945 LEAFLETS oF PHILIPPINE Botany [Vor. I. Art. 16 
characteristic nerved leaves when dry distinguishes it from 
all other Philippine specion. 
Dichrotrichum clarkei n. sp.—A succulent epiphyte, 
suffrutescent; stems few from the same root, sparingly branched, 
soft, succulent. Leaves chiefly at the ends of the stems and 
branches, fleshy, subpendulous, densely canescent beneath, 
strigose above, flat, broadly lanceolate to oblong, greatly varying 
in size, the upper portion gradually tapering to the acute 
apex, base rounded or obtuse, margins doubly serrate, the 
average ones 21 em. long by 7 cm. wide; the 15 to 19 pinnate 
nerves ascendingly curved, prominent beneath, more yellowish 
eanescent, the midrib very large comparatively, reticulations 
few and obscure near the margin only; petio'e stout, 3 to 9 
em. long, serecio yellowish pubescent. Infrutescence clustered, 
axillary, pendulous, the small individual clusters subtended 
by leathery brown bracts; pedicels usually curved, rigid, pubes- 
cent, about 2 em. long, thickened toward the apex; persistent 
calyx 8 mm. long, yellowish pubescent, imbricate, unequally 
5-segmented; fruit pods averaging 3 dm. long, terete, very 
short pubescent, linear, tapering somewhat at the hase, apex 
terminated by a sharp point; seeds very numerous, 1 mm. 
long, 0.25 mm. thick, fusiform, hard, brown; each end pro- 
vided with fine, crinkled, silvery white, 3 to 5 mm. long ap- 
pendages. 
Type specimen 7499, A. D. E. Kies; Lueban, Province 
of Tayabas, Luzon, May, 1906. Rare. In humid woods of 
Mount Banahao at 800 meters. My native employee,sgemed 
shy of it on account of stinging hairs, but the BAO. 
perienced no ill effect from them. Only one large chocolate 
brown flower was seen in the field. Named in honor of the 
late Mr. C. B. Clarke of Kew. 
Cyrtandra humilis n. sp.— Succulent suberect perennials, 
varying from S 4o: 9 dm. high; stems watery, sparingly 
branched, the üpper portion soft fulvous pubescent, at. the 
; base “decumbent ` and suffrutescent, Leaves: opposite, 3 to 5 
pairs, at the apex of.the stems, 1 to 2 em. apart, coria- 
ceous, spreading,. dark .green above, much paler beneath, 
‘Spatulate, 2.to 3. dm. long, 4 cm, wide above. the middle, 
