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numerosis urentibus instructis; floribus flabellatim dispositis, 

 receptaculis concavis, accrescentibus, usque ad 9 mm diametro. 

 A shrub, glabrous except the lower surface of the leaves and 

 the inflorescences. Branches thickened, rugose, the ultimate 

 ones about 1 cm thick when dry. Leaves chartaceous, brittle, 

 oblong-ovate, 30 to 35 cm long, about 13 cm wide, base rounded, 

 the apex acuminate, the upper surface olivaceous, rather dull, 

 densely puncticulate, glabrous, the lower surface somewhat paler 

 than the upper and more or less hirsute with rather numerous, 

 scattered, short, stinging hairs; lateral nerves about 10 on each 

 side of the midrib, prominent on the lower surface, the reticula- 

 tions lax, prominent; petioles 8 to 10 cm long; stipules oblong- 

 ovate, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, densely puncticulate, 2.5 to 3 

 cm long. Inflorescences axillary, lax, pendulous, long-peduncled, 

 up to 75 cm in length, the younger parts and the receptacles 

 rather densely covered with short stinging hairs. Receptacles 

 obovoid to somewhat reniform, blue when fresh, accrescent and 

 attaining a diameter of 9 mm, concave, the pistillate flowers 

 borne in a single row along the margin, inflexed, about 10 in 

 each receptacle. Achenes about 4.5 mm long, tipped with the 

 reflexed, 2 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate style. 



Catanduanes, Mount Mariguidon, Bur. Sci. 30229 Ramos, along small 

 streams in damp forests, altitude about 200 meters, November 21, 1917. 



This striking species is well characterized by its greatly elongated, 

 pendulous, lax inflorescences which attain a length of 75 cm. In this 

 character it differs from all other species of the genus known to me. 



ELATOSTEMA Forster 



ELATOSTEMA CATANDUANENSE sp. nov. 



Herba, infra prostrata, ramis paucis, erectis vel adscendenti- 

 bus, usque ad 20 cm longis, tenuibus, brevissime adpresse hir- 

 sutis; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis ad oblongo-oblanceolatis, leviter 

 falcatis, usque ad 2 cm longis, acuminatis, basi valde inaequila- 

 teralibus, auriculatis, dentibus utrinque 2 vel 3, perspicuis ; recep- 

 taculis axillaribus, omnibus sessilibus, bracteis exterioribus 

 chartaceis, latissime obovatis, truncatis vel leviter retusis, circi- 

 ter 4 mm longis, leviter corniculatis, interioribus obovatis et 

 valde retusis ad lineari-lanceolatis et ciliatis, perianthii seg- 

 mentis 4. 



A sparingly branched, slender herb, prostrate below, the 

 branches ascending or erect, up to 20 cm in length, appressed- 

 hirsute with short, appressed hairs. Leaves chartaceous, oliva- 

 ceous-brown when dry, dull or slightly shining, without cystoliths, 

 narrowly oblong-lanceolate to narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, 1.5 



