floribus axillaribus, solita- 
riis vel fascic-ulatis, 5-meris; bracteis anguste lanceolatis, numerosis. 
A small tree or shrub, the branches, leaves and stipules more or less 
densely covered with the rather long brown to yellowish-green hairs, 
the branchlets nearly black when dry. Leaves lanceolate or oblanceolate, 
about 20 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, submembranaeeous, the apex long and 
slenderly acuminate, base acute, both surfaces with numerous long yellow- 
ish or brownish hairs ; nerves 9 or 10 on each side of the midrib, prominent 
beneath, curved-ascending, anastomosing, the reticulations lax; petioles 
1 cm long, densely villous; stipules prominent, ovate-lanceolate, long and 
slenderly acuminate, 3 cm long, 8 mm wide, densely yellowish-villous 
narrowed below towards the base, submembranaeeous. Flowers axillary, 
two or three or more in each axil, sessile, the bracts many, lanceolate, 
slenderly acuminate, densely villous, about 2 cm long. Fruit about 5 mm 
long sparingly 'hirsute, crowned with a tuft of long brown hairs, 5-celled. 
Negros, near Cadiz Nuevo, For. Bur. 5591 Everett, November, 1906. 
A very characteristic species, distinguishable by its yellowish hairs, lanceolate 
long-acuminate leaves and very prominent stipules and bracts which are covered 
with long yellowish hairs. 
RANDIA Houst. 
Randia racemosa (Cav.) F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 108; Maxim, in Bull. 
Acad. Petersb. 29 (1884) 167; Forbes & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 
(1888) 382. 
Stylocoryna racemosa Cav. Icon. 4 (1797) 45, t. 368 ; DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 
377; Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. (1841) 264; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 2 (1856) 205. 
liemijia odorata Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 2 (1845) 115; ed. 3 1: 205. 
Randia densiflora Elm. Leaf!. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 32; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 130, non (?) Bentli. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Lamao River, For. Bur. 11/72 Ahern’s collector ; For. 
Bur. 201/7 Borden; Elmer 6873 : Province of Batangas, For. Bur. 7631 Curran it 
Merritt, October, 1907: Province of Pangasinan, For. Bur. 8390 Curran & Merrill , 
December, 1907: Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Merrill 27 89, July, 1903; Bur. Sci. 
1051/ Ramos, July, 1906; San Mateo, For. Bur. 181/1/, 3166 Ahern’s collector. 
September, 1904, June, 1905. Mindoro, Pola, Merrill 2219, May, 1903. Mas- 
rate, Merrill 3051/, August, 1903. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithlev, 
Mrs. Clemens 1193, September, 1907. f 
Widely distributed in the Philippines, and extending to the Riu Kill Islands. 
