Trigonotis philippinensis
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Description
Erect or slightly prostrate.
Leaves oblong, elliptical, oblong-obovate or subspathulate, tapering into a distinct, slender, 0.4-2.5 cm long petiole, blade 0.8-3 by 0.6-1.3 cm, apex acute or rounded to retuse, distinctly apiculate, lateral veins indistinct, antrorse white strigose on upper as well as midrib and margins on lower side, with few scattered hairs on lower surface.
Stamens: filaments very short, anthers oblong, c. 0.8 mm long.
Notes
Specimens from the classical localities do not quite agree with Merrill's diagnosis. The most important difference are the cymes arising from the axils of some of the lowermost, long since withered leaves and not terminal as Merrill says. The calyx is 3 mm long only at the very last stage of fruiting. Nevertheless, there can be little doubt about their identity.