xiv,^ Mei'rill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XV 377 



longe pilosis; foliis oblongis, chartaceis, 1 ad 1.5 cm longis, 

 utrinque angustatis, apice leviter acuminatis, basi inaequilatera- 

 libus, margine deorsum integris, superne utrinque 2- vel 3-den- 

 tatis; inflorescentiis s axillaribus, solitariis, sessilibus, circiter 

 4 mm diametro; bracteis exterioribus oblongo-ovatis, acutis, pi- 

 losis, baud carinatis; bracteolis linearis, ciliatis. 



An erect, woody, much-branched plant, at least 40 cm high, the 

 branchlets densely cinereous-pilose with long spreading hairs, 

 the leaves conspicuously pilose beneath on the midrib and nerves. 

 Old stems about 5 mm in diameter, sparingly pilose with weak 

 hairs. Leaves oblong, chartaceous, 1 to 1.5 cm long, 4 to 7 mm 

 wide, narrowed to the inequilateral base and to the somewhat 

 acuminate apex, the upper surface dark brownish-olivaceous 

 when dry, with numerous irregularly scattered short cystoliths, 

 the margin in the lower two-thirds entire, in the upper one-third 

 usually with two teeth on the narrower side and three on the 

 broader side, base inequilateral, one side of the lamina longer 

 than the other, acute to obtuse, the narrower side acute; stipules 

 linear-lanceolate, about 1.2 mm long. Staminate heads soli- 

 tary, axillary, sessile, about 4 mm in diameter, the flowers in 

 each head up to 20 ; outer two bracts oblong-ovate, acute, pilose, 

 2 mm long, not keeled or corniculate; bracteoles linear, ciliate, 

 membranaceous, 1.5 mm long; pedicels ciliate, as long as the 

 bracteoles. Sepals oblong, membranaceous, ciliate, 1.3 mm long, 

 acute or obtuse, not keeled or corniculate. 



Luzon, Nueva Vizcaya Province, near Imugan, Bur. Sci. 

 20060 McGregor, December 29, 1912. 



In habit and general appearance this species is similar to Eld- 

 tostema halconense C. B. Rob., from which it differs especially 

 in the dense indumentum on the branchlets, the midrib and 

 nerves beneath being pilose with long spreading hairs, and its 

 distinctly smaller, less prominently toothed leaves. 



ELATOSTEMA SUBORBICULARE sp. nov. 



Herba prostrata, ramosa, usque ad 15 cm longa, ramulis leviter 

 adpresse hirsutis ; foliis orbicularis ad orbiculari-ovatis, inaequi- 

 lateralibus, 5 ad 13 mm longis, apice rotundatis vel obtusis, basi 

 valde inaequilateralibus, margine superne utrinque pauciden- 

 tatis; receptaculis $ axillaribus, solitariis, sessilibus, circiter 5 

 mm diametro, bracteis exterioribus obovatis, leviter hirsutis, 

 perspicue carinatis, vix corniculatis, interioribus cum bracteolis 

 oblongo-spatulatis et cum sepalis plus minusve hirsutis vel 

 ciliatis. 



An apparently prostrate, more or less branched herb, the main 



