872 The Philippine Journal of Science 1919 
URTICACEAE 
ELATOSTEMA Forster 
ELATOSTEMA PANAYENSE sp. nov. 
Herba erecta, 15 ad 40 cm alta, ramis subadpresse hirsutis; 
foliis inaequilateralibus, oblongo-obovatis, 2.5 ad 7 cm longis, 
subsessilibus, superne perspicue dentatis, subtus ad costa nerv- 
isque perspicue adpresse hirsutis; inflorescentiis ¢ 1 ad 1.5 cm 
diametro, longe pedunculatis, bracteis exterioribus late ovatis, 
circiter 7 mm longis, perspicue corniculatis; inflorescentiis ¢ 
sessilibus vel brevissime pedunculatis, confertis, circiter 8 mm 
diametro; floribus, 4-meris. 
An erect, simple or sparingly branched herb, 15 to 40 cm high, 
the basal parts of the stems often prostrate and rooting, the 
stems and branches subappressed-hirsute. Leaves membra- 
naceous and olivaceous when dry, inequilateral, oblong-obovate, 
2.5 to 7 em long, 1.5 to 4 cm wide, sessile or subsessile, the apex 
rounded to acute, the terminal tooth usually acute, the broader 
side with 8 to 10, prominent, acute teeth, the narrower side 
usually with about 5 similar teeth, the margins in the lower 
one-half entire, base auriculate-rounded on the broader side, 
acute on the narrower side, somewhat obliquely cordate, the 
upper surface with numerous, conspicuous, irregularly arranged 
cystoliths, sometimes with a few long hairs, more often glab- 
rous, the lower surface appressed-hirsute on the conspicuous 
nerves and reticulations, the cystoliths obscure or obsolete; 
petioles 2 mm long or less, appressed-hirsute; stipules membra- 
naceous, oblong, glabrous, about 5 mm long. Staminate inflo- 
rescences in full anthesis 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter, their pedicels 
slender, glabrous, 1 to 1.5 cm long; outer bracts very broadly 
ovate, about 7 mm long, 6 mm wide, conspicuously corniculate, 
the apical projection 1.5 to 2.5 mm long, the margins ciliate, 
the inner bracts oblong-obovate, apiculate, 2.3 mm wide; brac- 
teoles spatulate, membranaceous, 4 to 5 mm long, 1 to 1.5 mm 
wide, ciliate. Staminate flowers 4-merous, very numerous, their 
pedicels 4to 5mm long. Sepals elliptic to elliptic-ovate, 2 to 2.3 
mm long, with a few long white hairs near the apex, two of 
them minutely cucullate and obscurely apiculate. Pistillate inflo- 
rescences axillary, sessile, or subsessile, densely many-flowered, 
up to 8 mm in diameter, the bracteoles spatulate, ciliate, about 
8 mm long. 
PANAY, Antique Province, Culasi, Bur. Sci. 32396 (type), 
$1032, 31082, 31083, 31084, 30921, 30924, 30925 Ramos & Edano, 
April and May, 1918, in damp forests along streams. 
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