450 The Philippine Journal of Science 1920 
obovatis, usque ad 10 cm longis, utrinque subaequaliter angus- 
tatis, apice acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis utrinque 9 ad 11; 
inflorescentiis plerumque e basi 3-ramosis, ramis 2 ad 3 cm 
longis, floribus omnibus sessilibus, subcapitato dispositis, 5- ad 
7-meris, calycis circiter 8 mm longis, dentibus 2 ad 3 mm longis. 
An erect shrub, the branchlets, petioles, leaves on both sur- 
faces but especially beneath, and inflorescences prominently cil- 
iate with ferruginous to castaneous, rather weak, spreading 
hairs. Branches terete, grayish to brownish, the internodes 4 
to 7 mm long. Leaves chartaceous to subcoriaceous, dark-brown 
to brownish-olivaceous when dry, oblong-elliptic to oblong- 
obovate, 5 to 10 cm long, 2 to 4 cm wide, subequally narrowed to 
the acute base and to the sharply acuminate apex, somewhat 
shining, both surfaces with scattered, rather weak, spreading 
hairs, the upper surface often becoming glabrous, the midrib and 
nerves on the lower surface prominently ciliate; lateral nerves 
9 to 11 on each side of the midrib, prominent, curved, anastomos- 
ing, the reticulations obsolete or nearly so; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm 
long, prominently ciliate ; stipules membranaceous, broadly 
ovate, acuminate, usually lobed, for the most part glabrous but 
with some hairs on the back and the margins. Inflorescences 
usually 3-branched from the base, the branches 2 to 3 cm long, 
conspicuously castaneous-ciliate, each bearing at its apex a sub- 
capitate partial inflorescence, the flowers all sessile and subtended 
by a pair of broadly ovate, pubescent, 3 to 4 mm long bracts, 
and each flower by an obovate to lanceolate, obtuse to acuminate, 
3 to 4 mm long, ciliate bracteole, the individual heads about 
1.5 cm in diameter. Calyx ovoid, about 8 mm long and 4 mm 
wide, slightly ciliate, the tube elongated and produced 4 to 5 
mm above the ovary, the teeth 5 to 7, 2 to 3 mm long, ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla-tube cylindric, about 7 mm long, 
glabrous, the lobes 5 to 7, oblong, obtuse, about 5 mm long. 
Stamens 5 to 7, their filaments 3 mm long. Throat bearded. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Binuang, Bur. Sci. 28773 
(type), 28602 Ramos & Edaho, May, 1917, in the mossy forest, 
altitude apparently about 1,000 meters. 
This species is strongly characterized by its subcapitate partial 
inflorescences; its indumentum; its sessile, 5- to 7-merous 
flowers ; and its relatively greatly produced calyx-tube. It some- 
what resembles Psychotria pilosella Elm., but is not closely allied 
to that species. 
