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the- base varying from 7 to 35 mm, the lowest tooth of the broader side 
often projecting beyond the general outline so that the leaf appears lobed, 
the teeth usually extremely shortly acuminate, the apex never projecting 
beyond the general outline of the leaf, but contracted at each of the apical 
2 or 3 teeth when these are present, in entire leaves gradually tapering, 
minutely apiculate, except for this the terminal tooth varying in shape 
from narrowly lanceolate to semicircular; sometimes definitely tripli- 
nerved/but the nerves, especially on narrower leaves except the lobed ones, 
little longer than the succeeding veins, the arched connections forming 
a distinct lateral vein; both surfaces with fairly long cystoliths: stipules 
lanceolate, acute, 2.5 to 4 mm long, deciduous. 
Luzon, District of Bontoe, Bauco, in forests at 1650 m elevation, Vanoverbergh 
828. The specific name is descriptive, even for Elatostema, it being difficult to 
characterize the leaves in words that would not include half the species of the 
genus. Staminate' receptacles have not yet been collected, but it is very probable 
that the alliance is with the species with which it is here placed, having peduncled 
receptacles with corniculate bracts. 
3. Elatostema longipedunculatum Elmer Leaf!. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 886. 
Repens, ramosum : infloreseentiis staminiferis pedunculis gracilibus 
sparse pilosis 1 ad 3 cm longis suff ultis ; bracteis exterioribus orbiculari- 
ovatis, inaequalibus, 3 ad 5 mm longis, corniculatis ; floribus pentameris, 
perianthio corniculato, dorso sparse piloso, ciliato : infloreseentiis pistil- 
liferis sess-ilibus; bracteis exterioribus lanceolatis, 2 mm longis, ciliatis 
cum aliis interioribus corniculatis, his pilosis ; floribus adhuc juvenilibus : 
foliis brevissime petiolatis vel subsessilibus, oblique oblanceolatis vel 
ellipticis, 7 ad 11 cm longis, 2 ad 2.7 cm latis, basi obtusis vel uno latere 
acutis, margine basi excepta admodum grosse dentatis, apiee in acumen 
dentatum subbicentimetrale productis, triplinerviis, venis utrinque 4 ad 
6 subtus antrorse pilosis, aliter glabris vel obscure pilosis ; stipulis 
lanceolatis, acuminatissimis, 6 ad 8 mm longis. 
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Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Apo, at 1,800 m elevation, Elmer 11593. 
4. Elatostema pinnatinervium Elmer Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1908) 286. 
Caespitosum, subereetum vel subdecumbens, 5 usque ad 25 cm altum, 
caulibus subretrorse tuberculatis : infloreseentiis staminiferis pedunculis 
3 ad 6 mm longis suffultis, paucifloris, bracteis exterioribus corniculatis : 
infloreseentiis pistilliferis sessilibus ; bracteis corniculatis ; perianthio 
minuto: foliis submembranaceis, oblanceolatis ad obovatis, superioribus 
saepissime longioribus, 1.5 ad 2.5 cm longis, 6 ad 15 mm latis, pin- 
natinerviis, venis dentibusque utrinque 5 ad 9. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Lucban, Elmer 9193 (type collection) ; Anoling 
River (Infanta), Bur. Sci. 9323 Robinson, the former pistillate, the latter a 
slightly more delicate plant with staminate flowers also. 
Very distinct from any other described Philippine species, but it is probably 
the closest alliance of Bur. Sci. 9195 Robinson, 'from Mount Malulud, Polillo, 
