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Hypoestes Palawanensis sp. nov. 



Foliorum lamina 22 mm. longa, 10 cm. lata, glabrata, utrinque acuta; 

 petiolo usque ad 5 cm. longo; panicula 8 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata, perdensa, 

 hirsuta; involueris 15 mm. Longis, lobis apicc lanceolatis. 



Palawan (31(3 Bcrmcjos) January, 190(5, in forests at Tanabag, near Puerto 

 Prinecsa. 



This species resembles Vidal No. 3401, an undeseribed Philippine species, in 

 which, however, the involucres are about 8 nun. long, hardly hall the length of 



those of //■ I'ahucaiK nsis. 



JUSTICIA Linn. 



Justicia Vidalii (('. B. Clarke ins. in Vidal n. 3402). 



Infloreseentia la.xa stroboloidca ; bracteis (foliis floralibus) spatulato- 

 rotundatis, 5 mm. longis, proven! u vix imbricatis, densius breviter villosis. 



Leaf blades 18 by 8 cm., narrowed at either end, subglabrous ; petioles 

 3 to 5 cm. long. Peduncles terminal and axillary the inflorescence 

 paniculate. Sepals 3 mm. long, linear. Corolla 7 mm. long. Stamens 

 2, one anther cell below the other, tailed at the base. Follen ellipsoid 

 with one row of large dots longitudinal beside each stopple. Capsule 

 1 cm. long, stalked, hairy, 4-sceded. 



Palawan (288 Bermejoa). In forests at Tanabag, near Puerto Princesa, Jan- 

 uary. 1906. 



RUELLIA Linn. 



Ruelia { ! ) nudispica sp. nov. 



Subacaulis, foliis 1 dm. longis, 4 cm. latis, oblongo-ellipticis, perobtusis, 

 pilosulis; petiolo 8 mm. longo; pedunculo 5-8 cm. longo; spica 2-3 cm. 

 longa, 6-flora; bracteis 2-4 mm. longis, lanceolatis; corolla 12 mm. longa; 

 capsula 2 cm. longa, lineari-oblonga; seminibus 16-20, in margine dense 

 hygroscopice villosis. 



Stamens 4. Anther cells 2, divergent at the base, not tailed. Pollen 

 globose. I had but one withered flower and obtained a very few imperfect 

 pollen grains. The inflorescence does not suit Ruellia. The plant must, 

 however, come into this group, as the seed with hygroscopic hairs will 

 not do for Gymnostachyum. 



Palawan (.'{.">] Bermejoa) February, l!l0(i, in forests near Puerto Princesa. 



RUNGIA Nees. 



Rungia lepida C. B. Clarke sp. nov. 



Parva, ramulosa, undique pilosula, foliis late ovatis, usque ad 15 mm. 

 longis, 14 mm. latis; spicis terminalibus, strobilatis, 5-6 mm. in diam., 

 vel cylindricis, 2-3 cm. longis. vel abbreviatis 1 cm. longis, pcrdensis; 

 bracteis 3 mm. in diam., rotundis, apice vix apiculatis, pilosis, in margine 

 anguste alboscaricosis ; corolla a/.urea. 



Luzon, Lepanto (4460 Merrill) October, 1905. 

 Species R. chinensi Benth., affinis. 



