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occasionally branched, mostly simple. Bracts linear, 2, acumi- 

 nate, 2.5 mm long. Sepals 5, equal, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 about 8.5 mm long, 1 mm wide, slightly pubescent, free to the 

 base. Corolla (very young) apparently about 1 cm long; sta- 

 mens 4, all fertile, the anthers 2-celled, cells contiguous. Ovary 

 oblong, glabrous; style-arms one only, short. Capsule linear, 

 slightly pubescent, 8 to 9 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, the sides 

 parallel, seed-bearing to the base. Seeds about 12, on retinacula, 

 somewhat compressed, about 1 mm in diameter. 



Panay, Capiz, Bur. Sci. 21236 Escritor, June, 1913. 



It is not entirely clear that the specimen came from Panay, as from the 

 field label it seems probable that it was collected on the neighboring Island 

 of Romblon; the locality is given simply as "Capiz, Mount Romblon." The 

 species is manifestly allied to Ruellia nudispica C. B. Clarke {Gymnosta- 

 chyum nudispicum Elm.), which is a true Rtiellia in the sense that Clarke 

 and Lindau interpret the genus; it differs notably in its inflorescence which 

 consists of fascicled spikes, rarely branches, instead of solitary spikes. 



HEMIGRAPHIS Nees 



HEMIGRAPHIS BAKERI sp. nov. 



Planta parva, glabra vel subglabra, circiter 20 cm alta, parce 

 ramosa, ramulis plus minusve geniculatis, tenuibus; foliis in 

 paribus aequalibus, obovato-oblongis, obtusis, integris vel leviter 

 undulatis, basi angustatis, cuneatis, usque ad 3 cm longis; spicis 

 tenuibus, paucifloris, bracteolis angustis, quam sepalis haud 

 latioribus, 4 ad 5 mm longis ; calycis lobis lineari-lanceolatis, acu- 

 minatis, circiter 5 mm longis, glabris; corolla 11 mm longa; 

 capsulis lineari-oblongis, 7 mm longis, 1.7 mm diametro, semi- 

 nibus circiter 12. 



A small, nearly glabrous, sparingly branched plant 20 cm high 

 or less, the branches slender, more or less geniculate in the lower 

 part, the very young ones slightly pubescent, soon quite glabrous. 

 Leaves opposite, those of each pair equal, oblong-obovate ; char- 

 taceous greenish-olivaceous when dry, with prominent cystoliths 

 on the upper surface, apex rounded to obtuse, base gradually nar- 

 rowed, cuneate, margins entire or obscurely undulate, 1 to 2.5 cm 

 long, 4 to 8 mm wide, the lateral nerves about 4 on each side of 

 the midrib, slender ; petioles 2 mm long or less. Spikes terminal, 

 slender, few-flowered, up to 5 cm long, the flowers distant, brac- 

 teoles not imbricate except toward the tips of the spikes. Calyx 

 about 8 mm long, glabrous, the tube 3 mm long, the lobes 5, 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, equal, about 0.6 mm wide below. 

 Corolla about 11 mm long. Anthers 1.3 mm long. Capsule 

 linear-oblong, about 7 mm long, 1.7 mm wide, apiculate, glabrous. 



