'rni: rumx of aiolat ualcox. 2fi7 
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anlliors 1 iniii. lon^'. 0\arj free, superior, ovoid/ ^-celled, each cell 
about ir)-ovuled; stylo simple. Capsule 3-Yalvofl, ovoid, nieui1)ranou.s, 
glabrous, 4 mui. loug. Seeds many, narrowly ovoid, 0,8 mm. long, 
reticulate. 
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On seepy slopes, open lieatJi lands at 2,400 ni. alt. (No. 5710). 
Tlie second species of the genus known^ the other, Liriope graniinifolia (Linn.) 
Baker, being known from Japan to northern Luzon, China and Cochin Cliina. L. 
hrachi/phi/Ua is distinguished from L. graminifoUa by its comparatively sliurt 
leaves, smaller size, solitary, not fascicled flowers and many ovules. 
SMI LAX Tourn. 
Smilax china Limi. Sp, PI. (1753) 1450.? 
On exposed ridges in thickets 1,:J00 to 2,000 m. alt. (Nos. 0140, G211, 0120). 
The same form is reprc-^ented by Nos. 4407, 4749 Merrill from northern Luzon. 
i^inilax china has previously been credited to the Philippines by F.-Villar. Because 
of the lack of pistillate flowers I am not certain of the correctness of the above 
identification, but the specinients agree well with tlie description, 
Japan to southern China and Formosa. 
Smilax vicaria Kunth Euum. 5 (1850) 202. 
In an old clearing at 900 m. alt. (No. 5570). 
Endemic to the Philippines. 
AMARYLLIDACEJl 
CURCULIGO Oaertn. 
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Curculigo glabra Merrill n. sp. 
Glabra; foliis usque ad 50 cm. longis; 13 cm. latis, breviter acumin- 
atis, basi acutis; petiole usque ad 40 cm. longo; pedunculo ad 20 cm. 
longo; baccis 8 mm. longis. 
Glabrous througliout. Leaves up to 50 cm. long, 13 cm. wide, mciu- 
branous, tbe apex sliort acuminate, the base acute, somewhat inequilat(M*u], 
the nerves prominent; petioles up to 40 cm. in lengtli, glabrous, somewliat 
inflated below. Peduncles about 20 cm. long, recurved above. Flowers 
not seen; bracts ovate, acuminate, 7 to 10 nerved; pedicels 1 cm. long. 
Fruits many, narrowly ovoid, not beaked, about 8 mm. long, fleshy and 
smooth when fresh, rugose when dry, somewhat crowded in a G to 8 cm. 
long head; seeds many, 1.5 mm. in diameter; the somewhat persistent, 
perianth lobes 6 mm. long. 
In forests at 275 m. alt. (No. 5750). 
Well characterized by being entirely glabrous tliroiighout^ 
DIOSCOKEACE.l^. 
DIOSCOREA Linn. 
Dioscorea nummularia Lam. Encycl. 2 (1789) 331. 
In an old clearing at 700 m. alt. (No. 5057). 
Apparently widely distributed in the Philippines. 
Malaya.^ 
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