468 The Philippine Journal of Science 1922 
HEDYOTIS Linnaeus 
HEDYOTIS CAMARINENSIS sp. nov. 
Suffruticosa, subscandens, stipulis inflorescentiisque plus 
minusve hirsutis exceptis glabra; caulis teretibus, laevis, 4 mm 
diametro, ramulis plus minusve compressis vel sulcatis; foliis 
chartaceis ad subcoriaceis, lanceolatis, usque ad 10 ecm longis 
et 3 cm latis, breviter petiolatis, acutis vel obscure acuminatis, 
basi acutis, nervis utrinque 5, adscendentibus, perspicuis, re- 
ticulis obsoletis; stipulis latis, pectinatis, laciniae circiter 7, 
hirsutae, longioribus 6 ad 9 mm longae; inflorescentiis axillari- 
bus, cymis laxis, 1 cm longis, paucifloris, leviter hirsutis, calycis 
lobis oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, 1.5 ad 2 mm longis. 
A suffrutescent, scandent plant at least 1 m high, glabrous 
except the stipules and inflorescences. Stems terete, smooth, 
dark-colored, about 4 mm in diameter, the younger branchlets 
usually compressed or sulcate. Leaves chartaceous to subco- 
riaceous, lanceolate, 7 to 10 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, greenish 
olivaceous, smooth, glabrous, slightly shining, the lower surface 
paler than the upper, the apex acute or slightly acuminate, the 
base acute; lateral nerves 5 on each side of the midrib, ascending, 
scarcely anastomosing, prominent, the reticulations obsolete; 
petioles stout, 3 to 4 mm long; stipules broad, the body about 
3 mm long, 6 to 9 mm wide, glabrous, subtruncate, pectinate, 
the lobes about 7, linear, stiff, more or less hirsute, the inner 
ones 6 to 9 mm long, the outer ones gradually shorter, a few 
intermediate ones often present, 1 mm or less in length. Cymes 
axillary, lax, few-flowered, about 1 cm long, sparingly hirsute, 
the pedicels 2 to 3 mm long, slender. Calyx tube about 1 mm 
long, glabrous or nearly so, the lobes 4, oblong-lanceolate, some- 
what acuminate, slightly hirsute, 1.5 to 2 mm long. Capsules 
ee 1.5 mm in diameter, crowned by the persistent calyx 
obes. 
LUZON, Camarines Province, Paracale, Bur. Sci. 33604 Ramos 
& Edano, December, 1918. In damp soil in new clearings near 
thickets at low altitudes. 
The specimens were originally identified as Hedyotis rigida 
Migq., but represent a species rather remote from the one de- 
scribed by Miquel. It is strongly characterized by its short 
petioles, glabrous, lanceolate, acute, prominently and obliquely 
nerved leaves, the reticulations being obsolete, as well as by 
its stipule and inflorescence characters. 
