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submembranaceous, 9 to 12 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, rather pale 
and of the same color on both surfaces when dry, smooth, shining, 
narrowed upward to the rather prominently and somewhat 
falcate acuminate apex, the base often inequilateral, acute or 
decurrent-acuminate; lateral nerves 6 to 8 on each side of the 
midrib, slender, not prominent, curved, arched-anastomosing, the 
reticulations obscure, very lax ; petioles about 1 cm long ; stipules 
broad, 2 mm long or less, truncate, terminated by 2, short, stout 
teeth, rarely by 1. Inflorescences strictly axillary, 1.5 to 2 cm 
long, few-flowered, peduncled, corymbose. Flowers 4-merous, 
about 3 mm long, their pedicels 3 mm long, the subtending brac- 
teoles linear, 1 to 2 mm long. Calyx-tube obovoid, terete, about 
1.5 mm long, the teeth oblong, obtuse, less than 1 mm long. 
Corolla-tube 0.8 mm long, glabrous or nearly so within, the lobes 
narrowly ovate, obtuse, 1.2 mm long, slightly pubescent on the 
median portion within. Capsules subellipsoid, 4 mm long, terete. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Binuang, Bur. Sci. 28769 
Ramos & Edaho, May 5, 1917, on forested slopes at medium al- 
titudes. 
In general appearance this species approximates Hedyotis si- 
buyanensis Elm., but differs especially in its strictly axillary, 
shorter inflorescences, shorter petioles, and much shorter flowers. 
HEDYOTIS CATANDUANENSIS sp. nov. 
Frutex glaber, ramis obtuse 4-angulatis ; f oliis ovatis ad 
oblongo-ovatis, membranaceis vel chartaceis, usque ad 13 cm 
longis, leviter acuminatis, basi rotundatis, nervis utrinque 7 vel 
8, olivaceis, nitidis, reticulis laxis, tenuibus; stipulis 3-laciniatis, 
glabris; inflorescentiis terminalibus, foliaceis, ramis primariis 
usque ad 4 cm longis, capsulis obovoideis, circiter 2.5 mm longis. 
A glabrous shrub, the branches obtusely 4-angled. Leaves 
ovate to oblong-ovate, membranaceous to chartaceous, brittle 
when dry, olivaceous, somewhat shining, smooth, 9 to 13 cm 
long, 4.5 to 6 cm wide, narrowed upward to the somewhat acu- 
minate apex, the base rounded; lateral nerves 7 or 8 on each 
side of the midrib, slender, distinct, curved-ascending, anasto- 
mosing, the reticulations slender but rather distinct; petioles 1 
to 1.5 cm long; stipules 3 to 5 mm long, deeply 3-cleft, glabrous. 
Inflorescences terminal, leafy, the nodes supplied with reduced, 
ovate, shortly sessile, somewhat cordate, 1.5 to 4 cm long leaves, 
the primary branches up to 4 cm in length, about as long as 
the internodes, the partial cymes 2 to 3 cm in diameter, the 
bracts oblong-lanceolate, up to 5 mm in length. Capsules obo- 
