882 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. III, Arr. 50 
Pilea apoensis Elm. n. sp. 
Succulent bi-or perennial; stem somewhat woody at the 
base, terete, greenish, sparingly branched or several stemmed 
from the base, 1 to 2 m. high; branchlets slender, also suc- 
culent, turning reddish, 5 mm. thick, more or less angular, 
glabrous. Leaves horizontally spreading, slightly recurved, 
thinly coriaceous, very dark green and shining so beneath, 
opposite, scattered along the branchlets but usually more 
abundant toward their ends, exceedingly variable in size, 
in the dry state nearly black especially the upper side, 
glabrous, only the lower surface with cystoliths, margins 
entire toward the obtusely rounded base, apex mostly acute 
or the largest ones acuminate, usually slightly inequilateral 
at the base and obscurely falcate toward the apex, the 
larger blades 8 cm. long, 8 em. wide across the middle, 
elliptic oblong; veins 3 from the base, the lateral basal 
pair extending nearly to the apex; the secondary lateral 
ones from 9 to 11 on each side of the midvein and at 
right angles to it, usually terminating into the basal later- 
al pair, reticulations quite evident, all dull brown and 
smooth; petiole glabrous, slender, 4 cm. long in the larger 
leaves, much shorter in the smaller ones; stipules 1.5 mm. 
long or less, brown, smooth, oblong, with rounded apices 
or lobulate, the axillary bract acute. Inflorescence an axil- 
lary cyme, 1 to 2 cm. long in the _ fruiting state: 
peduncle usually with 1 or more minute bracts, glabrous, 
dichotomously branched toward the top, at the base sub- 
tended by small bracts; branches short, sparingly rebranch- 
ed, more or less flattened, the flowers and fruits arranged 
along the upper side, glabrous; the staminate flowers simi- 
larly clustered; perianth before opening subglobose, 1.5 mm. 
across; segments glabrous, separating into 4 parts nearly to 
to the base, subelliptic, abruptly terminated into an acute 
or mucronate point; stamens opposite the segments; fila- 
ments flattened, glabrous, inflexed in the bud; anther 1 mm. 
long, bilobed, broadly elliptic; pistillate glomerules subtended 
by minute bracteoles, unequal in size; perianth lateral, gla- 
brous, 3-lobed, united at the base, apices sharply acute, the 
middle or larger one 0.75 mm. long; achene lenticular, 1.25 
