348 MERRILL. • 
angled, brownish, slightly pubescent or puberulent. Leaves 
ovate, membranaceous, 5 to 9 cm long, 2.5 to 5 cm wide, shining, 
nearly glabrous, the base rounded or subacute, the apex acu- 
minate, margins distinctly and usually doubly crenate-serrate, 
the lower surface distinctly glandular-punctate, somewhat pube- 
rulent on the midrib and nerves, the nerves distinct, the reti- 
culations lax, not prominent; petioles 1 to 3 cm long, puberulent. 
Inflorescence a terminal, solitary, cylindric, spiciform panicle 
6 to 15 cm long, 1.5 to 2 cm in diameter, somewhat pubescent 
with short hairs, the verticels subapproximate, 5 to 10 mm 
apart, each with from 12 to 25 flowers racemosely arranged on 
the short spreading branches, the bracts none or very early de- 
ciduous. Calyx shortly pedicelled, oblong, acute at both ends, 
5-angled, sparingly pubescent, glandular-punctate, 6 to 7 cm long, 
the teeth 5, lanceolate, slenderly acuminate, 1.5 mm long. Co- 
rolla slender, glabrous, 10 mm long, the tube very slender below, 
6 to 7 mm long, more or less funnel-shaped above; lower lip 
lanceolate, acuminate, entire, about 3 mm long, 1 mm wide, 
3-nerved ; upped lip much larger, 3 mm wide, 3-lobed, the middle 
lobe oblong, obtuse, about 1.8 mm long, 0.8 mm wide^ 3-nerved, 
the two lateral ones broadly ovate, rounded, about 1.2 mm long 
and wide, usually 4-nerved. Filaments slender, exserted, bearded 
below the middle. Nutlets oblong-ovoid, black, shining, smooth, 
obscurely 3-angled, 0.8 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, Capuan, Bur, Sci 16419 Ramos, August 20, 
1910, near streams, flowers pink. 
Distinct from all other known Philippine forms, characterized by its 
thin, nearly glabrous leaves and its spiciform narrow panicles. 
POGOSTEMON RETICULATUS sp. nov. 
Herba erecta, aromatica, ramosa, 50 cm alta vel ultra, ciliata ; 
foliis membranaceis, late ovatis, usque ad 12 cm longis, obtusis 
vel late breviter obtuse acuminatis, basi distincte cordatis, mar- 
gine grosse irregulariter crenatis, subtus nervis reticulisque 
laxis prominentibus ; inflorescentiis terminalibus, spiciformibus, 
verticillastris inferioribus remotis, superioribus approximatis ; 
calycibus 6 mm longis, 5-dentatis, minute puberulis, parcissime 
ciliatis, bracteis filiformibus. 
An erect, branched, apparently annual herb 50 cm or more 
in height, all parts distinctly ciliate with long, weak, scattered, 
spreading, white hairs, and also more or less puberulent. 
Branches obscurely angled, dark-colored when dry. Leaves op- 
posite, long-petioled, broadly ovate, membranaceous, 5 to 12 cm 
long, 3.5 to 9 cm wide, obtuse or very shortly and obtusely 
