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A slender, branched, erect herb, up to 20 cm high, the stems 

 1 mm or less in diameter, terete, often decumbent below, the 

 branches, petioles, and inflorescences minutely cinereous-pubes- 

 cent. Leaves in equal pairs, ovate to oblong-ovate, membrana- 

 ceous, 1 to 3 cm long, 7 to 14 mm wide, obtuse or sometimes 

 broadly and obtusely acuminate, the base acute, the upper surface 

 olivaceous, sparingly pubescent with short, scattered hairs, the 

 lower surface paler, minutely pubescent at least on the midrib 

 and nerves; lateral nerves usually 3 or 4 on each side of the 

 midrib, slender; petioles 2 to 6 mm long, minutely pubescent. 

 Involucres for the most part spicately arranged, the spikes ter- 

 minating the branchlets, a few solitary ones in the upper axils, 

 the spikes up to 5 cm long, presenting at most 5 or 6 involucres. 

 Bracts 4, lanceolate, acuminate, 8 to 9 mm long, minutely 

 cinereous-pubescent, the outer two united for the lower 2 to 3 

 mm. Calyx 2 to 3 mm long, membranaceous, the lobes narrowly 

 lanceolate, acuminate, somewhat ciliate, nearly as long as the 

 tube. Corolla 1.5 cm long, sparingly hirsute in the upper part, 

 the tube 7 mm long, glabrous ; upper lip 8 mm long, 2 mm wide, 

 narrowly oblong, 2-nerved, obtuse; lower lip as long as the 

 upper one, 5 mm wide, somewhat narrowed below, 3-lobed, the 

 lobes about 2 mm long, ovate, rounded. Filaments 5 mm long; 

 anthers about 1 mm long. 



Luzon, Cagayan Province, between Mision and San Vicente, 

 For. Bur. 16693 Bacani, March, 1909, near the seashore. 



A species strongly characterized by its small size, its slender 

 stems, small leaves, and spicately arranged flowers. 



HYPOESTES CON FERTI FLORA sp. nov. 



Erecta, usque ad 60 cm alta, inflorescentiis perspicue ciliatis 

 exceptis glabra; foliis in paribus subaequalibus, chartaceis, ob- 

 longis, 6 ad 17 cm longis, acuminatis, basi decurrentibus, nervis 

 utrinque circiter 9; inflorescentiis terminalibus, subcapitatis, 

 confertis, 2 cm diametro, multifloris; involucris numerosis, brac- 

 teis 4, lanceolatis, acuminatis, exterioribus 12 ad 13 mm longis, 

 dense longeque albido-ciliatis, interioribus leviter ciliatis ; calycis 

 8 mm longis, pubescentibus, lobis lineari-lanceolatis, tubo aequan- 

 tibus. 



An erect, somewhat branched, herbaceous or suffrutescent 

 plant, up to 60 cm high, entirely glabrous except the very prom- 

 inently ciliate inflorescences. Stems terete, smooth, straw- 

 colored, about 4 mm in diameter, the internodes 6 to 16 cm long. 

 Leaves in equal or subequal pairs, chartaceous, oblong, 6 to 17 



