July 3, 1913] Palawan Acahthacbab 1693 



portion; style also glabrous, slender, equalling the corolla, 

 the stigmatic portion as tliick and strongly recurved. 



Type specimen number 13061, A. D. E. Elmer, Puerto 

 Princesa (Mt. Piilgar), Palawan, April, 1911. 



Discovered in moist fertile ground deeply covered with 

 humus in the dense forests at 750 feet altitude, along the 

 trail to Napsan. 



HEMiaRAPHIS Nees 

 Hemigraphis hirsuta Andr. 



Field-note: — Erect perennial, 1 to 2 feet high, forming 

 colonies in rich compact moist soil of well shaded copses 

 at 25 feet altitude; stem terete, creeping and taking root 

 at the joints near the base, unbranched, dirty green, nodes 

 fusiformly svfoUen, the larger stems occasionally branched 

 from the base; leaves flat, horizontally spreading, very deep 

 green above, much lighter green beneath, subcoriaceous; 

 stems 0.25 inch thick; inflorescence arising from the uppermost 

 leaf axils, erect, obscurely angular, the flower bearing portion 

 1 to 3 inches long; bracts flat, ascending, deep green, dense- 

 ly ciliate along the margins; flowers ascending, ultimately 

 divaricate, the tubular basal portion whitish, purplish blue 

 otherwise, at least 0.5 inch long, curved, the short and 

 broad segments strongly recurved. "Limocong" is the Tag- 

 banua name. 



Represented by number 12671, Elmer, Brooks Point 

 (Addison Peak), Palawan, February, 1911. 



Hemigraphis hirsuta crenata Elm. n. var. 



Bi or perennial; stems quite rigid toward the reclin- 

 ing base, always less than 1.25 cm. thick, terete, dull green 

 and rough by reflexed spicules, puberulent especially at 

 the purplish brown and fusiformly swollen nodes, striking 

 root at the lower joints, freely rebranched from the 

 base; branches grooved along the 2 sides, also puberulent. 

 Leaves scattered, opposite, subcoriaceous or membranous, 

 ascending and slightly recurved toward the acute apex, much 

 lighter green below, turning dull green when dry, base obtuse 

 or obtusely rounded, diverse in size, the larger blades 8 cm. 



