372 The Philippine Journal of Science 1922 



1 cm longis, 5 mm latis, cystolithis paucis vel nullis, apice ob- 

 tusis vel subacutis, dentibus utrinque 2 vel 3, obtusis; nervis 1 

 vel 2 utrinque; stipulis anguste oblongis, glabris, 1.4 mm longis; 

 inflorescentiis S axillaribus, solitariis, sessilibus, paucifloris, 

 bracteis liberis, exterioiibus ellipticis, obtusis, 2 mm longis, 

 bracteolis oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis ; floribus 3 vel 4, 5-meris, 

 segmentis ellipticis, leviter cucullatis, ciliatis, 2 mm longis. 



An erect, apparently succulent, much-branched herb, at least 

 40 cm high, the stems and branches somewhat appressed-hirsute 

 with short hairs. Leaves very numerous, glabrous, chartaceoua, 

 very inequilateral, oblong to oblong-ovate, generally about 10 

 mm long and 5 mm wide, brownish olivaceous when dry, some- 

 times with obvious cystoliths along the midrib and nerves on 

 the upper surface, more often without evident cystoliths, the 

 apex obtuse or subacute, the base very inequilateral, acute on 

 the narrower side and broadly rounded on the wider side, the 

 narrower side with usually 2 teeth in the upper part, the broader 

 side with usually 3 teeth, the teeth obtuse; nerves 1 or 2 on 

 each side of the midrib ; stipules narrowly oblong, glabrous, 1.4 

 mm long. Staminate inflorescences axillary, solitary, sessile, 

 obovoid, few-flowered, 2 or 3 flowers only in each fascicle, the 

 bracts free, the outer ones elliptic, obtuse, 2 mm long, the brac- 

 teoles oblong-elliptic, thinner than the bracts and about one- 

 half as wide. Perianth segments 5, elliptic, slightly cucullate, 

 rather prominently ciliate, about 2 mm long. 



Luzon, Bontoc Subprovince, Mount Polls, Bur. Sci. 37660 

 Ramos & Edano, February 25, 1920. On tree trunks in the 

 mossy forest, altitude about 1,800 meters, with the local name 

 ngalngaloi. 



This species belongs in the group with Elatostema podophyllum 

 Wedd. and E. benguetense C. B. Rob., but is easily distinguishable 

 from these two species by the few, or more often obsolete, 

 cystoliths. 



ELATOSTEMA CAPIZEN8E sp. nov. 



Herba erecta ut videtur succulenta, usque ad 40 cm alta, 

 simplex, caulis deorsum prostratis; foliis membranaceis, plus 

 minusve inaequilateralibus, oblongo-ellipticis ad anguste oblon- 

 go-obovatis, glabris, 11 ad 17 cm longis, olivaceis vel brunneis, 

 cystolithis numerosis instructis, basi acutis, apice subabrupte 

 caudato-acuminatis, margine in i superiore parte distanter 

 crenato-serratis, deorsum integris; nervis utrinque circiter 8, 



