17,3 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XVI 315 
multifioris; floribus alternis, bracteis bracteolisque ovatis, acu- 
minatis, glabris vel subglabris, calycis lobis lanceolatis; capsulis 
lineari-oblongis, glabris, circiter 1.5 em longis, seminibus circi- 
ter 10. ad 
An erect, sparingly branched, more or less pubescent herb, 
up to 50 cm high. Leaves membranaceous or chartaceous, dark- 
colored when dry, oblong to elliptic-oblong, 10 to 15 cm long, 
4 to 8 cm wide, the base obtuse to acute on the lower ones, the 
uppermost ones sometimes cordate, the apex obtuse or rounded, 
margins somewhat undulate, the upper surface glabrous or nearly 
so, dark olivaceous, the lower somewhat. pubescent on the mid- 
rib and nerves; lateral nerves about 6 on each side of the 
midrib, slender, distinct; petioles of the lower leaves up to 2 
cm long, of the uppermost ones 5 mm long or less. Spikes 
elongated, up to 20 cm in length, many-flowered, the flowers 
alternate, sessile, white, the subtending bracts ovate, acuminate, 
2 mm long, the bracteoles similar but slightly smaller, glabrous 
or nearly so. Calyx 3 to 3.5 mm long, the tube 1.5 mm in 
length, the lobes lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla-tube 3 mm long, 
the upper lobe broadly ovate, erect, 3 mm long, the lower one 
spreading, 3-lobed, each lobe elliptic-oblong, about 3 mm long, 
2 to 2.5 mm wide, anther about 2 mm long. Capsule linear- 
oblong, glabrous, about 1.5 cm long and 2 mm wide, each valve 
carrying about 5 seeds. 
SIARGAO, Bur. Sci. 34999 Ramos & Pascasio, May 27, 1919, in 
thickets or forests at low altitudes. 
A species well characterized by its ample leaves and by its 
greatly elongated spikes. 
GESNERIACEAE 
CYRTANDRA Forster 
CYRTANDRA CAULIFLORA sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus, foliis oppositis, aequalibus, perspicue ferru- 
gineo- vel castaneo-villosus; foliis oblanceolatis ad oblongo-ob- 
lanceolatis, 10 ad 20 cm longis, tenuiter acuminatis, basi cuneatis, 
margine perspicue dentatis, supra subglabris, nervis utrinque 
circiter 8; inflorescentiis caulinis et e ramis majoribus, cymosis, 
circiter 5 cm longis, dense villosis; calycis circiter 1.5 cm longis, 
lobis linearis, 1 cm longis; corolla 2 cm longa. 
An erect shrub, the leaves opposite, those of each pair sub- 
equal, the branchlets, petioles, inflorescences, and leaves on the 
lower surface conspicuously ferruginous- or castaneous-villous 
with weak spreading hairs. Leaves oblanceolate to oblong- 
