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cleft nearly to the base. Capsules apparently globose, about 1 

 cm in diameter. 



Panay, Capiz Province, Jamindan, Bur. Sci. 31097 Ramos & 

 Edano, May 16, 1918, in damp forests. 



This species is well characterized by its very slender, few- 

 flowered, elongated, bracteate inflorescences and by its appa- 

 rently accrescent, persistent, rather large sepals. It is closely 

 allied to Trigonostemon acumhmtus Merr., from which it is 

 easily distinguished by its smaller bracts, and by its leaves 

 being softly pubescent beneath. 



TRIGONOSTEMON LU20NIENSE sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus, perspicue hirsutus vel villosus, ramulis cir- 

 citer 5 mm diametro, cicatricibus magnis instructis; foliis sub- 

 coriaceis, oblongo-obovatis ad oblanceolatis, 15 ad 23 cm longis, 

 acutis vel obtusis, deorsum angustatis, integris, nervis utrinque 

 circiter 10, perspicuis; infructescentiis longe pedunculatis, hir- 

 sutis, axillaribus, racemosis vel depauperato-paniculatis, foliis 

 subaequantibus ; capsulis circiter 1 cm diametro, dense hirsutis. 



A shrub about 1 m high, the branchlets, petioles, inflorescen- 

 ces, and leaves on the lower surface more or less hirsute or 

 villous. Ultimate branches about 5 mm in diameter, more or 

 less pubescent, and with large petiolar scars. Leaves charta- 

 ceous or subcoriaceous, narrowly oblong-obovate to oblanceolate, 

 15 to 23 cm long, 6 to 8 cm wide, rather pale when dry, the 

 apex acute to obtuse, narrowed below to the acute or very 

 abruptly obtuse base, the margins entire, the upper surface 

 glabrous, the lower conspicuously pubescent on the midrib, 

 nerves, and reticulations; lateral nerves about 10 on each side 

 of the midrib, curved-ascending, distinct, the reticulations lax; 

 petioles 1.5 to 2 cm long, densely hirsute. Infructescences 

 axillary, equaling or somewhat longer than the leaves, very 

 long-peduncled, hirsute, racemose or depauperate-paniculate, 

 flower-bearing in the upper 10 cm, the branchlets or pedicels 

 subtended by bracts or very greatly reduced leaves which may 

 reach a length of 1.5 cm, the fruiting pedicels up to 3 cm long, 

 thickened upward. Capsules depressed-globose, densely hir- 

 sute, about 1 cm in diameter, composed of 3 dehiscent cocci. 



Luzon, Camarines Province, Paracale, Bur. Sci. 33539 Ramos 

 & Edano, November 28, 1918, in forests along small streams at 

 low altitudes. 



This species diff"ers from Trigonostemon hirsutus C. B. Rob. 

 in its smaller, fewer-nerved leaves, and from T. merrillii Elm. 



