314 I'he Philippine Journal of Science 1020 



ellipticis, 13 ad 24 cm longis, tenuiter acuminatis, nervis utrin- 

 que circiter 10 ; floribus fasciculatis, sessilibus vel breviter pedi- 

 cellatis, fasciculis plerumque in axillis defoliatis, 1 ad 1.5 cm 

 diametro; calycis dense villosis atque stellato-tomentosis, tubo 

 3 mm longo, dentibus lanceolatis, acuminatis, 1.5 ad 2 mm longis. 



A shrub or small tree, the younger parts villous and stellate- 

 tomentose, especially the branchlets and petioles. Leaves thinly 

 chartaceous, oblong to elliptic, 13 to 24 cm long, 6 to 12 cm 

 wide, the upper surface olivaceous, sparingly stellate-pubescent, 

 becoming glabrous or nearly so, the lower surface pale, stellate- 

 pubescent on the midrib, nerves, and reticulations, base acute, 

 apex rather slenderly acuminate, margin entire or very obscurely 

 and distantly toothed ; lateral nerves about 10 on each side of the 

 midrib, distinct; petioles 1 to 2 cm long. Inflorescences mostly 

 in the axils of fallen leaves, the flowers fascicled, sessile or shortly 

 pedicelled, the fascicles rather dense, 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter. 

 Bracts narrowly oblong, stellate-pubescent, 4 to 5 mm long, the 

 bracteoles filiform, 3 mm long. Calyx densely villous and stel- 

 late-tomentose, the tube cylindric, 3 mm long, the teeth 4, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 1.5 to 2 mm long. Corolla pale violet, 

 the tube 4 mm long, externally somewhat pubescent, the lobes 

 4, oblong, rounded, about 2 mm long. Stamens exserted, the 

 anthers 3 mm long. Fruit globose, about 2.5 mm in diameter, 

 glabrous, inclosed by the calyx. 



BucAS Grande, Bur. Sci. 35123 Ramos & Pascasio, June 9, 

 1919, in open forests at low altitudes. 



This species is readily distinguished from its congeners by 

 its fascicled, sessile or subsessile flowers, this type of inflores- 

 cence being unknown to me in any other species of the genus. 



ACANTHACEAE 



GYMNOSTACHYUM Nees 

 GYMNOSTACHYUM SPICI FORME (Elm.) comb. nov. 



Justicia spiciformis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1908) 349. 



Leyte, Palo, Elmer 73Ji.7, January, 1906. 



This species is known only from the type collection, and is 

 clearly a species of Gymnostachyum, agreeing in all characters 

 with the typical representatives of the genus. 



GYMNOSTACHYUM LONGISPICATUM sp. nov. 



Herba erecta, usque ad 50 cm alta, plus minusve pubescens; 

 foliis oblongis ad elliptico-oblongis, 10 ad 15 cm longis, obtusis, 

 nervis utrinque circiter 6 ; spicis elongatis, usque ad 20 cm longis, 



