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multifloris; floribus altemis, bracteis bracteolisque ovatis, acu- 

 minatis, glabris vel subglabris, calycis lobis lanceolatis; capsulis 

 lineari-oblongis, glabris, circiter 1.5 cm longis, seminibus circi- 

 ter 10. 



An erect, sparingly branched, more or less pubescent herb, 

 up to 50 cm high. Leaves membranaceous or chartaceous, dark- 

 colored when dry, oblong to elliptic-oblong, 10 to 15 cm long, 

 4 to 8 cm wide, the base obtuse to acute on the lower ones, the 

 uppermost ones sometimes cordate, the apex obtuse or rounded, 

 margins somewhat undulate, the upper surface glabrous or nearly 

 so, dark olivaceous, the lower somewhat pubescent on the mid- 

 rib and nerves; lateral nerves about 6 on each side of the 

 midrib, slender, distinct; petioles of the lower leaves up to 2 

 cm long, of the uppermost ones 5 mm long or less. Spikes 

 elongated, up to 20 cm in length, many-flowered, the flowers 

 alternate, sessile, white, the subtending bracts ovate, acuminate, 

 2 mm long, the bracteoles similar but slightly smaller, glabrous 

 or nearly so. Calyx 3 to 3.5 mm long, the tube 1.5 mm in 

 length, the lobes lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla-tube 3 mm long, 

 the upper lobe broadly ovate, erect, 3 mm long, the lower one 

 spreading, 3-lobed, each lobe elliptic-oblong, about 3 mm long, 

 2 to 2.5 mm wide, anther about 2 mm long. Capsule linear- 

 oblong, glabrous, about 1.5 cm long and 2 mm wide, each valve 

 carrying about 5 seeds. 



SlARGAO, Bur. Sci. 3^999 Ramos & Pascasio, May 27, 1919, in 

 thickets or forests at low altitudes. 



A species well characterized by its ample leaves and by its 

 greatly elongated spikes. 



GESNERIACEAE 



CYRTANDRA Forster 



CYRTANDRA CAULI FLORA sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus, foliis oppositis, aequalibus, perspicue ferru- 

 gineo- vel castaneo-villosus ; foliis oblanceolatis ad oblongo-ob- 

 lanceolatis, 10 ad 20 cm longis, tenuiter acuminatis, basi cuneatis, 

 margine perspicue dentatis, supra subglabris, nervis utrinque 

 circiter 8 ; inflorescentiis caulinis et e ramis majoribus, cymosis, 

 circiter 5 cm longis, dense villosis ; calycis circiter 1.5 cm longis, 

 lobis linearis, 1 cm longis ; corolla 2 cm longa. 



An erect shrub, the leaves opposite, those of each pair sub- 

 equal, the branchlets, petioles, inflorescences, and leaves on the 

 lower surface conspicuously ferruginous- or castaneous-villous 

 with weak spreading hairs. Leaves oblanceolate to oblong- 



