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12678, Hemnigrephis hirsuta orenate Elis Ne Spe Bill 
or perennials in moist humus coveret fertile 8011 of densely 
shaded woes at 15 feet elevation; stems quite rigid toward 
the reclining bese, slwaye less than 1/2 ineh thick, dull 
areen and rough, thehoser purplish brown ant fusiformly 
swellen, taking reets at the lower jointe, fresly rebranched 
from the bese up, leaves subcoriaceous, ascending and slight- 
ly recurved, deep green above, much lighter green below, 
hispid elong the usually toothed margins; Spikes terminal 
and from the upper most leaf axils, upon short stalks, 1 to 
& @nches long; bréets erect, green, flet, foruing s sort of 
an 4-angled inflorescence, widely Spreading whem old; Gcorol« 
la at least 1/2 inch long, white except the short purplish 
blve segments and the yellowish zone on the inside at about 
the middle, inflated from below the middle; stamens and 
pistil whitish; “"Panisig,." Brooke Point, February, 1911. 
12679. @neea Kimeri Krause ne Bp. Verrestriel in 
very rich moist hunus covered 8011 of dense woods at 15 
feet sltituie; carm more or lese egxlindric, ereet, & 
inches long, 3/4 inch thick et Least at the bese fleshy 
whitish, sented a few inches below the surface; stems 
ond leaY stelke srising from the side of the earm, erect, 
terete, Smooth, green; young infruteacence strict, ter- 
minel, eluetered, subtended by 2 pair of ovetely cordate 
lesf*like breets; fraits dark creeny. upon aseending pale 
green 1 inch long pedicels, ovoidly ellipseid, derk green, 
not hard, l«celled, the immer eide of the exocarp whitish, 
1/3 inch long, nearly as wide ecrose the base, the persistent 
floral orgen® et the epex brownish black and dry, with 
several trigonous dull lead grey striated seei#; lest blades 
thinly coriaceous, @igitately spreading, the segnents grace~ 
fully recurved, paler green beneath; "“Odeang-odeng." 
Brooks Point, Februar ys 1911. 
: 12680, Hypoestes merrillii Clerke, Rather rank half 
suecuient ikkex bi or perennials in rich humus covered leaves 
of denze forests at 20 feet; stems subterete, Smooth, always 
lees than 1/2 inch thick, purplish brown at the slightiy 
Swollen nodes, raclining et the base and teking reots eat the 
joints, branched from the base up; leaves flat, smooth, 
@preading, diverse in @ise, deep green above, much paler 
green beneath; Spikes Slender and strict, terminal or 
from the uppermost leaf axils, the ascending odorless 
flewer® arranged along the lower side; bracts green; 
flowers purple, divaricately tiped, deeply bilobed; style 
white, filaments purple; the basal portion of the coroelia 
white and tubular; “Penisipe" Brooke Point, Mareh, 1911. 
12681, ‘etermechers Elmori fregran® Flms Me Vor. 
Suberect tree in wet black soil nesr a wooded swamp at 
20 feet altitude; eaten ascending, 1 1/2 foot thick, 
55 or more feet high, ereoked; main brenches erect, shove 

