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parce ciliato-setosus ; foliis ellipticis, subcoriaceis, usque ad 12 
cm longis, in siccitate brunneis vel olivaceo-brunneis, utrinque 
aequaliter angustatis, basi acutis, apice acutis ad obscure ob- 
tuseque acuminatis, nervis utrinque 5 ad 6, distinctis; inflores- 
centiis axillaribus, solitariis, umbellatis, breviter, pedunculatis, 
6- ad 8-floris, bracteis binis 7 ad 8 mm longis valde acuminatis 
instructis. 
An erect shrub about 1 m high, according to the collector. 
Branches terete, smooth, brownish or yellowish-brown, glabrous, 
the branchlets brown, slender, shining. Leaves subcoriaceous 
or firmly chartaceous, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 7 to 12 cm long, 
4 to 5.5 cm wide, brownish or brownish-olivaceous when dry, 
of the same color on both surfaces, shining, the apex acute to 
shortly blunt-acuminate, base acute, the upper surface glabrous, 
the lower ciliate-setose with scattered pale hairs especially on 
the midrib and nerves; lateral nerves 5 or 6 on each side of 
the midrib, distinct, scarcely anastomosing, the secondary ones 
and reticulations obsolete; petioles sparingly ciliate-setose, 2 to 
5 mm long; stipules prominently acuminate from a somewhat 
broadened base, 6 to 7 mm long. Umbels axillary, solitary, 6- 
to 8-flowered, their peduncles about 2 mm long, each umbel 
subtended by two conspicuous bracts 7 to 8 mm in length, these 
prominently acuminate from the 3 to 4 mm long base, obscurely 
keeled ; bracteoles numerous, ovate, 2 mm long or less. Pedicels 
2 to 4 mm long, sparingly ciliate-setose. Calyx short, about 
2 mm in diameter, the teeth ovate, acute, 0.5 mm long or less. 
Luzon, Nueva Ecija Province, Mount Umingan, Bur. Sci. 26327 Ramos 
6 Edano, August 21, 1916, from the summit of the mountain, altitude not 
indicated. 
A species well characterized by the two, conspicuous, prominently acu- 
minate bracts subtending the few-flowered, short-peduncled umbels; and 
the scattered ciliate-setose indumentum. 
PLECTRONIA CORDATA sp. nov. 
Frutex, foliis floribusque in siccitate nigris, ramulis juniori- 
bus subtus foliis inflorescentiisque dense pubescentibus ; foliis 
chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, oblongis ad oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 
12 cm longis, brevissime petiolatis, apice acutis, basi late ro- 
tundatis cordatisque, nervis utrinque circiter 5; floribus nume- 
rosis, axillaribus, fasciculatis, 5-meris, breviter pedicellatis, 
calycibus pubescentibus, circiter 1 mm longis. 
A shrub about 1 m high, according to the collector ; the vegeta- 
tive parts rather uniformly black when dry. Branches and 
branchlets terete, the former glabrous, brownish, the latter ra- 
ther densely pubescent with short, pale or dark hairs. Leaves 
