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rather coarsely dentate-serrate, usually 10 to 12 teeth on each 

 side, the upper surface glabrous, with numerous, irregularly dis- 

 posed, elongated cystoliths; petioles 2 mm long or less; stipules 

 lanceolate, about 8 mm long. Staminate receptacles axillary, 

 solitary, sessile, globose, 6 to 8 mm in diameter, the two external 

 bracts orbicular, somewhat ciliate, broadly rounded, prominently 

 comiculate, the appendage 2 to 3 mm long; bracteoles variable, 

 oblong to oblanceolate, membranaceous, 4 to 5 mm long, pro- 

 minently ciliate with long white hairs and with a very slender, 

 ciliate, 2 to 3 mm long appendage from the back at or above the 

 middle. Appals of the staminate flowers 4, membranaceous, 

 ciliate above, 2 to 2.5 mm long, two of them distinctly corniculate; 



Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Tuloag, Bu7\ Sci. 29129 

 Ramos & Edano, May 25, 1917, along small streams in damp 

 forests at low altitudes. 



The alliance of this species is not entirely clear, although, 

 with the exception of the indumentum and its bract and floral 

 characters, it resembles Elatostema carinoi W. R. Shaw. It is 

 readily distinguished by its laxly reticulate leaves, the nerves 

 and reticulations being dark brown in contrast to the green epi- 

 dermis, and distinctly ciliate, as well as by its peculiarly append- 

 aged bracteoles. 



ELATOSTEMATOIDES C. B. Robinson 

 ELATOSTEMATOIDES SAMARENSE sp. nov. 



Planta erecta, saltem 50 cm alta, sublignosa; foliis chartaceis 

 vel subcoriaceis, inaequilateraliter oblongo-ovatis, circiter 15 cm 

 longis et 6 cm latis, apice tenuiter acuminatis, margine distanter 

 grosse dentatis, inferne plerumque integris vel subintegris, sub- 

 tus ad nervis et nervulis perspicue molliter pilosis; cymis S 

 sessilibus, circiter 1.5 cm diametro, floribus numerosis, confertis, 

 perianthii segmentis 5, bracteolis oblongo-lanceolatis, pubescen- 

 tibus. 



An erect, apparently unbranched, woody plant, at least 50 

 cm high, the stems nearly glabrous below, above more or less 

 pilose with rather long spreading hairs. Leaves chartaceous or 

 subcoriaceous, inequilateral, oblong-ovate, about 15 cm long and 

 6 cm wide, dark brown when dry, the upper surface with nu- 

 merous, irregularly disposed, short cystoliths, the lower surface 

 softly pilose with rather long spreading hairs on the nerves and 

 reticulations, apex slenderly acuminate, base narrowed, inequi- 

 lateral, rounded on the broader side, acute or somewhat rounded 

 on the narrower side, the more prominent nerve on the narrower 

 side leaving the midrib well above the base, margins distantly 



