xiii, c. i Merrill: Philippine Plants, XIII 61 
mm longis, prominente ciliatis, 3 mm longis; floribus 13 mm 
longis, calycis lobis 5, linearis, ciliatis, tenuiter acuminatis, 
circiter 6 mm longis. 
A prostrate herb from a thickened woody root, the primary 
branches up to 30 cm long, rooting at the lower nodes, the branch- 
lets and ends of the primary branches erect or ascending, all 
parts except the corolla prominently hirsute with stiff, pale or 
pale-yellowish hairs, those on the upper surface of the leaves 
from thickened bases, the branches terete or very obscurely 
4-angled. Leaves of each pair somewhat unequal, elliptic to 
oblong, subcoriaceous, dull-olivaceous, 1.5 to 3 cm long, 7 to 
13 mm wide, acute at both ends or the apex obtuse, margins 
entire to obscurely and irregularly crenate, both surfaces prom- 
inently hirsute, the upper surface pustulate, the cystoliths not 
evident ; lateral nerves 3 or 4 on each side of the midrib, obcure ; 
petioles densely hirsute, 2 to 3 mm long. Spikes sessile or shortly 
peduncled, dense, ovoid, 1.5 to 2 cm long; bracts imbricate, 
oblong to oblong-elliptic, obtuse to subacute, prominently hirsute 
on both surfaces, 10 to 12 mm long; bracteoles filiform, prom- 
inently ciliate, 3 mm long. Calyx-tube about 2 mm long, the 
lobes linear, prominently ciliate, 6 mm long, slenderly acuminate, 
one slightly longer than the other four. Corolla 13 mm long, 
externally sparingly pubescent with short hairs. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Burgos, Bur. Sci. 27258 Ramos, March 
16, 1917, on rocks along streams, flowers white. 
A species well characterized by its comparatively small, rather densely 
hirsute, obscurely nerved leaves which are pustulate on the upper surface; 
its dense, ovoid spikes; prominently hirsute bracts; and filiform bracteoles. 
H EM (GRAPH IS PAUCIFLORA sp. nov. 
Herba erecta, simplex vel parce ramosa, usque ad 30 cm alta, 
partibus junioribus et foliis et’ bracteis albido-hirsutis ; foliis 
in paribus subaequalibus, anguste oblongis, membranaceis vel 
chartaceis, olivaceis, utrinque acutis vel apice obtusis, margine 
leviter crenatis, usque ad 4.5 cm longis, nervis utrinque circiter 
4, obscuris, utrinque hirsutis, pagina superiore cystolithis dis- 
tinctis inspersis ; spicis solitariis, terminalibus, 1 ad 2 cm longis, 
paucifloris; floribus violaceis, 17 mm longis; bracteis foliaceis, 
oblongis, hirsutis, 8 ad 14 mm longis, obtusis. 
An erect, slender, simple or sparingly branched herb 20 to 30 
cm high, rather prominently white-hirsute, the stems below te- 
rete, glabrous or slightly scabrid, the younger parts sulcate or 
somewhat angled, hirsute. Leaves of each pair subequal, 
narrowly oblong, 3 to 4.5 cm long, 10 to 13 mm wide, olivaceous 
