January 11, 1911] New AND NorEWORTHY RUBIACEAE 979 
the midvein quite prominent beneath; petioles velvety pubes- 
cent, varying up to 2 cm. long; stipules broadly rounded, 
7.5 mm. long, tomentose, pectinately dissected. Inflorescence 
in subsessile axillary clusters; the outer subtending bracts 
foliaceous; the inner ones with gland tipped pectinate lacinae, 
all pubescent, pedicels very short; calyx nearly 3 mm. long, 
campanulate, ciliate pubescent, the upper one half divided into 
4 triangularly acute segments; corolla 4 to 5 mm. long, pure 
white, delicate, glabrous except the pilose hairs in the tube 
toward the throat and the sparse ciliation about the tips of 
the segments; these are linearly oblong, obtuse at the apex, 
4, about as long as the tube; stamens 4, alternating with 
the segments; filaments glabrous, 1 mm. long, inserted upon 
the throat of the corolla; anthers as long, oblong, dorsifixed; 
ovary disk glabrous, brown, larger; style also glabrous, 9 mm. 
long or longer, the upper one third cleft; stigmatic portion 
granular; ovary apparently 2-celled, with 2 masses of con- 
glomerated ovules; fruit not known. 
Type specimen 12441, A. D. E. Elmer, Magallanes (Mt. 
Giting-giting), Province of Capiz, Island of Sibuyan, May, 1910. 
Suberect herbs in compact well drained soil of dense 
mixtures of rank herbs and shrubs near a stream at 750 
feet. Rare! The Visayan call it '""Tomau."' 
Allied to, yet distinct from H. macrophylla Wall., H. 
nodiflora Arn. and H. thwaitesii Hook. Number 1679 Cuming 
from Samar and marked Allaeophania appears to be the 
game species. 
Hedyotis gitingensis Elm. n. sp. 
Shrub; stem slender, erect, 3 cm. thick, at least 3 m. 
high; branchlets mostly at the top, divaricately spreading, 
relatively short, sparingly rebranched, the ultimate ones green 
and obscurely angular; wood breaking with a snap, whitish, 
with a greenish pith, odorless; old bark gray, finely checked 
or shredded. Leaves opposite, more or less crowded toward 
the ends of the twigs, horizontally spreading, coriaceous or 
subchartaceous, flat, dark dull green above, much paler or 
subglaucescent beneath, glabrous, entire, lanceolate, varying 
in size, 12 cm. long, 15 mm. below the middle, slenderly 
