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oblongo-ellipticis, 12 ad 18 cm longis, utrinque subaequaliter 
angustatis, breviter acuminatis, basi acutis ad subrotundatis, 
nervis utrinque 10 ‘ad 12, perspicuis; stipulis 1 cm longis, in 
4 inferiore parte connatis, vaginatis; spicis plerumque extra- 
axillaribus, tenuibus, 11 ad 20 em longis; floribus fasciculatis, 
fasciculis paucifloris, bracteis ovatis, acuminatis, 3 mm longis 
cum bracteolis lanceolatis calycibusque plus minusve ferrugineo- 
hirsutis, calycis profunde 5-lobatis, lobis 1.5 mm longis; corollae 
tubo 2 mm longo, intus haud barbato. 
An erect shrub 1 to 3 m high, glabrous except the somewhat 
ferruginous-hirsute inflorescences. Branches terete, rather 
smooth, the ultimate branchlets more or less sulcate, about 2 
mm in diameter. Leaves firmly chartaceous or subcoriaceous, 
oblong-elliptic, 12 to 18 em long, 5 to 7 cm wide, subequally 
narrowed to the acute or somewhat rounded base and to the 
shortly acuminate apex, the upper surface olivaceous, rather 
dull, the lower surface paler; lateral nerves 10 to 12 on each 
side of the midrib, slightly raised on the upper surface, rather 
prominent on the lower surface, obscurely arched-anastomos- 
ing, the reticulations lax; petioles 3 to 5 mm long; stipules 
about 1 cm long, sheathing, united for about one-half their length, 
the free portions ovate, acuminate. Inflorescences chiefly extra- 
axillary, solitary, on the ultimate branches, usually inserted 
about 1 cm above the nodes, slender, 11 to 20 cm long, more 
or less ferruginous-hirsute, spikelike, the flowers fascicled at 
the nodes, sessile, the bracts subtending the fascicles ovate, 
acuminate, somewhat ferruginous-hirsute, about 8 mm long, 
the bracteoles lanceolate, acuminate, about 2mm long. Flowers 
small, 5-merous, sessile or subsessile, few in a fascicle, the calyx 
about 2 mm long, somewhat pubescent, deeply cleft, the lobes 
lanceolate, about 1.5 mm long, ferruginous-hirsute. Corolla 
glabrous on both surfaces, the tube 2 mm long, the lobes 
oblong-ovate, obtuse, somewhat twisted-imbricate, 1 mm long. 
Anthers linear-lanceolate, 2.5 mm long, the connectives produced 
about 0.3 mm. Style narrowly club-shaped, grooved, glabrous, 
2 mm long. 
MINDANAO, Zamboanga District, Malangas and Mount 
Tubuan, Bur. Sci. 36819, 36683 Ramos & Edafio, October and 
November, 1919. In damp forests along streams at low al- 
titudes. 
The genus Cowiea, previously a monotypic one, was described 
from material collected by Miss Gibbs in British North Borneo, 
