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LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 
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EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER, A. M. Jy 
Vol. VII. Manila, P. I., March 27, 1915. Art. 12 
Two Hundred Twenty Six New Species—1l M 
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A. D. E. Elmer 
ACANTHACEAE 
o / Hemigraphis baracatanense Elm. n. sp. 
y Biennial herbs; stems solitary or few clustered, mostly 
i erect, crooked at the joints, the larger ones few branched, 
4 varying from 1 to 4 dm high, dull green or the nodes purple, 
curing dark or dull brown, in the early state covered with 
a dirty yellowish brown and short pubescence, taking roots from 
the lowermost more or less thickened joints;.roots long and 
wiry. Leaves opposite, flat, spreading horizontally, harsh on 
the very much paler green or yellowish green nether side, 
dark green on the upper surface especially along the midrib 
and nerves, with minute or obscure cystoliths on both sides, 
otherwise glabrous except the minutely strigose midrib and 
lateral nerves, lighter gray beneath in the dry state, obo- 
vately elongated, subentire toward the cuneate base or obtuse 
base, rounded at the apex, coarsely or obscurely crenately 
toothed or serrate along the sides, thickly chartaceous, easily 
breaking, the larger blades 8 cm long by 8.5 cm wide above 
the middle of the blade, usually smaller, the smallest ones 
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Note,—Proof read by Emma O. Elmer. 
R * Concluded in article 115. 
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