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Cyrtandra umbellifera Merrill sp. nov. § Stellatae. 
Arbuscula 1.5 m alta; foliis oblongo-ellipticis, aeuminatis, subintegris 
vel leviter crenatis, usque ad 20 cm longis, subfalcatis, membranaeeis; 
inflorescentiis umbellatis, axillaribus, solitariis, ferrugineo-pubescentibus, 
pedunculis tenuibus, circiter 1.5 cm longis; floribus circiter 1 cm longis; 
calycis lobis anguste aeuminatis, tubo longioribus. 
A shrub about 1.5 m high. Branches grayish, terete, glabrous, the 
branchlets pubescent. Leaves opposite, subequal, oblong-elliptical, some- 
what falcate, membranous, 16 to 20 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide, glabrous 
above, beneath somewhat pale and with scattered appressed hairs on the 
midrib and nerves, the apex rather strongly acuminate, the base acute, 
the margins subentire or slightly crenate; petioles pubescent, 2.5 to 3.5 
cm long. Flowers umbellate, umbels solitary, axillary, their pedicels 
slender, about 1.5 cm long, pubescent, each umbel 6- to 10-flowered, 
the bracts linear-lanceolate, pubescent, about 5 mm long ; pedicels slender, 
pubescent, 5 to 7 mm long. Calyx pubescent with short spreading hairs, 
the tube broad, about 2 mm long, the teeth narrowly lanceolate, long- 
acuminate, 3 to 4 mm long. Corolla about 1 cm long, somewhat pubes- 
cent outside. Fruit (immature) glabrous, narrowly ovoid, long 
acuminate. 
Batan, near the summit of Mount Iraya, Bur. Sci. 3785 Fenix, June 8, 1907. 
A species well characterized by its umbellate inflorescence. 
ACANTHACEdE. 
ERANTHEMUM L inn. 
E. curtatum Clarke. 
Babuyan, 3907 Fenix. Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3612 Fenix. Cami- 
guin, J/072 Fenix. 
Known only from the Philippines where it is rather widely distributed. 
JUST I Cl A Linn. 
J. procumbens Linn. 
Batan, 3602, 3688 Fenix • 3199, 3200 Mearns, luxuriant forms. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; India and Ceylon to Formosa, Malaya, 
and Australia. 
BLECHUM P. Br. 
B. brownei Juss. 
Batan, 3663 Fenix. 
A common and widely distributed weed in the Philippines, a native of tropical 
America; Formosa, fide Clarke in lit. 
EUBIACEdE. 
DENTELLA Foist. 
D. repens (Linn.) Forst. 
Batan, 3665 Fenix. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines in waste places; tropical Asia to For- 
mosa through Malaya to Australia. 
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