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ellipticis, 13 ad 24 cm longis, tenuiter acuminatis, nervis utrin- 
que circiter 10; floribus fasciculatis, sessilibus vel breviter pedi- 
cellatis, fasciculis plerumque in axillis defoliatis, 1 ad 1.5 cm 
diametro; calycis dense villosis atque stellato-tomentosis, tubo 
3 mm longo, dentibus lanceolatis, acuminatis, 1.5 ad 2 mm longis. 
A shrub or small tree, the younger parts villous and stellate- 
tomentose, especially the branchlets and petioles. Leaves thinly 
chartaceous, oblong to elliptic, 13 to 24 cm long, 6 to 12 cm 
wide, the upper surface olivaceous, sparingly stellate-pubescent, 
becoming glabrous or nearly so, the lower surface pale, stellate- 
pubescent on the midrib, nerves, and reticulations, base acute, 
apex rather slenderly acuminate, margin entire or very obscurely 
and distantly toothed; lateral nerves about 10 on each side of the 
midrib, distinct; petioles 1 to 2 cm long. Inflorescences mostly 
in the axils of fallen leaves, the flowers fascicled, sessile or shortly 
pedicelled, the fascicles rather dense, 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter. 
Bracts narrowly oblong, stellate-pubescent, 4 to 5 mm long, the 
bracteoles filiform, 3mm long. Calyx densely villous and stel- 
late-tomentose, the tube cylindric, 3 mm long, the teeth 4, 
lanceolate, acuminate, 1.5 to 2 mm long. Corolla pale violet, 
the tube 4 mm long, externally somewhat pubescent, the lobes 
4, oblong, rounded, about 2 mm long. Stamens exserted, the 
anthers 3 mm long. Fruit globose, about 2.5 mm in diameter, 
glabrous, inclosed by the calyx. 
BucAs GRANDE, Bur. Sci. 35123 Ramos & Pascasio, June 9, 
1919, in open forests at low altitudes. 
This species is readily distinguished from its congeners by 
its fascicled, sessile or subsessile flowers, this type of inflores- 
cence being unknown to me in any other species of the genus. 
ACANTHACEAE 
GYMNOSTACHYUM Nees 
GYMNOSTACHYUM SPICIFORME (Elm.) comb. nov. 
Justicia spiciformis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1908) 349. 
LEYTE, Palo, Elmer 7347, January, 1906. 
This species is known only from the type collection, and is 
clearly a species of Gymnostachyum, agreeing in all characters 
with the typical representatives of the genus. 
GYMNOSTACHYUM LONGISPICATUM sp. nov. 
Herba erecta, usque ad 50 cm alta, plus minusve pubescens; 
foliis oblongis ad elliptico-oblongis, 10 ad 15 em longis, obtusis, 
nervis utrinque circiter 6; spicis elongatis, usque ad 20 cm longis, 
