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ferrugineo-villosa. Folia subaequalia vel omnino inaequalia, 
plus minus asymmetrica, petiolata, lanceolata oblongave, mar- 
gine simpliciter vel partim duplicato-dentata, supeme strigosa, 
subtus dense albido-luteo-villosa, omnia arrecta, petioli 5 ad 7 cm 
long!, laminae 25 cm longae, 4,5 cm latae. Racemi e parte 
inferiore (semper ?) aphylla caulis orientes, brevissime pedun- 
culati vel sessiles; prophylla basilaria racemi obovata, obtuse 
acutata, extus griseo-strigosa, intus scarlatina, 2.5 cm longa, 
antice 1 cm lata, bracteae florum obsoletae. Flores ad 15 in 
dichasium plus minus typicum dispositi, pedicelli florum 1.5 
ad 2 cm longi, griseo-pilosi ut etiam calyces. Calyx fere 
basin usque fissus, 7 ad 8 mm longus, segmenta obovata, apice 
retusa. Corolla in dorso paulum curvata, antice in lobos 5 vix 
diversos, quorum anticus deflexus, ceteri convergentes divisa, 
extus dense strigosa, intus annulo pilorum satis longorum, basin 
versus deflexorum munita, ceterum glabra, 2.2 cm longa, 7 mm 
in orificio lata. "Stamina longe exserta, filamenta 4 paulum 
supra basin inserta, extra corollam vario modo torta, antherae 
majorum biloculares, breviorum certe minores, uniloculares (?), 
staminodium bene evolutum. Annulus ovarii brevis integer, 
ovarium fusiforme pilosum, stylus brevi-pilosus, stigma maxi- 
mum bilabiatum. Fructus mihi non visus. Flores virides esse 
refert collector clariss. Fl. Martio. 
Luzon, Prov. Rizal, Matulid, Loher 6651, 
This species somewhat resembles Cyrtandra radiciflora C. B. Clarke and 
C. rhizantka KranzL, but an examination of the flower shows four well 
developed stamens, and that the plant has all the characters of Dichro- 
trichum. 
DICHOTRICHUM PRAELONGUM Kranzl. sp. nov. 
Frutex, 3 ad 4 m altus. Caulis tetragonus, strigoso-villosus. 
Folia valde inaequalia (folium minus tamen bene evolutum), 
longe petiolata, lanceolata, acuta vel acuminata, serrato-dentata, 
superne sparsim pilosa, subtus dense sericeo-pilosa, nervi prin- 
cipales pro magnitudine foliorum 7 ad 10 utrinque, petioli 6 ad 
12 cm longi, sulcati, in nervum medianum crassum producti, 
dense villosi, laminae ad 27 cm longae, 6 cm latae ; folium minus 
ejusdem paris tertia parte circiter minus, Racemi sessiles capi- 
tati, inter foliorum paria orientes, pauciflori, densiflori, pro- 
phyllis magnis, crassiusculis, extus et intus dense strigoso- 
pilosis vestiti, prophylla extus rubro-viridia, intus sordide coc- 
cinea, obovata, obtusa vel brevi-acutata, 2.5 ad 3 cm longa. Flo- 
res in dichasium dispositi, extus densissime villosi. Pedicelli 
