444 The Philippine Journal of Science 1922 



CYRTANDRA BARN ESI I sp. nov. § Dissimiles. 



Frutex erectus, 1 ad 3 m altus, perspicue ciliatus ; f oliis oppo- 

 sitis, in paribus valde inaequalibus, majoribus petiolatis, oblongo- 

 oblanceolatis ad oblongo-obovatis, 15 ad 22 cm longis, acuminatis, 

 basi cuneatis, nervis utrinque circiter 8, minoribus sessilibus, 

 ovatis, 2 ad 5 cm longis, perspicue lateque cordatis ; floribus 4 cm 

 longis, paucis, f asciculatis vel depauperato-umbellatis ; bracteis 2 

 vel 3, elliptico-ovatis, 5 ad 8 mm longis; calycis pilosis, 15 ad 

 20 mm longis, lobis lanceolatis, caudato-acuminatis, 10 ad 12 

 mm longis ; corolla pilosa, tubo deorsum angustato; ovario 

 dense ferrugineo-piloso. 



An erect shrub 1 to 3 m high, the branchlets, younger leaves, 

 and inflorescences rather conspicuously ciliate with elongated, 

 weak, jointed hairs, the older branches glabrous or nearly so. 

 Leaves opposite, those of each pair very unequal in shape and size, 

 the larger ones oblong-oblanceolate to oblong-obovate, 15 to 22 

 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide, rather prominently acuminate, narrowed 

 below to the cuneate and usually distinctly inequilateral base, 

 the margins rather coarsely toothed; lateral nerves about 8 on 

 each side of the midrib, prominent on the lower surface, the 

 reticulations distinct, lax; petioles 1.5 to 2 cm long; smaller leaves 

 of each pair sessile or subsessile, ovate, 2 to 5 cm long, 1.5 

 to 3 cm vdde, deeply cordate, scarcely acuminate, rather coarsely 

 toothed. Both types of leaves are chartaceous, olivaceous on the 

 upper surface, paler beneath and supplied on both surfaces with 

 few to many, weak, spreading, jointed hairs. Inflorescences 

 axillary, the flowers white, about 4 cm long, fascicled or in very 

 greatly reduced, usually 2- or 3-flowered, short-peduncled umbels, 

 the peduncles when present about 5 mm long and supplied with 

 a whorl of 2 or 3 ovate to elliptic-ovate, somewhat pilose bracts 

 5 to 8 mm in length, the pedicels pilose, up to 1 cm in length or 

 somewhat longer in fruit. Calyx 15 to 20 mm long, supplied 

 with numerous, weak, jointed hairs, the tube broad, 5 to 8 mm 

 long, the lobes lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, 10 to 12 mm long. 

 Corolla tube rather narrowed below, widened above, sparingly 

 pilose externally. Filaments 12 mm long, glabrous, the anthers 

 ellipsoid, 3 mm long, connate throughout; staminodes slender, 

 glabrous, 5 to 6 mm long. Disk cylindric or cup-shaped, gla- 

 brous, 2 mm long, shallowly lobed or crenate. Ovary oblong, 

 densely subf erruginous-pilose ; styles about 11 mm long, pilose, 

 somewhat thickened in the upper 4 mm and supplied with capi- 

 tate-glandular hairs ; stigma about 3 mm wide, 2 mm long, elliptic 



