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bracteis parce ciliato-hirsutis, spatulatis, circiter 1 cm longis; 

 sepalis lineari-lanceolatis, tenuissime acuminatis, ciliato-setosis, 

 7 ad 8 mm longis ; corolla circiter 1 cm longa. 



A rather slender, simple, rarely branched, prominently pubes- 

 cent annual attaining a height of 25 cm, the stem prostrate 

 below, rooting at the nodes, prominently ciliate with elongated, 

 spreading, rather pale, weak, crisped or jointed hairs. Leaves 

 of each pair equal or subequal, mostly oblong, rarely ovate or 

 ovate-oblong, membranaceous, olivaceous when dry, dull or some- 

 what shining, 3 to 8 cm long, 1.5 to 3 cm wide, apex rounded 

 or obtuse, base abruptly rounded or truncate, sometimes slightly 

 cordate, both surfaces supplied with numerous, long, rather weak, 

 spreading hairs, margins prominently and rather coarsely cre- 

 nate; petioles ciliate, 5 to 25 mm long. Inflorescences axillary 

 and terminal, their peduncles slender, ciliate, 1.5 to 7 cm long, 

 the flowers white, rather few, crowded near the top of the pe- 

 duncle; bracts spatulate, obtuse, narrowed below, about 1 cm 

 long, the lowermost ones often larger and foliaceous. ciliate or 

 ciliate-setose with long, scattered, spreading hairs. Sepals 5, lin- 

 ear-lanceolate, slenderly long-acuminate, 7 to 8 mm long, spar- 

 ingly ciliate with long, slender, white or pale hairs. Corolla 

 about 1 cm long, glabrous. Capsule narrowly oblong, 8 to 9 mm 

 long, about 1.8 mm in diameter, glabrous or very slightly pu- 

 berulent. 



Samar, Catubig River at Caminiuan and at Palapag, Bur. Sci. 2U2U0 

 (type), 24185, 2U301 Ramos, February and March, 1916, in damp forests 

 at low altitudes. 



A species well characterized by its oblong, crenate leaves and its 

 indumentum. 



RUNGIA Nees 



RUNGIA MEMBRANACEA sp. nov. 



Annua, usque ad 35 cm alta, caulibus infra prostratis, radi- 

 cantibus ; f oliis membranaceis, lanceolatis usque ad 9 cm longis, 

 basi acutis vel acuminatis, sursum gradatim angustatis, apice 

 obtusis, lineolatis, glabris, vel subtus ad costa plus minusve 

 hirsutis, nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, distinctis, adscendentibus, anas- 

 tomosantibus ; spicis axillaribus terminalibusque, solitariis ad 

 trinis, usque ad 3 cm longis, bracteis haud marginatis, orbi- 

 culari-ovatis ad late obovatis, abrupte brevissime acuminatis, 

 reticulatis, margine leviter ciliatis ; bracteolis oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 circiter 5 mm longis, anguste acuminatis, margine parce ciliatis; 

 calycis segmentis anguste lanceolatis, acuminatis, ciliatis, circi- 

 ter 3.5 mm longis. 



An annual, simple or sparingly branched, nearly glabrous herb 



