524 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY (Vor. II, Art. 24 
branches similar in pubesence. Leaves opposite, ovate Ao 
ovately lanceolate or oblongish, membranous, flat, ascending 
or horizontally spreading, apex acute or obtuse, base oblique- 
ly rounded or obtuse, the larger blades 3 cm. long, 1.5 em. 
wide across the middle, green on the upper surface, whitish 
on the lower, cinnamon brown pubescent on both sides, mar- 
gins entire, very unequal in size; petiole 5 to 10 mm. long, 
densely brown pubescent; stipule setaceously acuminate, dense- 
ly hairy; nerves conspicuous beneath, with 5 to 7 or even 9 
lateral pairs, more densely hairy than the lamina, pinnately 
ascending. Inflorescence terminal, erect, the few and short 
branched cyme upon a solitary 1 to 2 em. long densely red- 
dish brown pubescent peduncle which is usually subtended by 
a subwhorl of leaves; secondary peduncles ascending, short, 
few branched, similarly pubescent, bearing from 5 to 9 flow- 
ers; pedicels pubescent, 8 to 5 mm. long or as long as 
the secondary peduncles, usually provided with green sparse- 
ly ciliate 3 mm. long bracts; calyx densely ciliate brown 
pubescent, united, only the 5 sharply pointed and green 
apices free, ovoid, 2 mm. long, almost as thick across the 
base; corolla white, 5 mm. long, tubular, the upper one- 
half ultimately becoming split into 5 straplike segments, 
bristly hairy on the exterior, glabrous within; stamens 5, 
separately inserted about the apical glabrous ovary disk; fila- 
ments 1.5 mm. long, glabrous, strict; anthers basifixed, 1 mm. 
long, linear, confluent about the stigma; style also glabrous, 
bearing a clavate stigma, slightly exceeding the stamens; ovary 
inferior, 2-celled, several ovules in each cell; fruit not known. 
Type specimen 10332, 4. D. E. Elmer, Dumaguete, Cuernos 
Mountains, Province of Negros Oriental, Negros, June, 1908. 
This species forms tufts or patches in damp humus cov- 
ered soil of dense woods at 4250 feet. 
The leaves are much smaller than in O. pubescens Elm. 
and the whole plant has a distinctly colored pubescence. There 
are also some minor differences in the flowers. 
HEDYOTIS Linn. 
Hedyotis leucocarpa Elm. n. sp. 
A 3 m. high erect shrub; wood soft, odorless, covered 
