2694 
LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [VoL. VII, Arr. 114- 
brown pulverulent above aud puberulent beneath, quite bold; 
lateral nerves 9 to 13 pairs, ascendingly curved, similar in 
vestiture, less prominent beneath, tips reticulately united, 
reticulations rather faint; petiolule 3 mm long, reddish pul- 
verulent, all equal. Spikes alternatingly arranged, usually 
arising from beneath the foliage, strongly recurved, as long 
as the leaves, subterete, similar in pubescence, persistent; 
fruits green, ovoidly elongated, 7.5 mm long, 5 to 6 mm 
thick, densely covered with soft fulvus hairs, 8-winged; 
lateral wings 3 cm long, 6 mm wide, parchment-like, with 
a strong midvein and lateral nerves, obtuse at the apex; the 
middle wing erect not divaricate, 6 cm long by 1 em wide, 
midribs also pulverulent; besides these the fruit usually 
bears 3 additional bract-like wings or appendages opposite 
the large ones, the middle one of these bracts is longer 
and narrower; the slender 2-forked stigma is usually present. 
Type specimen number 11744, A. D. E. Elmer, Todaya 
(Mt. Apo), District of Davao, Mindanao, September, 1909. 
Discovered in moist deep rich soil of a densely forested 
ridge at 3750 feet altitude along the southern side of the 
Baruring river. My Bagobo companion called it ''Lupisan." 
LABIATAE 
|!"" Coleus apoensis Elm. n. sp. 
Branched biennial to perennial herbs; stems 1 to nearly 
2m high, at the base reclining and taking roots from the 
lower joints; branches arising from the middle or below it, 
erect or suberect, roundly angular, green, short dirty pubes- 
cent, the longer ones rebranched, blackish brown in the dry 
state; roots profuse. Leaves horizontally spreading, condu- 
plicate on the upper green side especially so toward the base, 
ovately triangular in shape, the basal side truncate at and 
the base short pointed or decurrent down to the petiole, later- 
al side rounded, margins irregularly crenate or rugose, the 
larger divisions again indented, only the truncate base en- 
tire, well scattered and opposite, very variable, coriaceous and 
becoming detached while drying, the lower or larger Jamina 
6 mm long and wide across the base, usually with foliaceous 
