Robinson : Alabastra philippinensia 73 



11-14 mm. long, pink-lilac, oblong or obovate, shallowlv 3-lobed 



at the apex, acuminate, apiculate : stamens 8, alike, about 2.5-3 



mm. long, the filaments somewhat dilated towards the base, 



anthers 0.6-0.7 mm - long, elliptic-obovate, obcordate, downward 



prolongation of the connective very short : style 4 mm. long : fruit 

 unknown. 



A slender herb, simple or sparingly branched, erect or some- 

 what prostrate, 6-15 cm. high ; stem winged above, angled below : 



leaves membranaceous, opposite, ovate, obtuse and mucronate at 

 the apex, acute to rounded at the base, variable in length, attain- 

 ing 3 cm. inclusive of the slender 4-5 mm. long petioles, 3-nerved, 

 dentate-ciliate on the margins, and with one or rarely two rows on 

 each side of the midrib of whitish hairs exceeding 1 mm. in length 

 and about 2 mm. apart. 



Type collected by R. S. Williams, no. I2j6 y on Mount Santo 

 Tomas, Province of Benguet, northern Luzon, in flower, July 1, 



J 9°4; also at the same locality, no. 1350, October 12, 1904; 

 also represented by Elmer 8806 , Baguio, Province of Benguet. 

 Mr. Merrill has already reported it from Mount Halcon, Mindoro, 

 and has further supplied me with the following additional data 

 regarding its occurrence in northern Luzon : 4809 Merrill, Pauai, 

 30 miles north of Baguio, Province of Benguet, mossy forest at 

 6 8oo ft. ; j6o8 \ 44.91 Merrill, Mount Data, Province of Lepanto, 

 °n earth, prostrate logs and mossy tree-trunks, in mossy forests at 



7000 ft. 



CLKTHRACKAE 



hra Williamsii so. 



Infl 



orescence a terminal panicle, composed of 7-12 racemes, 

 *5-20 cm. in length, all its branches, the bracts, pedicels, and 

 calyx densely covered with gray tomentum interspersed with very 

 frequent, rust-colored, stellate hairs 1 mm. or less in length, the 

 ktter scantily developed on the pedicels, but dense on at least the 

 Margins of the calyx-lobes : pedicels about 3.5 mm. long, slender, 

 broadest at the base, tapering to the apex, ascending or spreading, 



b 

 Ion 



ra cts linear, 4 mm. long, not early deciduous : calyx about 3 mm. 

 j 0n g, its lobes 2 mm. long, ovate, obtuse at the apex : corolla- 

 '°bes broadly oval to suborbicular, 3-4 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide, 

 Dr oadest at the middle ; stamens nearly equaling the corolla, the 

 anthers diverging above : ovary also tomentose ; style becoming 



e xserted 



ert ed, expanded at the slightly three-lobed stigma. 

 A tree, about 9 m. high and 12.5 cm. in diame 



diameter ; bark of 



