BOTANICAL NOTES. 
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to recurve, narrowly lanceolate, obtuse ; filaments inserted in the throat of 
the corolla, the free part broad, 2 mm long; anthers exserted, basifixed, 
linear-oblong, 3 mm long, hardly wider than the filaments; ovary 2.5 
mm long; style 2.5 cm long, persistent. 
Glabrous; branches covered with light-gray bark; leaves in whorls of 
5 to 7, the petioles 1 to 2 cm long, the lamina coriaceous, 8 to 15 cm 
long, 2.5 to 7 cm wide, the base acute, decurrent, the apex acute or more 
often acutely acuminate ; venation, except the conspicuous midrib, very , 
obscure. 
Polillo, Bur. Sci. 1038 k McGregor, in flower, September 14, 1909. Allied to 
L. halconensis Merr., but distinguished by the different inflorescence, which is 
glabrous at all stages, and by various minor characters. 
Other species: L. pentapetalus Roxb., 10333, 10350. 
OPILIACEAE. 
Opilia amentacea Roxb., 9256. 
AEISTOLOCHIACEAE. 
Aristolochia tagala Cham. & Schl., 9123, 10380, local name parol-parulan. 
AMABANTHACEAE. 
Achyranthes aspera Linn., 9136; A. indica (Linn.) Mill., 922k : Amaranthus 
spinosus Linn., 9152, local name oori. 
POETULACACEAE. 
Portulaba oleracea Linn., 9175. 
BANTUS! CULACEAE. 
Clematis smilacifolia Wall., 10k09, growing almost at sea-level, in the outer- 
most fringe of vegetation along the coast, the actual strand plants excepted. 
MENISPEEMACEAE. 
Pycnarrhena sp. 
What seems to be an undescribed species of this genus, 1032k, sent to Doctor 
Diels for identification, has been returned by him with the note: “characteribus 
inter P. borneensem et P. elliptieam quasi intermedia, floribus ignotis describi 
non potest.” 
Other species: Cissampelos pareira Linn., 6881, 921 t l, 926k, 10381. 
ANNONACEAE. 
Drepananthus longiflorus sp. nov. 
Arbor: inflorescentiis paucifloris, pedicellis longis, floribus trimeris, 
petalis in alabastro valvatis, subaequilongis, exterioribus applanatis, in- 
terioribus basi concavis genitalia occultantibus : foliis anguste oblongo- 
obovatis ad ovalibus, basi acutis apice acuminatis, venis utrinque 6 vel 7. 
