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MERRILL. 
ERANTHEMUM Linn. 
Eranthemum curtatum C. B. Clarke in Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1905) 89. 
In thickets near the Alag River at 100 m. alt. (No. 6153). Previously collected 
on the Baco River, near the base of Mount Halcon by Merrill (No. 1779) April, 
1903, and by McGregor (No. 144) March, 1905. 
Known only from Luzon, Mindoro and Ticao. 
STROBILANTHES Blume. 
Strobilanthes halconertsis Merrill n. sp. 
Subglabrus; foliis oppositis, inaequalibus, usque ad 19 cm. longis, 8 
cm. latis, longe subcaudato-acuminatis ; spicis 5 ad 8 cm. longis ; bracteis 
aculeatis, 5 mm. longis, in paribus distantibus; corolla 2 cm. longa ; 
filamentis pilis longis ornatis. 
Erect or ascending, much branched, glabrous except the somewhat 
aculeate bracts and sepals, 1' to 2 m. high. Leaves opposite, unequal, 
5 to 19 cm. long, 1.5 to 8 cm. wide, ovate-lanceolate, the apex rather 
slenderly subcaudate-acuminate, the base acute, the margins subentire or 
obscurely crenate-dentate ; nerves about 6 on each side of the midrib; 
petioles 2 cm. long or less. Spikes many, axillary, solitary, 5 to 8 cm. 
long; bracts in pairs, rather distant, ovate, obtuse, 5 mm. long, aculeate- 
hispid. Calyx segments 5 mm. long, oblong, obtuse, aculeate at the 
apices-. Corolla white, 2 cm. long; stamens 4; filaments clothed with 
stout, brittle, jointed hairs. 
In thickets bordering the forest at an altitude of 900 m. (No. 5586). Also 
collected by Merritt (No. 4370), at 920 m. alt. in June, 1906. 
Perhaps as closely related to Strobilanthes vierrillii Clarke, as to any other 
Philippine species, but distinct. 
STAUROGYNE Wall. 
Staurogyne debilis (Andres) C. B, Clarke in herb. Ebermaiera debilis Andres 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 9 (1867) 452, in nota; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 
(1886) 203. Ebermaiera elongata Nees in DC. Prodr. 11 (1847) 721 var. (3 only. 
Erythracanthus elongatus Nees 1. c. 78, var. 'j3 only. 
On ledges along the Binabay River at 200 m. alt. (No. 5554) . 
Luzon, Negros and Mindanao. 
RUBIACE2E. 
H EDYOTIS Linn. 
Hedyotis hispida Retz. Obs. 4 (1779-91) 23. 
In an old clearing at 100 m. alt. (No. 5694). 
Previously recorded from the Philippines only by F.-Villar, Nov. App. (1883) 
107, also represented in our herbarium by specimens from Rizal Province, Luzon, 
1108 Ramos; 3312 Ahern’s collector. 
British India to southern China, the Malayan peninsula and archipelago. 
Hedyotis elmeri Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. T (1906) Suppl. 127. 
No. 4381 Merritt, June, 1906, altitude not given. 
Endemic in the Philippines. 
