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oblongo-ellipticis, 12 ad 18 cm longis, utrinque subaequaliter 

 angustatis, breviter acuminatis, basi acutis ad subrotundatis, 

 nervis utrinque 10 ad 12, perspicuis; stipulis 1 cm longis, in 



1 inferiore parte connatis, vaginatis; spicis plerumque extra- 

 axillaribus, tenuibus, 11 ad 20 cm longis; floribus fasciculatis, 

 fasciculis paucifloris, bracteis ovatis, acuminatis, 3 mm longis 

 cum bracteolis lanceolatis calycibusque plus minusve ferrugineo- 

 hirsutis, calycis prof unde 5-lobatis, lobis 1.5 mm longis ; corollae 

 tubo 2 mm longo, intus haud barbato. 



An erect shrub 1 to 3 m high, glabrous except the somewhat 

 ferruginous-hirsute inflorescences. Branches terete, rather 

 smooth, the ultimate branchlets more or less sulcate, about 2 

 mm in diameter. Leaves firmly chartaceous or subcoriaceous, 

 oblong-elliptic, 12 to 18 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide, subequally 

 narrowed to the acute or somewhat rounded base and to the 

 shortly acuminate apex, the upper surface olivaceous, rather 

 dull, the lower surface paler; lateral nerves 10 to 12 on each 

 side of the midrib, slightly raised on the upper surface, rather 

 prominent on the lower surface, obscurely arched-anastomos- 

 ing, the reticulations lax; petioles 3 to 5 mm long; stipules 

 about 1 cm long, sheathing, united for about one-half their length, 

 the free portions ovate, acuminate. Inflorescences chiefly extra- 

 axillary, solitary, on the ultimate branches, usually inserted 

 about 1 cm above the nodes, slender, 11 to 20 cm long, more 

 or less ferruginous-hirsute, spikelike, the flowers fascicled at 

 the nodes, sessile, the bracts subtending the fascicles ovate, 

 acuminate, somewhat ferruginous-hirsute, about 3 mm long, 

 the bracteoles lanceolate, acuminate, about 2 mm long. Flowers 

 small, 5-merous, sessile or subsessile, few in a fascicle, the calyx 

 about 2 mm long, somewhat pubescent, deeply cleft, the lobes 

 lanceolate, about 1.5 mm long, ferruginous-hirsute. Corolla 

 glabrous on both surfaces, the tube 2 mm long, the lobes 

 oblong-ovate, obtuse, somewhat twisted-imbricate, 1 mm long. 

 Anthers linear-lanceolate, 2.5 mm long, the connectives produced 

 about 0.3 mm. Style narrowly club-shaped, grooved, glabrous, 



2 mm long. 



. Mindanao, Zamboanga District, Malangas and Mount 

 Tubuan, Bur. Sci. 36819, 36683 Ramos & Edano, October and 

 November, 1919. In damp forests along streams at low al- 

 titudes. 



The genus Cowiea, previously a monotypic one, was described 

 from material collected by Miss Gibbs in British North Borneo, 



