PHILIPPINE URTICACEAE, II. W^ 
snhobtuse, ol the wider side obtuse or sliglitly auviiailatc. the margin of 
the wider side witli usually 7 or 8 teeth, of the narrower usually with one 
or two less, the apex protracted hut hardly exeeediiij; the ffeneial outline; 
triplinerved, other veins usually 4 or 5 on each side, but they and esperially 
the minor reticulations usually little conspicuous; glabrous, 1nd the upper 
surface with numerous cystoliths ; stipules subulate, 2 to 3 mm long. 
Luzon, Subpvovincc of Benfjiiet, Biisuio and vicinity, in ravines, McrriU V!',.1 
(type), Bur. ScL im.>, 1)00) Hohin.on; Mount T6«^'lon, on banks alonj; tnul 
at 1,600 to 1,800 m, Phil. PL SJl MrnW; Sablan. H,n: ,Sri. mo2 tc,»x. Tl,e 
last speci„>en wa« forn.erly referred by n.e» to E. nrulc.cn,s Khner. to .■ u.J 
E. luUsccns bas great gonoval similarity lK,th in field and borbarnnn bnt on 
comparison of a very large quantity of material, it dillers very constantly .n al 
the characters above noted. Its real alliance is w,th A'. ..,».v^, ,„» ^^^^ 
.-bich is a more delicate and usually mncb less bvancbo, I'l-"' "'^^JJ" ^^ 
(when dry) leaves, the nuugins with n.ore nunu-rons teeth, and the apex n„ne 
prolon<.^ed. 
17a. Elatostema merrillii sp. nov. 
Adn,odum parvum, basi reptans, altius aseendc^ns: receptacul.s se.- 
silil,us, stanuniferoruni bractcis breviter sed inaecjuahtcr om-nmlat . 
floribu; pentameris: foliis parvis, oblique oblanceolatrs vel obovaf., tu- 
plinerviis vel saopius admodum quadruplmeiTiis. . , , , ^, 
Stannnate receptacles sessile, few-flowered; outer P-'' f ^-■^^ ° ^ j 
2 5 mm Ion- one of them with a spur extending about 1 mm bejond 
iC ::JlUne, spur of the other shorter and much le- -^^ 
both long-eiliate on the margins and hack; next two V^^^^''"^^''^^^ 
ate-oval,' u,n, long, ciliate; b-cteoles oblam-^ a e, ^ mnr h.g H^^^ 
short; perianth-segments 5, oval or oblong, l.o mm on U 
ulate Letiines ciliate at the apex; filaments f -* ^ ' ^^ ™^, 
anthers O.G mm long, the cells widely separated a the . 1 J a 
receptacles sessile; outer and inner bracts more or ^-^ ' ^^^^^^^^^ 
lanceolate, shortlv corniculate, 2 u.n long, «ha e on ' ' S;,-,' „, 
or less viUose on the back; bvacteoles narrow y oldaivc - n^b ^'^^ 
long, ciliate; pedicels very short; permnth-lobes .,, joundul, 
mn, long; aclienes light-brown, about 0... mm Ion 
Plan^^ 'creeping at the base, tl'-nf^r a..id,ng, ^ ^^.^^ 1^^^^^^^^^ 
en. long, densely covered at the apex - -f ^ ^\i,. ._ ,,,.es sess.le, 
somewhat spreading -«.P^^~ jv 'Innceokte or obovate, 14 to 2« 
the membranaceous lamnra "^^^'l^-^ "^'' .^^ ,,^^ ,„,e of the 
mm long, G to 12 mm wide, or some ^^^^'^ ^^^,. ,.,,,„aed or 
plant smaller, the narrower side acute at the ha^'^' ^^ j, 
lightly auricled, the -'•^;^:;:;Sft !",£:.:: entire toward 
r iair rZl :;o:e ::J- Xo at tl. a^e. apical tooth merely 
'TbisJonrmiie (1911) B"'*- 3'' 
