XIII, c.i Merrill: Philippine Plants, XIII 63 



mm long, about 1.1 mm wide, slightly pubescent. Corolla-tube 



5 mm long, lobes 6 mm long, the broader one broadly obovate, 5 

 mm wide, broadly 3-lobed, the lobes rounded, about 1.2 mm long, 

 the narrower lobe about 1.4 mm wide above, slightly retuse. 

 Stamens 2 ; anther cells one above the other, about 1 mm long. 

 Ovary oblong, glabrous; style glabrous, 6 mm long. Capsule 

 nearly 1 cm long, glabrous. 



Luzon, Nueva Ecija Province, Mount Umingan, Bur. Sci. 26^99 Ramos 



6 Edano, September 5, 1916, on dry slopes, altitude about 100 meters. 



The alliance of this species appears to be with Justicia quadrifaria Wall., 

 from which it is immediately distinguishable by its solitary or paired 

 flowers and its very unequal leaves. Among the Philippine species so far 

 described it is nearest to Justicia loheri C. B. Clarke, but that species has 

 linear leaves and differs in niunerous other characters. 



LEPIDAGATHIS Willdenow 



LEPIDAGATHIS MICROPHYLLA sp. nov. 



Herba suberecta e radices incrassatis, circiter 20 cm alta, 

 ramis baud 1 mm diametro, teretibus, junior ibus 4-angulatis, 

 minutissime cinereo-puberulis ; foliis ovatis, baud 1 cm longis, 

 coriaceis, acutis vel leviter acuminatis, integris, subtus puberulis, 

 nervis utrinque 3 vel 4, prominentibus ; spicis 1 ad 2 cm longis, 

 falcatis, densis; bracteis imbricatis, lineari-lanceolatis, cinereo- 

 pubescentibus, acuminatis, circiter 7 mm longis, baud lanato- 

 ciliatis ut in L. cinereae; floribus 5 mm longis, calycis lobis valde 

 inaequalibus. 



A suberect, slender herb about 20 cm high, from somewhat 

 thickened woody roots, the branches terete, less than 1 mm in 

 diameter, minutely puberulent, the younger branches distinctly 

 4-angled. Leaves ovate, coriaceous, olivaceous, 5 to 9 mm long, 

 3 to 7 mm wide, entire, acute to slightly acuminate, base 

 rounded or obtuse, the upper surface glabrous or very slightly 

 pubescent, 'the lower puberulent ; lateral nerves 3 or 4 on each 

 side of the midrib, prominent; petioles 1.5 mm long or less. 

 Spikes 1 to 2 cm long, dense, falcate. Bracts linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, 7 mm long, 0.8 mm wide, minutely cinereous-pubes- 

 cent. Upper calyx lobe lanceolate, 6 mm long, 1.2 mm wide, 

 the two lower ones 5.5 mm long and 0.8 mm wide, the two lateral 

 ones 5 mm long and 0.5 mm wide, all pubescent. Corolla red- 

 dish, 7 mm long. Anthers 1 mm long. Ovary glabrous. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Bangui, Bur. Sci. 27518 Ramos, March 10, 

 1917, on dry open hills at low altitudes. 



This species somewhat resembles a greatly dwarfed specimen of Lepi- 

 dagathis cinerea Merr., to which it is distantly allied. It is distinguished 



