PLANTS FROM BATANES AND BABUYANES ISLANDS. 
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GENTIANACEiE. 
ERYTHRAEA Rich. 
E. spicata (Linn.) Pers. Syn. 1 (1805) 283; DC. Prodr. 9 (1845) 60; Forbes 
& Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1890) 122; Mats. & Hayata Enum. PL 
Formosa (1906) 242. 
Gentiana spicata Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 333. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 311/2, 311/1/, 3231 Mearns, May 27, 1907. 
No representative of the genus has previously been found in the Philippines, 
and the present one has no doubt been introduced by way of Formosa. 
Mediterranean region; introduced into Formosa, probably by early Portuguese 
colonists. 
OLEACE2E. 
LI NOCI ERA Sw. 
L. cumingiana Vidal. 
Fuga, 321/9 Mearns. Saistax, 3755 Fenix. N. v., Vasango. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines, endemic. A species of doubtful value. 
LOGANIACE7E. 
FAGRAEA Tliunb. 
F. obovata Wall. 
C’amiguin, 1/123 Fenix. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; India to Malaya. No species of the 
genus is reported from Formosa or China. 
GENIOSTOMA Forst. 
Geniostoma batanense Merrill sp. nov. 
Arbxiscxila 2 ad 3 in alta, infiorescentiis exceptis glabra; rarnis ramxx- 
lisqxxe teretibus, griseis ; f oliis elliptico-ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, submem- 
branaceis, nitidis, 5 ad 8 cm longis, apice acxxminatis, basi acutis, nervis 
xxtrinqne 5 vel 6, sixbprominentibxis ; cymis axillaribxxs, fasciculatis, paxxci- 
floris, parce pxxbescentibxxs, circiter 1 cm longis; floribus circiter 3 mm 
longis. 
A slxrnb 2 to 3 m high, glabroxxs except the inflorescence. Branches 
and branchlets terete, glabroxxs, light-gray. Leaves elliptical-ovate to 
oblong-ovate, 5 to 8 cm long, 2 to 3 cm xvide, submembranous, blackish 
when dry, somewhat shining, the apex acuminate, the base acute; nerves 
5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, rather distinct beneath, anastomosing, 
the reticulations nearly obsolete ; petioles 5 to 8 mm long. Cymes axil- 
lary, fascicled, slightly pubescent or puberulent, about 1 cm long, few- 
flowered, the bracts and bracteoles ovate, similar, about 0.5 mm long. 
Calyx slightly pubescent, the lobes ovate, blunt or acute, 1 mm long. Co- 
rolla 3 mm long, the throat densely villous inside, the lobes about 1.5 mm 
long, ovate, reflexed, acute. Anthers 0.8 mm long. Ovary globose; 
style short; stigma ovoid, 0.6 mm in diameter. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Baeco, Bur. Sci. 3795 Fenix, June 8, 1907. N. v. 
Gagadang. 
A species allied to Geniostoma cumingianum Benth., but with larger leaves, 
and different inflorescence. 
