372 The Philippine Journal of Science 1922 
1 cm longis, 5 mm latis, cystolithis paucis. vel nullis, apice ob- 
tusis vel subacutis, dentibus utrinque 2 vel 3, obtusis; nervis 1 
vel 2 utrinque; stipulis anguste oblongis, glabris, 1.4 mm longis; 
inflorescentiis ¢ axillaribus, solitariis, sessilibus, paucifloris, 
bracteis liberis, exterioribus ellipticis, obtusis, 2 mm longis, 
bracteolis oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis; floribus 3 vel 4, 5-meris, 
segmentis ellipticis, leviter cucullatis, ciliatis, 2 mm longis. 
An erect, apparently succulent, much-branched herb, at least 
40 cm high, the stems and branches somewhat appressed-hirsute 
with short hairs. Leaves very numerous, glabrous, chartaceous, 
very inequilateral, oblong to oblong-ovate, generally about 10 
mm long and 5 mm wide, brownish olivaceous when dry, some- 
times with obvious cystoliths along the midrib and nerves on 
the upper surface, more often without evident cystoliths, the 
apex obtuse or subacute, the base very inequilateral, acute on 
the narrower side and broadly rounded on the wider side, the 
narrower side with usually 2 teeth in the upper part, the broader 
side with usually 3 teeth, the teeth obtuse; nerves 1 or 2 on 
each side of the midrib; stipules narrowly oblong, glabrous, 1.4 
mm long. Staminate inflorescences axillary, solitary, sessile, 
obovoid, few-flowered, 2 or 3 flowers only in each fascicle, the 
bracts free, the outer ones elliptic, obtuse, 2 mm long, the brac- 
teoles oblong-elliptic, thinner than the bracts and about one- 
half as wide. Perianth segments 5, elliptic, slightly cucullate, 
rather prominently ciliate, about 2 mm long. 
Luzon, Bontoce Subprovince, Mount Polis, Bur. Sct. 37 660 
Ramos & Edafto, February 25, 1920. On tree trunks in the 
mossy forest, altitude about 1,800 meters, with the local name 
ngaligaloi. 
This species belongs in the group with Elatostema podophyllum 
Wedd. and E. benguetense C. B. Rob., but is easily distinguishable 
from these two species by the few, or more often obsolete, 
cystoliths. 
ELATOSTEMA CAPIZENSE sp. nov. 
Herba erecta ut videtur succulenta, usque ad 40 cm alta, 
simplex, caulis deorsum prostratis; foliis membranaceis, plus 
minusve inaequilateralibus, oblongo-ellipticis ad anguste oblon- 
go-obovatis, glabris, 11 ad 17 cm longis, olivaceis vel prunneis, 
cystolithis numerosis instructis, basi acutis, apice subabrupte 
caudato-acuminatis, margine in } superiore parte distanter 
crenato-serratis, deorsum integris; nervis utrinque circiter 8, - 
