348 MERRILL. 



angled, brownish, slightly pubescent or puberulent. Leaves 

 ovate, membranaceous, 5 to 9 cm long, 2.5 to 5 cm wide, shining, 

 nearly glabrous, the base rounded or subacute, the apex acu- 

 minate, margins distinctly and usually doubly crenate-serrate, 

 the lower surface distinctly glandular-punctate, somewhat pube- 

 rulent on the midrib and nerves, the nerves distinct, the reti- 

 culations lax, not prominent ; petioles 1 to 3 cm long, puberulent. 

 Inflorescence a terminal, solitary, cylindric, spiciform panicle 

 6 to 15 cm long, 1.5 to 2 cm in diameter, somewhat pubescent 

 with short hairs, the verticels subapproximate, 5 to 10 mm 

 apart, each with from 12 to 25 flowers racemosely arranged on 

 the short spreading branches, the bracts none or very early de- 

 ciduous. CB.\yx shortly pedicelled, oblong, acute at both ends, 

 5-angled, sparingly pubescent, glandular-punctate, 6 to 7 cm long, 

 the teeth 5, lanceolate, slenderly acuminate, 1.5 mm long. Co- 

 rolla slender, glabrous, 10 mm long, the tube very slender below, 

 6 to 7 mm long, more or less funnel-shaped above; lower lip 

 lanceolate, acuminate, entire, about 3 mm long, 1 mm wide, 

 3-nerved ; upped lip much larger, 3 mm wide, 3-lobed, the middle 

 lobe oblong, obtuse, about 1.8 mm long, 0.8 mm wide, 3-nerved, 

 the two lateral ones broadly ovate, rounded, about 1.2 mm long 

 and wide, usually 4-nerved. Filaments slender, exserted, bearded 

 below the middle. Nutlets oblong-ovoid, black, shining, smooth, 

 obscurely 3-angled, 0.8 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Laguna, Capuan, Bur. Sci 16il9 Ramos, August 20, 

 1910, near streams, flowers pink. 



Distinct from all other known Philippine forms, characterized by its 

 thin, nearly glabrous leaves and its spiciform narrow panicles. 



POGOSTEMON RETICULATUS sp. nov. 



Herba erecta, aromatica, ramosa, 50 cm alta vel ultra, ciliata ; 

 foliis membranaceis, late ovatis, usque ad 12 cm longis, obtusis 

 vel late breviter obtuse acuminatis, basi distincte cordatis, mar- 

 gine grosse irregulariter crenatis, subtus nervis reticulisque 

 laxis prominentibus ; inflorescentiis terminalibus, spiciformibus, 

 verticillastris inferioribus remotis, superioribus approximatis ; 

 calycibus 6 mm longis, 5-dentatis, minute puberulis, parcissime 

 ciliatis, bracteis filiformibus. 



An erect, branched, apparently annual herb 50 cm or more 

 in height, all parts distinctly ciliate with long, weak, scattered, 

 spreading, white hairs, and also more or less puberulent. 

 Branches obscurely angled, dark-colored when dry. Leaves op- 

 posite, long-petioled, broadly ovate, membranaceous, 5 to 12 cm 

 long, 3.5 to 9 cm wide, obtuse or very shortly and obtusely 



