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3, cylindraceis, sessilibus, 4 ad 6 cm longis, circiter 8 mm dia- 

 metro ; bracteis numerosis, imbricatis, dense spiraliter dispositis, 

 circiter 1 cm longis, acutis vel leviter acuminatis, sursum plus 

 minusve villosis, bracteis florentes bicarinatis, circiter 8 mm 

 longis; floribus circiter 9 mm longis. 



An herb, about 1 m high, tufted, the petioles nearly 1 m long, 

 the leaves chartaceous, oblong-elliptic, acuminate, 25 to 30 cm 

 long, 9 to 11 cm wide. Inflorescences from the sheaths 10 to 

 12 cm below the base of the leaf, each composed of three, dense, 

 cylindric spikes fascicled at the tip of the common 3 to 4 cm 

 long peduncle, the individual spikes 4 to 6 cm long, about 8 mm 

 in diameter, composed of numerous, imbricate, spirally arranged 

 bracts; bracts about 1 cm long and 5 mm wide, oblong-elliptic, 

 acute or somewhat acuminate, more or less villous above, green, 

 each subtending an inner (floral) bract, which in turn encloses 

 two bracteoles and two flowers, this floral bract about 8 mm 

 long, flattened on the back, the margins inflexed, the keels con- 

 spicuously 2-keeled or 2-winged; bracteoles membranaceous, 

 oblong, 5 mm long. Flowers white, about 9 mm long. Ovary 

 densely villous. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, about 7 

 mm long, rather densely 7-nerved, slightly villous toward the tip. 

 Corolla-tube about 4 mm long, the lobes oblong, obtuse, 5 to 6 

 mm long, 2 to 2.5 mm wide. Staminode one only, oblong-elliptic, 

 rounded, 3 mm long. Cucullate stamen obovate, 3 mm long, 

 callus one 4 mm long, 2 mm wide, plane, somewhat inequilateral, 

 fertile one narrowly oblong, 2 mm long, 1 mm wide. 



Catanduanes, Mount Mariguidon, Bur. Sci. 30503 Ramos, November 

 23, 1917, in damp forests. 



This species is strikingly characterized by its 3-partite, peduncled in- 

 florescences springing from the sheaths, the individual spikes dense, 

 cylindric, sessile, composed of numerous, imbricate, spirally arranged 

 bracts. It is anomalous in Phacelophrynium in its spirally arranged bracts; 

 each of which, however, subtends an inner floral bract, which in turn 

 contains two flowers. In its floral characters it conforms to the genus. 



URTICACEAE 



LA PORTE A Gaudichaud 

 LAPORTEA PENDULA sp. nov. 



Frutex, inflorescentiis et foliis exceptis glaber; foliis longe 

 petiolatis, oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 35 cm longis, basi rotundatis, 

 apice acuminatis, supra glabris, subtus pallidioribus et plus 

 minusve hirsutis, nervis utrinque circiter 10, perspicuis ; inflores- 

 centiis laxis, axillaribus, pendulis, longissime pedunculatis, us- 

 que ad 75 cm longis, partibus junioribus et receptaculis pilis 



