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September, 1904. Mindoro. Baco River, (1778 Merrill), April, 1903. A 

 species growing on exposed ridges and slopes on Mount Mariveles at an 

 altitude of 1,300 m., extending below to an altitude of 50 m., in damp 

 shaded ravines along streams. 

 "Lepidagathis tenuis C. B. Clarke, sp. nova. 



'Tenuis; repcns, radicans, ramosa, 10-15 cih. longa, obscure ramosa; foliis 

 oppositis, inaequalibus, petiolatis, 1-4 cm. longis, ovatis; spicis termina- 

 libus 1-3-nis, anguste oblongis, 1-2 cm. longis, laxiusculis; calyce 3-4 mm. 

 longo." C. B. Clarke in lit. 



A small plant 10 cm. long or less, the branches with few scattered hairs. 

 Leaves membranous, acute, the base broad, abruptly more or less acuminate ; 

 nerves 4 to 5 on each side of the midrib, rather prominent beneath; petioles 

 2 to 10 mm. long. Calyx lobes lanceolate, long slender acuminate, clothed 

 with few scattered long white hairs. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Sablan (6212 Elmer), April, 1904. On 

 moist moss-covered rocks in ravines. Mindanao, District of Davao, (623 

 Copeland), March, 1904. A species closely related to several Malayan 

 forms, differing in the rather loose, not densely packed, one-sided spikes. 

 "Rungra philippinensis C. B. Clarke, MS. 



"(Cuming No. 1276, Loher No. 4283.) Foliis linearibus; spicis termina- 

 libus, strobilatis; foliis floralibus arete imbricatis, apice rotundatis, imo in 

 margine scariosis, fere glabris. 



"R. longfolia Nees in DC. Prodr. V. p. 471, partim. 



"Rimgice sp. a R. longifolia Nees et Am. (sp. Zeylanica) diversa. Hook. 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. IV. p. 547." C. B. Clarke in lit. 



A weak, slender, unbranched, suberect herb 20 to 30 cm. high. Leaves 

 2 to 4 cm. long, 4 to 6 mm. wide, membranous, glabrous, the base acute, the 

 apex blunt or acute; nerves 3 to 4 on each side of the midrib, ascending, 

 anastomosing, the reticulations lax; petioles 2 to 3 mm. long. Spikes sub- 

 globose or ovoid, about 1 cm. long, the bracts obovate, cleft at the apex, 

 the margins broad, membranous. Calyx lobes linear lanceolate, pale, gla- 

 brous, long slender acuminate, 2.5 mm. long. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio (6,000 Elmer), March, 1904. 

 "Strobilanthes Merrillii C. B. Clarke, sp. nova. 



"Glabra, ramis exalatis, foliis oppositis, inaequalibus, usque ad 15 cm. 

 longis, 5 cm. latis, late oblanceolatis ; spicis 5-15 cm. longis; bracteis in 

 paribus distantibus, inferioribus ovatis, usque ad 3 cm. longis, 2 cm. latis: 

 sepalis 7 mm. longis, oblongis; corolla 25 mm. longa, alba; staminibus 4. 

 filamentis glabris, polline ellipsoideo, longitudinaliter multi-striato ; stylo 

 longe hirsuto." C. B. Clarke in lit. 



An erect branched shrub 1 to 2 m. high the branches nearly black when 

 diy, glabrous. Leaves firmly membranous, subentire or obscurely irregular- 

 ly distantly crenate, the base acuminate or acute, the apex slender acumin- 

 ate, the acumen blunt; nerves 8 to 9 on each side of the midrib, ascending, 

 prominent beneath ; petioles 0.5 to 1 cm. long. 



Mount Mariveles, Province of Bataan, Luzon (3713 Merrill), January, 

 1904; (1581, 2094 Borden), August and September, 1904; (6815 Elmer), 



