THE FLORA OF MOUNT PULOG. 
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acuminatis, usque ad 12 cm longis, in quoque nodo valde inaequalibus ; 
spicis axillaribus terminalibusque, densis, fasciculatis, sessilibus; floribus 
6 mm longis, 5-meris. 
A suberect, usually branched, nearly glabrous, suffrutescent herb up to 
80 cm in height, the branches distinctly quadrangular. Leaves ovate- 
lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, in unequal pairs, one leaf of each 
pair usually about twice as large as the other, 6 to 12 cm long, 0.8 to 
3 cm wide, usually acuminate at both ends; nerves about 6 on each 
side of ' the midrib, prominent. Spikes axillary and terminal, very dense, 
usually clustered, sessile, the bracts white-ciliate. Flowers about 6 mm 
long. Sepals 5, narrowly lanceolate, strongly acuminate, 5 mm long. 
Capsule 5 mm long, acuminate, puberulent at the apex. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Elmer 6059 (det. Clarke), Topping 82, Bur. Sci. 
6670 Ramos: Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Merrill 285: Province of Rizal, Bur. 
Sci. 2053 Ramos, For. Bur. 2697 Ahern’s collector (det. Clarke), holier s. n., Bur. 
S.ci. 9651 Robinson. 
“This species is well represented in the Philippines, and resembles L. incurva 
G. Don, but has smaller, slenderer bracts and calyx. It is exceedingly near L. java- 
nica Blume, and near other species.” (C. B. Clarke in lit. July 7, 1905.) 
From Mount Pulog I have two specimens from the pine region below an altitude 
of 1,300 m, G. M. Z. 16082, 16087. 
2. L. cinerea sp. nov. 
Suffruticosa, erecta., ramosa, usque ad 1 m alta, omnibus partibus 
dense cinereo-puberulis, inflorescentiis dense albido-lanato-ciliatis ; foliis 
anguste oblongis vel anguste oblongo-oblanceolatis, vix 2 cm longis, ob- 
tusis vel apiculatis, subsessilibus ; spicis ovoideis vel oblongis, densis, 
terminalibus, solitariis, 1 ad 4 cm longis; floribus tetrameris, rubris, 
bracteis oblongo-lanceolatis, cum ealycis segmentis dense albido-lanato- 
ciliatis. 
An erect, usually much branched, suffrutescent or woody plant, 1 m 
high or less, the stems pale-brown, terete, about 5 mm in diameter, 
ultimately glabrous, the younger branches and leaves densely cinereous- 
puberulent. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, equal, narrowly oblong or 
narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, 0.8 to 1.8 cm long, 3 to 6 mm wide, entire, 
narrowed to the sessile or subsessile base, the apex obtuse or somewhat 
apiculate, puberulent; nerves 4 or 5 on each side of the midrib, ascend- 
ing, distinct. Spikes terminating the branches, solitary, sometimes some- 
what crowded at the apex of the main stem, ovoid to oblong, 1 to 4 cm 
long, about 1 cm in diameter, very dense, the bracts and calyx-segments 
densely covered with long, soft, white hairs. Bracts oblong-lanceolate, 
prominently acuminate, 1 -nerved, rarely with, a pair of obscure lateral 
nerves, about 8 mm long, 2.5 to 3 mm wide. Calyx-segments • all 
acuminate, one lanceolate, about 7 mm long, 1.8 mm wideysp^ominently 
and slenderly acuminate, obscurely 3-nerved, very obscurely reticulate in 
the upper one-half, the lanate hairs about 2 mm long, two linear, less 
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