xiii, c, i Merrill: Philippine Plants, XIII 63 
mm long, about 1.1 mm wide, slightly pubescent. Corolla-tube 
5 mm long, lobes 6 mm long, the broader one broadly obovate, 5 
mm wide, broadly 3-lobed, the lobes rounded, about 1.2 mm long, 
the narrower lobe about 1.4 mm wide above, slightly retuse. 
Stamens 2; anther cells one above the other, about 1 mm long. 
Ovary oblong, glabrous; style glabrous, 6 mm long. Capsule 
nearly 1 cm long, glabrous. 
Luzon, Nueva Ecija Province, Mount Umingan, Bur. Sci. 264.99 Ramos 
6 Edano, September 5, 1916, on dry slopes, altitude about 100 meters. 
The alliance of this species appears to be with Justicia quadrifaria Wall., 
from which it is immediately distinguishable by its solitary or paired 
flowers and its very unequal leaves. Among the Philippine species so far 
described it is nearest to Justicia loheri C. B. Clarke, but that species has 
linear leaves and differs in numerous other characters. 
LEP1 DAGATH IS Willdenow 
LEPI DAGATH IS MICROPHYLLA sp. nov. 
Herba suberecta e radices incrassatis, circiter 20 cm alta, 
ramis baud 1 mm diametro, teretibus, junioribus 4-angulatis, 
minutissime cinereo-puberulis ; foliis ovatis, haud 1 cm longis, 
coriaceis, acutis vel leviter acuminatis, integris, subtus puberulis, 
nervis utrinque 3 vel 4, prominentibus ; spicis 1 ad 2 cm longis, 
falcatis, densis; bracteis imbricatis, lineari-lanceolatis, cinereo- 
pubescentibus, acuminatis, circiter 7 mm longis, haud lanato- 
ciliatis ut in L. cinereae; floribus 5 mm longis, calycis lobis valde 
inaequalibus. 
A suberect, slender herb about 20 cm high, from somewhat 
thickened woody roots, the branches terete, less than 1 mm in 
diameter, minutely puberulent, the younger branches distinctly 
4-angled. Leaves ovate, coriaceous, olivaceous, 5 to 9 mm long, 
3 to 7 mm wide, entire, acute to slightly acuminate, base 
rounded or obtuse, the upper surface glabrous or very slightly 
pubescent, the lower puberulent; lateral nerves 3 or 4 on each 
side of the midrib, prominent; petioles 1.5 mm long or less. 
Spikes 1 to 2 cm long, dense, falcate. Bracts linear-lanceolate, 
acuminate, 7 mm long, 0.8 mm wide, minutely cinereous-pubes- 
cent. Upper calyx lobe lanceolate, 6 mm long, 1.2 mm wide, 
the two lower ones 5.5 mm long and 0.8 mm wide, the two lateral 
ones 5 mm long and 0.5 mm wide, all pubescent. Corolla red- 
dish, 7 mm long. Anthers 1 mm long. Ovary glabrous. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Bangui, Bur. Sci. 27518 Ramos, March 10, 
1917, on dry open hills at low altitudes. 
This species somewhat resembles a greatly dwarfed specimen of Lepi- 
dagathis cinerea Merr., to which it is distantly allied. It is distinguished 
