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Luzon, ri'ovince of I’onguet, jNfount Santo Tomas (fi557 Elmer) June, lOOT; 
District of Lepanto, Mount J)ata (4531 Merrill) November, ]!)05. On dry grassy 
slopes in thin pine forest above 2.000 in. A second Philippine species is repre- 
sented by No.* 6502 Elmer and No. 4414 Merrill from Benguet Province. Prom 
the descriptions available, and without access to authentic material, I am unable 
to separate these two numbers from the Australian (iulium (jaudichmulii DO., 
as determined by Mr. Elmer. 
HEDYOTIS Linn. 
Hedyotis microphylla ]\ieriill sp. nov. 
An erect gialirons slmilj or iindershrul) 1 -to 2 m. liigii. with small, 
obscurely nerved, nsnally ovate-lanceolate leaves 1 to 3 cm. long, and 
axillary and terminal pednncled, nsnally 3-flowered cymes, the capsules 
2-celled, septicidal. Branches slender light gray, quadrangular. Leaves 
snlnnembranons dull or slightly shining, somewhat paler beneath, 5 to 
8 mm. wide, the base acute, the apex acute or slightly acuminate, often 
blunt; nerves very obscure, nearly ol)Solete, about 3 on each side of the 
midrib ; stipules short, 3-partite, the lobes narrow. Cymes 1 to 2 cm. 
long, the bracts foliaceous often 3 mm. long, the pedicels about 5 mm. 
long. Flowers white. Calyx 3 mm. long, the tube ovoid 1.5 mm. long, 
the lobes 4, persistent, oblong ovate, obtuse, about 1.5 mm. long. Corolla 
5 mm. long, glabrous outside, the throat and base of the lobes villous 
inside, the tube broad, the lobes recurved, oblong ovate or ovate, acute, 
about 2 mm. long. Filaments nearly 2 mm. long; anthers narrowly 
oblong, 1.5 mm. Ovary 2-celled, each few ovuled; style 2.5 mm. long; 
stigma 2-cleft. Capsule elliptical-ovoid about 4 mm. long crowned by 
the calyx lobes, 2-celled, each cell with 2 or 3 flattened elliptical seeds 
about 1.5 mm. long, at length septicidally dehiscent from the apex. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Pauai to Baguio (4693 Merrill) November, 1905; 
Suyoc to Pauai (4736 Merrill) November, 1905. On high ridges in the mossy 
forest 2.000 to 2,300 m. 
PAVETTA 1 ^inn. 
Pavetta dolichostyla Merrill sp. nov. 
A small shruh about 2 ni. high with membranons slightly pubescent 
or nearly glabrous leaves and pednncled terminal cymes, the corolla tubes 
3 cm. long, the exserted portion of the styles 4 to 4.5 cm. long. Branches 
greenish, glabrous, the stipules glabrous, narrowly ovate, 6 to 7 mm. long, 
acuminate, deciduous. Leaves 20 to 25 cm. long, 7 to 9 cm. wide, oblong 
oblanceolate to broadly oblong-lanceolate, gradually narrowed below to 
the acute or acuminate base, and above to the acuminate apex, shining 
above, beneath paler and puberulent on the midrib and lateral nerves; 
nerves 12 to 14 on each side of the midrib, curved, anastomosing, the 
reticulations lax; petioles 1 to 2.5 on. long, pubescent. Cymes terminal, 
pubescent, about 3 from each branchlet, few flowered, the peduncles 1.5 
cm. long, subtended by broad bracts, the upjier bracts and l)racteoles 
linear to linear-lanceolate. Pedicels pubescent, 3 to 4 mm. long. Calyx 
