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bracteis parce ciliato-hirsutis, spatulatis, circiter 1 cm longis; 
sepalis lineari-lanceolatis, tenuissime acuminatis, ciliato-setosis, 
7 ad 8 mm longis ; corolla circiter 1 cm longa. 
A rather slender, simple, rarely branched, prominently pubes- 
cent annual attaining a height of 25 cm, the stem prostrate 
below, rooting at the nodes, prominently dilate with elongated, 
spreading, rather pale, weak, crisped or jointed hairs. Leaves 
of each pair equal or subequal, mostly oblong, rarely ovate or 
ovate-oblong, membranaceous, olivaceous when dry, dull or some- 
what shining, 8 to 8 cm long, 1.5 to 3 cm wide, apex rounded 
or obtuse, base abruptly rounded or truncate, sometimes slightly 
cordate, both surfaces supplied with numerous, long, rather weak, 
spreading hairs, margins prominently and rather coarsely cre- 
nate; petioles ciliate, 5 to 25 mm long. Inflorescences axillary 
and terminal, their peduncles slender, ciliate, 1.5 to 7 cm long, 
the flowers white, rather few, crowded near the top of the pe- 
duncle; bracts spatulate, obtuse, narrowed below, about 1 cm 
long, the lowermost ones often larger and foliaceous, ciliate or 
ciliate-setose with long, scattered, spreading hairs. Sepals 5, lin- 
ear-lanceolate, slenderly long-acuminate, 7 to 8 mm long, spar- 
ingly ciliate with long, slender, white or pale hairs. Corolla 
about 1 cm long, glabrous. Capsule narrowly oblong, 8 to 9 mm 
long, about 1.8 mm in diameter, glabrous or very slightly pu- 
berulent. 
Samar, Catubig River at Caminiuan and at Palapag, Bur. Sci. 24240 
(type), 24185, 24301 Ramos, February and March, 1916, in damp forests 
at low altitudes. 
A species well characterized by its oblong, crenate leaves and its 
indumentum. 
RUNGIA Nees 
RUMGIA MEMBRANACEA sp. nov. 
Annua, usque ad 35 cm alta, caulibus infra prostratis, radi- 
cantibus; foliis membranaceis, lanceolatis usque ad 9 cm longis, 
basi acutis vel acuminatis, sursum gradatim angustatis, apice 
obtusis, lineolatis, glabris, vel subtus ad costa plus minusve 
hirsutis, nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, distinctis, adscendentibus, anas- 
tomosantibus ; spicis axillaribus terminalibusque, solitariis ad 
trinis, usque ad 3 cm longis, bracteis baud marginatis, orbi- 
culari-ovatis ad late obovatis, abrupte brevissime acuminatis, 
reticulatis, margine leviter ciliatis ; bracteolis oblongo-lanceolatis, 
circiter 5 mm longis, anguste acuminatis, margine parce ciliatis ; 
. calycis segmentis anguste lanceolatis, acuminatis, ciliatis, circi- 
ter 3.5 mm longis. 
An annual, simple or sparingly branched, nearly glabrous herb 
