342 The Philippine Journal of Science 1915 



POLYTREMA PULGARENSE (Elmer) comb. nov. 



Hypoestes pulgarensis Elmer Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1698. 

 The type is Elmer 12785, from Mount Pulgar, Palawan, and is not 

 matched by any other collection so far received. 



POLYTREMA AEQUIFOLIUM C. B. Clarke sp. nov. 



Procumbens, radicans, parum pilosa, foliis oppositis. aequa- 

 libus, lamina 6 ad 7 cm longa, elliptica aut lanceolata, petiolo 5 

 ad 10 mm longo; corolla 11 ad 12 mm longa; capsula 15 mm 

 longa, glabra ; seminibus 4, minute verrucosis. 



Resembling a weak axillary-flowered Justicia, the corolla and 

 capsule much as in that genus. Stamens 2; anther-cells paral- 

 lel, oblong, at equal height, muticous. Pollen globose, minutely- 

 granular, without bands, with 4 (or more) stopples. Cymes 

 5- to 1-flowered, small, axillary. Calyx-segments 5, linear, 6 mm 

 long; bract lanceolate, shorter than the calyx. 



Palawan, Puerto Princesa, Bur. Sci. 357 Bermejos, January, 1906. 



The above description was supplied to me by the late C. B. Clarke some 

 time before his death, but was not printed then as the description of the 

 genus had not been published at that time. 



LEPIDAGATHIS Willdenow 



LEPIDAGATHIS PALAWANENSIS sp. nov. 



Herba erecta usque ad 60 cm alta, haud vel parce ramosa, 

 subtus foliis ad nervis ramulisque prominente subfurfuraceo- 

 pubescentibus, inflorescentiis dense albido-ciliato-pilosis ; foliis 

 chartaceis, oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 12 cm longis. integris vel 

 obscure undulatis, obtusis vel subacutis, base longe decurrento- 

 acuminatis, nervis utrinque 8 vel 9, subtus prominentibus ; spi- 

 els axillaribus terminalibusque, fasciculatis, densis, usque ad 5 

 cm longis, calycis lobis bracteisque dense ciliato-pilosis ; capsulis 

 5 mm longis, 4-angulatis. 



An erect, unbranched or sparingly branched herb up to 60 cm 

 in height, the stems terete, about 4 mm in diameter, the younger 

 parts obscurely 4-angled, rather prominently subfurfuraceous- 

 pubescent as are the nerves on the lower surface of the leaves 

 and petioles. Leaves in equal pairs, oblong-ovate, chartaceous, 

 9 to 12 cm long, 3.5 to 6 cm wide, the upper surface olivaceous, 

 shining, glabrous, with scattered, short cystoliths, the lower sur- 

 face a little paler, apex obtuse or subacute, base long-decurrent- 

 acuminate, winging the petiole nearly to its base, the petioles 3 

 to 4 cm long; lateral nerves 8 or 9 on each side of the midrib, 

 prominent on the lower surface. Spikes axillary and terminal, 



