93 



November, 1904. No. 4248 Lolicr, in Herb. Kew, is tlie same, according to 

 Clarke. 



Common on exposed ridges and slopes at from 1,200 to 1,300 m. above the 

 sea, at once recognizable by its elongated spikes and numerous leaf-like 

 bracts. 

 "Strobilanthes pluriformis C. B. Carke, MS., in Herb. Kew. 



"Hirta vel fere glabrata, foliis oppositis non raro inaequalibus, lamina 

 6 ad 10 cm. longa, lanceolata aut elliptico-lanccolata, utrinque angustata ; 

 fasciculis paucifloris laxius paniculatis aut densius cymulosis; bracteis 

 usque ad 1 cm. longis, lineari-oblongis, hirsutis, aut puberulis, caducis; 

 sepalis 5 ad 8 mm. longis, lineari-oblongis ; corolla 22 mm. longa, tenera, 

 alba, paullo purpureo-maculata ; filamentis a pilis longis ornatis; stamini- 

 bus 4, poUine ellipsoideo. longitudinaliter multi-striato; stylo a pilis paucis 

 insperso vel densissime piloso; capsula 13 mm. longa, spathulato-ellipsoidae 

 hirto-pubescente vel fere glabrata: seminibus 4, hirtulis aut sericeis, parum 

 hygroscopice villosis. 



"Luzon, Vidal, Nos. 1630, 1033, 340G; Loher, Xos. 4254, 4255, 4256, 4264, 

 4265, 4266." C. B. Clarke in lit. 



A much-branched shrub 1 to 3 m. high. Leaves serrate or crenate-serrate, 

 2 to 4 cm. wide, long acuminate, the acumen blimt, the base acute or acum- 

 inate; nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, prominent, ascending. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet (5921 Elmer), March, 1904; (38 Topping), 

 January, 1903; Province of Tayabas, Mount Banahao (877 Klemme), June, 

 1904; (954 Whitford), October, 1904; Mount Mariveles, Province of Ba- 

 taan, Luzon (3956 Merrill), March, 1905; (1092 AYhitford), February, 1905. 



Common on exposed ridges and slopes, growing witli 8. Merrillii on Mount 

 Mariveles at an altitude of from 1.200 to 1.300 m. above tlie sea. 



