456 The Philippine Journal of Science 1922 
STROBILANTHES Blume 
STROBILANTHES PACHYS C. B. Clarke in herb. Kew. sp. nov. 
Suffruticosa, ramosa, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; foliis in 
paribus inaequalibus, coriaceis, glabris, integris, oblongis ad 
oblongo-ovatis, acuminatis, basi decurrentibus, nervis utrinque 
5 ad 8, majoribus 7 ad 138 cm longis, minoribus 3 ad 8 cm 
longis; spicis terminalibus, 3 ad 10 cm longis, circiter 1 cm 
diametro, densis, bracteis coriaceis, lanceolatis, 1.5 em longis, 
leviter ferrugineo-pubescentibus; floribus circiter 3.5 ecm longis, 
calycis lobis 5, liberis, anguste lanceolatis, 11 mm longis; corolla 
glabra; ovario oblongo, glabro, apice ferrugineo-pubescente; 
capsulis oblongis, 2 cm longis. 
An erect, branched, suffrutescent plant, glabrous or nearly 
So except the inflorescences, the ultimate branches terete, brown- 
ish, about 3 mm in diameter, the very young branchlets nearly 
black, angled or sulcate, slightly pubescent. Leaves in unequal 
pairs, olivaceous, oblong to oblong-ovate, entire, both surfaces 
very densely covered with irregularly arranged cystoliths, gla- 
brous, narrowed upward to the distinctly acuminate apex and 
below to the decurrent base, the larger ones of each pair 7 to 13 
em long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, the smaller ones 3 to 8 cm long, 2 
to 3.3 em wide; lateral nerves of the larger leaves about 8 on 
each side of the midrib, of the smaller ones about 5, rather 
prominent, the reticulations obscure. Inflorescences terminal 
and terminating short lateral branches, spicate, 3 to 10 cm long, 
the bracts persistent, coriaceous, lanceolate, about 1.5 cm long, 
4 to 5 mm wide, sparingly ferruginous-pubescent, nearly black 
when dry, narrowed upward to the bluntly acuminate apex. 
Calyx lobes free, narrowly lanceolate, subcoriaceous, 11 mm long, 
2mm wide, slightly pubescent. Corolla lavender, glabrous, 3.5 
_cm long, the tube narrow and cylindric in the lower 12 mm, then 
enlarged. Stamens 4. Ovary oblong, pubescent at the apex; 
style slender, sparingly villous. Capsules oblong, 2 cm long, 
about 3 mm in diameter, glabrous except at the very tips which 
are sparingly ferruginous-hirsute; seeds orbicular-ovate, about 
3 mm long, appressed-pubescent with pale-brownish hairs. 
LUzON, Nueva Vizcaya Province, near Imugan, Bur. Sci. 14378 
McGregor, April, 1912. The specimen closely matches Vidal 
3012 in the Kew Herbarium bearing Clarke’s unpublished manu- 
script name which I have adopted for the species; Vidal’s 
specimen was from the'Caraballo Sur Mountains and was prob- 
ably collected on the trail between Caranglan and Dupax, hence, 
coming from the same general region as McGregor’s specimen. 
