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6 mm long, white, becoming black in drying, the lobes oblong- 
ovate, as long as the tube, densely villous on their inner sur- 
faces. Anthers 2 mm long. Capsules ovoid, about 4 mm long, 
crowned by the persistent calyx-lobes, the whole capsule about 
7 mm in length, the capsule proper splitting septicidally into 
two dehiscent, 1- (or few-) seeded cocci. 
Mindanao, Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Bur. U552 
Mearns & Hxitchinson, May, 1906, altitude about 1,800 m, in forests. 
A species well characterized by its laciniate-pectinate stipules, its very 
prominently nerved leaves, and its comparatively large capsules, the calyx 
being especially notable. 
HEDYOTIS RAMOSII sp. nov. 
Herba subprostrata, ramis elongatis, omnibus partibus plus 
minusve ciliato-hirsutis ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis vel late lanceo- 
latis, chartaceis vel submembranaceis, acuminatis, basi acutis vel 
obtusis, usque ad 5 cm longis, nervis utrinque 4 vel 5, adscenden- 
tibus ; stipulis connatis, longe ciliato-laciniatis ; cymis axillaribus, 
brevibus, sessilibus vel brevissime pedunculatis, floribus 4-meris, 
calycis lobis lanceolatis, 1.2 mm longis. 
A subprostrate or spreading, apparently annual herb, the 
branches elongate, up to 60 cm in length, often rooting at the 
lower nodes, the stems 2 mm thick or less, subterete or obscurely 
angled, ci Mate-hirsute. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to broadly lan- 
ceolate, chartaceous or submembranaceous, rather dark-colored 
when dry, the lower surface a little paler than the upper, 2.5 
to 5 cm long, 7 to 15 mm wide, with scattered, brownish hairs 
on the upper surface, the lower surface prominently ciliate-hispid 
on the midrib and lateral nerves, the apex acuminate or sharply 
acute, the base acute or obtuse; lateral nerves 4 or 5 on each 
side of the midrib, ascending, not very prominent, the reticu- 
lations obsolete ; petioles 1 to 3 mm long, hirsute ; stipules mem- 
branaceous, connate, ciliate-hirsute, 1 cm long or less, the free 
parts very broadly triangular-ovate, with from 7 to 10, filiform, 
ciliate segments 2 to 7 mm in length. Cymes axillary, sessile or 
shortly peduncled, ciliate-hispid, rather dense, few-flowered, the 
flowers 6 to 10 in each cyme, the bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 
1.5 mm long, the pedicels about 2 mm long. Calyx ciliate-hispid, 
the tube more or less urceolate, about 1 mm long, the lobes 4, 
oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 1 to 1.2 mm long. Corolla about 
2 mm long, the lobes ciliate-hispid. Capsule obovoid, about 1.2 
mm long, slightly ciliate-hispid, crowned by the persistent calyx- 
lobes. 
Leyte, mountains back of Dagami, Bur . Sci. 1.5337 Ramos, August, 1912, 
in forests. 
