20, 4 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XVII 451 
A slender, branched, erect herb, up to 20 cm high, the stems . 
1 mm or less in diameter, terete, often decumbent below, the 
branches, petioles, and inflorescences minutely cinereous-pubes- 
cent. Leaves in equal pairs, ovate to oblong-ovate, membrana- 
ceous, 1 to 3 cm long, 7 to 14 mm wide, obtuse or sometimes 
broadly and obtusely acuminate, the base acute, the upper surface 
olivaceous, sparingly pubescent with short, scattered hairs, the 
lower surface paler, minutely pubescent at least on the midrib 
and nerves; lateral nerves usually 3 or 4 on each side of the 
midrib, slender; petioles 2 to 6 mm long, minutely pubescent. 
Involucres for the most part spicately arranged, the spikes ter- 
minating the branchlets, a few solitary ones in the upper axils, 
the spikes up to 5 cm long, presenting at most 5 or 6 involucres. 
Bracts 4, lanceolate, acuminate, 8 to 9 mm long, minutely 
cinereous-pubescent, the outer two united for the lower 2 to 3 
mm. Calyx 2 to 3 mm long, membranaceous, the lobes narrowly 
lanceolate, acuminate, somewhat ciliate, nearly as long as the 
tube. Corolla 1.5 cm long, sparingly hirsute in the upper part, 
the tube 7 mm long, glabrous; upper lip 8 mm long, 2 mm wide, 
narrowly oblong, 2-nerved, obtuse; lower lip as long as the 
upper one, 5 mm wide, somewhat narrowed below, 3-lobed, the 
lobes about 2 mm long, ovate, rounded. Filaments 5 mm long; 
anthers about 1 mm long. 
LUZON, Cagayan Province, between Mision and San Vicente, 
For. Bur. 16693 Bacani, March, 1909, near the seashore. 
A species strongly characterized by its small size, its slender 
stems, small leaves, and spicately arranged flowers. 
HYPOESTES CONFERTIFLORA sp. nov. 
Erecta, usque ad 60 em alta, inflorescentiis perspicue ciliatis 
exceptis glabra; foliis in paribus subaequalibus, chartaceis, ob- 
longis, 6 ad 17 cm longis, acuminatis, basi decurrentibus, nervis 
utrinque circiter 9; inflorescentiis terminalibus, subcapitatis, 
confertis, 2 cm diametro, multifloris; involucris numerosis, brac- 
teis 4, lanceolatis, acuminatis, exterioribus 12 ad 13 mm longis, 
dense longeque albido-ciliatis, interioribus leviter ciliatis; calycis 
8 mm longis, pubescentibus, lobis lineari-lanceolatis, tubo aequan- 
tibus. 
An erect, somewhat branched, herbaceous or suffrutescent 
plant, up to 60 em high, entirely glabrous except the very prom- 
inently ciliate inflorescences. Stems terete, smooth, straw- 
colored, about 4 mm in diameter, the internodes 6 to 16 cm long. 
Leaves in equal or subequal pairs, chartaceous, oblong, 6 to 17 
