X, C, 5 Merrill: Philippine Plants, XII 849 
not at all clavate. Seeds about 12, brown, slightly compressed, 
obtuse, base inequilaterally cordate, somewhat shaggy-ciliate, 
about 1.5 mm long. Bracteoles linear, 4 to 5 mm long, green, 
1 mm wide or less, the lower ones slightly spatulate, glabrous. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, hills near Malimao, C. F. Baker 3272 
(type), May 7, 1914. Samar, For. Bur. 21081 Sherfesee, Cenabre, & Cortes, 
April, 1914. 
A species probably belonging in the group with Hemigraphis fruticulosa 
C. B. Clarke, but nearly or quite glabrous, with entirely differently shaped 
leaves and relatively very narrow bracteoles. 
[Vol. X, Sec. C, Nos. 3 and 4, including pages 159 to 285, were issued 
July 13 and August 9, respectively.] 
