890 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. III, Arr. 50 
ish to lanceolate, the base obliquely obtuse or subcuneate, en- 
tire except the few blunt teeth between the middle and the 
base of tip; midvein conspicuous and covered with olivaceous 
hairs beneath; the basal lateral pair parallel with the mar- 
gins and connecting with the upper 3 pairs, all similarly 
hairy, reticulations obseure; petiole varying up to 5 mm. 
long, similarly pubescent along the lower side; stipules 
7.5 mm. long, brown, caducous, linear lanceolate, the dorsal 
middle portion bearing cystoliths. Inflorescence in the leaf 
axils or in their scars, sessily clustered, those in anthesis 
1 to 1.5 cm. across, flattened, mostly arranged on the upper 
side of the stem; involucral bracts broad, mainly 2-lobed, 
the halves with obtuse lobules, finely pubescent on the out- 
side, greenish; inner bracteoles with truncate ciliate apices; 
pedicels 1.5 mm. long; perianth segments 4, of 2 decussate 
slightly unequal pairs, 1 mm. long, rather broad and obtuse; 
stamens of an equal number, the bilobed anthers inflexed 
in the bud state; pistillate flowers and fruits not seen. 
Represented by number 10514, Elmer, Todaya (Mt. Apo), 
Mindanao, May, 1909. 
In moist fertile ground of woods or in other well shaded 
places at 4250 feet. ''Pagmag-tinang" is the vernacular Ba- 
gobo name. 
There is some doubt of ours being the Indian E. integ- 
rifolium Wedd. 
Elatostema baruringense Elm. n. sp. 
Rank perennial; stems about 2 m. high, many from the 
same root cluster, 2 cm. thick, terete, ascending; main 
branches mostly above the middle, crookedly or divaricately 
rebranched, green, the younger ones subolivaceous pubescent, 
horizontally spreading or the free or ultimate ends drooping. 
Leaves alternatingly scattered toward the ends of the twigs, 
mainly descending, nearly flat or only the acuminate tips slightly 
recurved, submembranous, much paler green and soft dirty 
white pubescent beneath, the upper surface glabrous but with 
numerous cystoliths, the larger blades 15 cm. long, 5 cm. 
wide a trifle above the middle, gradually tapering toward the 
abruptly obtuse base, margins crenately dentate from below 
