PHILIPPINE PLANTS, IX. 357 



An erect, simple or sparingly branched herb 80 cm high or less, 

 the lower part of the stem naked, leafless. Stems terete, 

 brownish when dry, sparingly appressed-pilose. Leaves mostly 

 in the middle of the stem, somewhat crowded, alternate, oblong- 

 elliptic, 8 to 16 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, chrtaceous or membra- 

 naceous, the apex sharply acuminate, the base long-decurrent- 

 acuminate, margins irregularly and sharply denticulate, not at 

 all lobed; nerves 8 to 11 on each side of the midrib, curved- 

 ascending; upper surface of the leaf green, sparingly pubescent, 

 becoming glabrous or nearly so,' the lower surface uniformly and 

 rather dark-purple, sparingly appressed-pilose. Panicles pedun- 

 cled, about 15 cm long, rather lax, pilose, the branches few, the 

 lower ones 7 cm long or less, the upper ones gradually shorter. 

 Heads rather few, somewhat scattered, peduncled, about 8 mm 

 long ; peduncles slender, pubescent, 5 to 8 mm long, the bracteoles 

 few, scattered, linear. Involucral-bracts appressed-pubescent, 

 the outer few linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 1.5 to 2 mm long, the 

 inner ones gradually longer, the innermost up to 7.5 mm long, 

 about 0.5 mm wide. Disk glabrous, pitted. Outer female 

 flowers numerous, yellow, their achenes slender, about 1 mm long, 

 slightly ciliate-hirsute ; pappus copious, white, minutely scabrid, 

 about 5 mm long ; corolla-tube very slender, cylindric, about 5 mm 

 long. Perfect flowers few, usually 5 or 6 in each head, their 

 achenes stouter than those of the female flowers, 0.8 to 1 mm 

 long, sparingly ciliate. Corolla 5.5 to 6 mm long, slightly en- 

 larged upward, equally 5-toothed. Anthers 2.5 mm long. 



Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Sax River Mountains back of San 

 Ramon, Merrill 8080, November 28, 1911, on boulders and banks in dense 

 damp forests, altitude 900 to 1,000 m, very rare. 



A species characterized by its simple stems, its leaves mostly in the 

 median portion, not at all lobed but sharply and irregularly denticulate, 

 sharply acuminate, base decurrent and their lower surfaces uniformly 

 purple. 



