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MERRILL. 
SCROPHULARIACEAE. 
MICROCARPAEA R. Br. 
Microcarpaea minima (Koenig) comb. nov. 
Paederota minima Koenig in Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 10. 
Microcarpaea muscosa R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 436; Benth. in DC. 
Prodr. 10 (1846) 433; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 4 (1884) 287. 
Microcarpaea alterniflora Blume Bijdr. (1826) 744. 
Luzon, Bontoc Subprovince, Bauco, Vanoverbergh 989, October, 1910, in 
rice paddies, altitude about 1,250 m. 
This genus has previously not been reported from the Philippines, 
although the species is of wide distribution, extending from India and 
Ceylon to southern China, Malaya, and tropical Australia. The earliest 
specific name is here adopted. 
LABIATAE. 
TEUCRIUM L. 
Teucrium philippinense sp. nov. § Scorodonium Benth. 
Herba annua, 30 ad 60 cm alta, ramosa, leviter ciliato-pilosa ; 
foliis longe petiolatis, membranaceis, oblongo-ovatis, acuminatis, 
basi rotundatis vel subacutis, usque ad 7 cm longis, margine 
prominente crenato-serratis ; racemis terminalibus axillaribus- 
que, usque ad 10 cm longis, verticillatris 2-floris; floribus circiter 
9 mm longis, calycibus ciliatis, 4 mm longis. 
An annual, erect or ascending, branched herb 30 to 60 cm 
high, all parts somewhat ciliate-pilose. Stems slender, 4-angled, 
sulcate. Leaves opposite, oblong-ovate, membranaceous, 3.5 to 
7 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, the apex acuminate or merely acute, 
the base subacute or rounded, the margins, except near the base, 
prominently crenate-serrate, both surfaces with scattered, weak, 
white hairs, especially on the nerves, the lower surface a little 
paler than the upper one; lateral nerves slender, 4 or 5 on each 
side of the midrib; petioles slender, 1.5 to 3 cm long. Racemes 
terminal and axillary, simple, ciliate, when young 2 to 3 cm 
long, in maturity up to 10 cm long, the flowers opposite, their 
pedicels 2 to 3 mm long; bracteoles ciliate, lanceolate, 3 to 
5 mm long. Calyx ciliate, somewhat cup-shaped in anthesis, 
4 mm long, obscurely 2-lipped, the lower two teeth lanceolate, 
acuminate, narrower than the upper three which are ovate, 
obtuse or acute, and the middle one twice as large as the lateral 
ones ; tube somewhat inflated in fruit. Corolla exserted, slender, 
pink, 9 mm long, the tube 3 to 4 mm in length; lower lateral 
lobes of the lip spreading, oblong-ovate, about 1.5 mm long, the 
