446 "The Philippine Journal of Science 1922 



glabrous ; style 7 mm long, somewhat pilose in the upper third. 

 Fruits ovoid, 4 to 5 mm long. 



Mindanao, Zamboanga District, Malangas and Mount Tubuan, 

 Bur. Sci. 372Jf9 (type), 36685 Ramos & Edano, October and No- 

 vember, 1919. On forested slopes at low altitudes. 



A species with the habit and much the general appearance of 

 Cyrtandra auriculata C. B. Clarke, differing radically in its much 

 smaller flowers and in its crenate not lobed leaves which are all 

 petioled and similar in shape, the smaller one of .each pair being 

 usually about one-half as large as the larger one. 



CYRTANDRA PARVA sp. nov. § Dissimiles. ^ 



Planta parva, suffruticosa, caulis prostratis, radicantibus, 1.5 

 mm diametro, ramis brevibus, erectis; foliis oppositis, petiola- 

 tis, inferioribus in paribus valde inaequalibus, superioribus sub- 

 aequalibus, majoribus oblongo-obovatis ad oblongo-ellipticis, 5 

 ad 8 cm longis, apice plerumque acutis, basi cuneatis, margins 

 serratis, subtus pallidis, ad costa et nervis et reticulis perspicue 

 ciliatis, nervis utrinque ^ vel 7; foliis minoribus 1 ad 1.5 cm 

 longis, 5 ad 8 mm latis; floribus paucis, depauperato-umbellatis, 

 2.5 cm longis, umbellis plerumque 3-floris, pedunculis pedicellis- 

 que brevibus, hirsutis; bracteis lanceolatis, 6 ad 7 mm longis; 

 calycis 1.5 cm longis, ciliato-hirsutis, lobis lanceolatis, caudato- 

 acuminatis, tubo aequantibus, corolla extus leviter pilosa, 2.5 

 cm longa ; ovario glabro. 



A slender, prostrate, suffrutescent plant with short ascending 

 branches, the stems copiously rooting, the older ones glabrous, 

 about 1.5 mm in diameter, the younger parts and the leaves on the 

 midrib, nerves and reticulations beneath conspicuously ciliate 

 with slender, elongated, brown hairs. Leaves opposite, those 

 of the lower 'pairs very dissimilar in shape and size, those of 

 the uppermost pairs often subequal, all olivaceous, glabrous on 

 the upper surface, paler beneath, membranaceous or chartaceous, 

 the larger ones oblong-obovate to oblong-elliptic, 5 to 8 cm long, 

 2 to 3 cm wide, the apex usually acute, base usually cuneate, the 

 margins rather sharply serrate, often conspicuously ciliate; 

 lateral nerves 6 or 7 on each side of the midrib, prominent on the 

 lower surface as are the primary reticulations; petioles about 

 2 cm long; smaller leaves of each pair, at least in the lower 

 part of the stem, similar in shape and texture to the larger ones, 

 1 to 1.5 cm long, 5 to 8 mm wide. Inflorescences terminal or 

 in the upper axils, their peduncles about 5 mm long, hirsute, 

 each peduncle usually bearing 3 subumbellately arranged flowers, 



