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caudiculate^ the branches of the raphis numerous, anastomosing and 
forming a network of long and narrow loops. 
Not common along the Bongabong River, Mindobo, Ko. 1388 H. N. Whitford, 
January 19^ 1906. Vernacular Visayan name "Sarauag;^' Tagalog, '^Prunhai." 
It is one of the largest and most beautiful species of the genus. Whilford in 
his field notes gives 5 m. as the height of the entire plant, but from the dimensions 
of the leaves we should estimate a greater heigbt. From the size of the Jeaf- 
sheaths the trunk may be judged to be 15 cm. in diameter. 
Pinanga modesta Becc. n. sp. 
Gracilis, 1.5-3 m. alta, caudicc 10-15 mm. diam. internodis 3-6 cm. 
longis. Folia 0.6-1 m. longa, vagina circiter 18 cm. longa, petiolo 12-20 
cm. longo, basi G-S mm. crasso, supra profunda canaliculate^ marginibus 
obtusis, segmentis utrinque 3—4 et duobus terminalibus, chartaceis, rigid- 
ulis^ subtus pallidis^ subglauceseentibus et sub lente punctulato-puberulis, 
superne striatis et minutissime (saepe inconspicue) puntulato-scabridis^ 
latcralibus acinaciformibus inaequalibus per parla oppositis, sensim 
longeque falcato-acuminatis^ 3-6-costatis^ 30-40 cm. longis^ 4-7 cm. 
latis, duobus terminalibus basi connatis et apice acute duplicato-dentatis. 
S'padix fructifer brevis, 10-12 cm. longus^ abrupte deflexus, parte pedi- 
celiari brevissima_, in ramis perpaucis (3-4) valde compressis digitatim 
partitus ; f ructubus horizontalibus exacte et concinne pectinato-biseriatis, 
8-10 mm. inter se remotis^ angustissinie ovatis^ basi coarctatis et acutisj 
in parte superiori sensim attenuatis^ summo apice papillaeformi, 15-16 
mm. longis_, 6 mm. crassis; semine e basi ovata conico-acuto^ 11 mm. 
longo, 5 mm. crassOj basi caudiculato. Perianthium fructiferum 2 mm. 
altum, 4 mm. latum^ e basi plana cupulari^ in ore nonnihil coarctatum. 
A slender species 1.5-3 m. high. Stem 10-15 mm. in diameter^ its 
joints 3-6 cm. long, finely dotted with small brown radiate scales in the 
apical joung parts. Leaves 0.6-1 m. long^ not including the sheath; 
this about 18 cm. long, finely and sharply striate, more or less scaly 
f urf uraceous ; the petiole 12-20 cm. long, 6-8 mm. thick in its basal part, 
rounded beneath, deeply channeled above, the margins of the channel 
obtuse; the rachis very obscurely keeled beneath in its lower portion and 
flattish higlier up; above bifacial from the middle upwards and appressed 
scaly-furfuraceous throughout as is the petiole. The leaflets few, usually 
only 3-4: on each side of the rachis and two at the summit, rather firmly- 
papyraceous, dull, subglaucescent and under the lens finely punctulate- 
puberulous beneath, finely striate and punctulate above; the lateral 
leaflets are acinaciform, about 40 cm. long, 4-7 cm. broad, usually 
opposite, very slightly or not at all narrowed at the base, gradually 
falciform-acuminate, with 3-G acute acostas; the terminal leaflets are 
united by their bases, 5-10 cm. broad, with many (6-12) costse and 
an equal number of main teeth at tlieir summit, these separated by 
deep and acute reentering angles, the resulting secondary teeth cleft 
