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3, cylindraceis, sessilibus, 4 ad 6 cm longis, circiter 8 mm dia- 
metro ; bracteis numerosis, imbricatis, dense spiraliter dispositis, 
circiter 1 cm longis, acutis vel leviter acuminatis, sursum plus 
minusve villosis, bracteis florentes bicarinatis, circiter 8 mm 
longis; floribus circiter 9 mm longis. 
An herb, about 1 m high, tufted, the petioles nearly 1 m long, 
the leaves chartaceous, oblong-elliptic, acuminate, 25 to 30 cm 
long, 9 to 11 cm wide. Inflorescences from the sheaths 10 to 
12 cm below the base of the leaf, each composed of three, dense, 
cylindric spikes fascicled at the tip of the common 3 to 4 cm 
long peduncle, the individual spikes 4 to 6 cm long, about 8 mm 
in diameter, composed of numerous, imbricate, spirally arranged 
bracts; bracts about 1 cm long and 5 mm wide, oblong-elliptic, 
acute or somewhat acuminate, more or less villous above, green, 
each subtending an inner (floral) bract, which in turn encloses 
two bracteoles and two flowers, this floral bract about 8 mm 
long, flattened on the back, the margins indexed, the keels con- 
spicuously 2-keeled or 2-winged ; bracteoles membranaceous, 
oblong, 5 mm long. Flowers white, about 9 mm long. Ovary 
densely villous. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, about 7 
mm long, rather densely 7-nerved, slightly villous toward the tip. 
Corolla-tube about 4 mm long, the lobes oblong, obtuse, 5 to 6 
mm long, 2 to 2.5 mm wide. Staminode one only, oblong-elliptic, 
rounded, 3 mm long. Cucullate stamen obovate, 3 mm long, 
callus one 4 mm long, 2 mm wide, plane, somewhat inequilateral, 
fertile one narrowly oblong, 2 mm long, 1 mm wide. 
Catanduanes, Mount Mariguidon, Bur. Sci. 30503 Ramos, November 
23, 1917, in damp forests. 
This species is strikingly characterized by its 3-partite, peduncled in- 
florescences springing from the sheaths, the individual spikes dense, 
cylindric, sessile, composed of numerous, imbricate, spirally arranged 
bracts. It is anomalous in Phacelophrynium in its spirally arranged bracts ; 
each of which, however, subtends an inner floral bract, which in turn 
contains two flowers. In its floral characters it conforms to the genus. 
URTICACEAE 
LAPORTEA Gaudichaud 
LAPORTEA PENDULA sp. nov. 
Frutex, inflorescentiis et foliis exceptis glaber; foliis longe 
petiolatis, oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 35 cm longis, basi rotundatis, 
apice acuminatis, supra glabris, subtus pallidioribus et plus 
minusve hirsutis, nervis utrinque circiter 10, perspicuis ; inflores- 
centiis laxis, axillaribus, pendulis, longissime pedunculatis, us- 
que ad 75 cm longis, partibus junioribus et receptaculis pilis 
