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cleft nearly to the base. Capsules apparently globose, about 1 
em in diameter. 
PANAY, Capiz Province, Jamindan, Bur. Sci. 31097 Ramos & 
Edaiio, May 16, 1918, in damp forests. 
This species is well characterized by its very slender, few- 
flowered, elongated, bracteate inflorescences and by its appa- 
rently accrescent, persistent, rather large sepals. It is closely 
allied to Trigonostemon acuminatus Merr., from which it is 
easily distinguished by its smaller bracts, and by its leaves 
being softly pubescent beneath. 
TRIGONOSTEMON LUZONIENSE sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus, perspicue hirsutus vel villosus, ramulis cir- 
citer 5 mm diametro, cicatricibus magnis instructis; foliis sub- 
coriaceis, oblongo-obovatis ad oblanceolatis, 15 ad 23 cm longis, 
acutis vel obtusis, deorsum angustatis, integris, nervis utrinque 
circiter 10, perspicuis; infructescentiis longe pedunculatis, hir- 
sutis, axillaribus, racemosis vel depauperato-paniculatis, foliis 
subaequantibus; capsulis circiter 1 cm diametro, dense hirsutis. 
A shrub about 1 m high, the branchlets, petioles, inflorescen- 
ces, and leaves on the lower surface more or less hirsute or 
villous. Ultimate branches about 5 mm in diameter, more or 
less pubescent, and with large petiolar scars. Leaves charta- 
ceous or subcoriaceous, narrowly oblong-obovate to oblanceolate, 
15 to 23 cm long, 6 to 8 em wide, rather pale when dry, the 
apex acute to obtuse, narrowed below to the acute or very 
abruptly obtuse base, the margins entire, the upper surface 
glabrous, the lower conspicuously pubescent on the midrib, 
nerves, and reticulations; lateral nerves about 10 on each side 
of the midrib, curved-ascending, distinct, the reticulations lax; 
petioles 1.5 to 2 cm long, densely hirsute. Infructescences 
axillary, equaling or somewhat longer than the leaves, very 
long-peduncled, hirsute, racemose or depauperate-paniculate, 
flower-bearing in the upper 10 cm, the branchlets or pedicels 
subtended by bracts or very greatly reduced leaves which may 
reach a length of 1.5 cm, the fruiting pedicels up to 3 cm long, 
thickened upward. Capsules depressed-globose, densely smd 
sute, about 1 cm in diameter, composed of 3 dehiscent coccl. 
Luzon, Camarines Province, Paracale, Bur. Sci. 33539 Ramos 
& Edaio, November 28, 1918, in forests along smal! streams at 
low altitudes. 
This species differs from Trigonostemon hirsutus C. B. Rob. 
in its smaller, fewer-nerved leaves, and from T. merrillit Elm. 
