xi, c, i Merrill: Plants from Sorsogon Province, Luzon 5 



URTICACEAE 



ELATOSTEMA Forster 

 ELATOSTEMA HOLOPHYLLUM sp. nov. 



Repens, simplex, partibus junioribus parce hirsutus; recep- 

 tacula staminiferis distincte pedunculatis, paucifloris, bracteis 

 exterioribus 4 ad 5 mm longis, corniculatis ; foliis inaequilate- 

 raliter oblongis, integris, usque ad 2.5 cm longis, obtusis ; stipulis 

 magnis, membranaceis, in paribus valde inaqualibus, usque ad 8 

 mm longis. 



A prostrate slender plant, unbranched, rooting at the nodes, 

 the stems up to 20 cm in length, sparingly hirsute. Leaves inae- 

 quilateral, entire, oblong, 1.5 to 2.5 cm long, 0.5 to 1 cm wide, 

 obtuse, the midrib on the lower surface sparingly hirsute, cys- 

 toliths scattered, prominent; lateral nerves 2 or 3 on each side 

 of the midrib, distant, obscure, reticulations obsolete; petioles 

 2 mm long or less ; stipules thin, brownish, in unequal pairs, the 

 larger of each pair inequilateral, oblong to ovate-oblong, up 

 to 8 mm long, at least twice as large as the smaller one. Male 

 receptacles solitary, their peduncles up to 1 cm in length, the 

 bracts broadly ovate, corniculate, up to 6 mm long. Male flowers 

 few in each receptacle, the outer two bracteoles oblanceolate, 

 somewhat navicular, 4 to 5 mm long, with a slender 1.5 to 2 mm 

 long spur, the inner two much smaller. Sepals 4, broadly ovate 

 to oblong-ovate, about 3 mm long, somewhat apiculate and ob- 

 scurely bearded or hirsute at the apex. 



Luzon, Province of Sorsogon, Mount Bagacaua, Bur. Sci. 23S29 Ramos, 

 August 20, 1915, growing on trees in the mossy forest, A smaller form 

 of what is apparently the same species, but with shorter leaves and short- 

 peduncled receptacles is represented by Bur. Sci. 23546 Ramos, from Mount 

 Lalao, Sorsogon. 



The species is well characterized by its simple, prostrate stems, and 

 especially by its entire, oblong, obtuse leaves. It does not appear to be 

 closely allied to any previously described species of the genus. 



PR OCR IS Commerson 

 PROCRIS BRUNNEA sp. nov. 



Frutex monoicus, epiphyticus, ut videtur scandens, glaber, P. 

 pseudostrigosae affinis, differt foliis minoribus, in siccitate subtus 

 uniformiter brunneis, nervis paucioribus, 5 vel 6 utrinque. 



An epiphytic, monoecious, apparently scandent, glabrous 

 shrub, the branches brownish and wrinkled when dry, 3 to 4 

 mm in diameter. Leaves coriaceous, stiff, brittle, when dry the 



