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plish, solitary, axillary, their pedicels about 7 mm long, the 

 bracts small or wanting. Calyx divided nearly to the base into 

 5, linear-oblong, obtuse lobes, the lobes about 6 mm long, 0.7 

 mm wide. Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped, somewhat enlarged 

 upward, obscurely 2-lipped, the lobes broadly rounded, quite 

 glabrous, 1 cm long. Ovary narrowly oblong, glabrous, 1.5 

 mm long, narrowed upward into the 5 mm long style. Stamens 

 included, the staminodes inserted higher up than the stamens. 



Mindanao, Bukidnon Subprovince, near Tangcolan, Bur. Sci. 21U62 

 Escritor, August 2, 1913. 



A species well characterized by its very small size, the entire plant 

 not exceeding 4 cm in height. Other striking characters are its solitary, 

 pedicelled flowers, and its sessile ternate and opposite sessile leaves. 



DICHROTRICHUM Reinwardt 



DICHROTRICHUM PAUCIFLORUM sp. nov. 



Suff rutex epiphyticus, scandens, plus minusve setoso-hirsutus ; 

 foliis longe petiolatis, ellipticis, usque ad 13 cm longis, 7 cm 

 latis, basi acutis, apice breviter obtuse acuminatis, nervis utrin- 

 que circiter 7; inflorescentiis axillaribus, brevibus, paucifloris; 

 floribus circiter 3 cm longis, extus setoso-hirsutis. 



An epiphytic, sparingly branched suffrutescent vine, the stems 

 terete, somewhat fleshy when fresh, glabrous, emitting numerous 

 roots along the side next to the supporting plant, glabrous, 

 light-gray when dry, the apical parts more or less setose-hirsute. 

 Leaves elliptic, 10 to 13 cm long, 5.5 to 7 cm wide, chartaceous, 

 olivaceous, the base acute, the apex shortly and obtusely acum- 

 inate, margins irregularly and doubly toothed, the teeth small, 

 both surfaces with more or less scattered, long, stiff, white, 

 jointed, setose-hirsute hairs especially along the midrib and 

 lateral nerves, similar hairs also on the petioles and the in- 

 florescence; lateral nerves about 7 on each side of the mid- 

 rib, rather prominent on the lower surface, curved-ascending; 

 petioles 4 to 6 cm long, when young densely setose-hirsute, 

 less so when old. Inflorescence axillary, few-flowered, setose- 

 hirsute, including the prominent flowers 4 cm long or less, the 

 flowers subfascicled or arranged on a very short peduncle. 

 Flowers up to 5 in each axil, but one or two opening at the same 

 time, red, their pedicels 3 to 4 mm long, setose. Sepals 5, 

 oblong-obovate to oblong-oblanceolate, 1.2 to 1.5 cm long, 3 to 4 

 mm wide, obtuse or acute, irregularly and rather prominently 

 toothed, dorsally setose-hirsute with long stiff hairs. Corolla 

 about 3 cm long, somewhat curved, externally somewhat setose- 

 hirsute, the mouth very oblique, lobes broadly rounded. Fila- 



