TALMS OF BATA>'ES AND BABUYAXKS ISLANDS. 341 
Pinanga Elmerii Jiooe. 
Babuyanes, Camiguin Island, Bur. Sci. ^140 F^nix, July, li)U7. 
Pinanga urosperma Becc. sp. nov. 
Mediocris, 4-5 m alta. Folia circiter l.G in longa, regularissime pin- 
nata, segmontis numerosissimis (utrinque circiter 40), aequidislautibus, 
angiilo noimihil aeuto insertis, chartaceis, rigidulis, utrinque opacis, 
subtus pallidioribus et minutissinie punctulato-subscabridulis, unicostatis. 
angustis, elongatis, in apicem acuminato-caudatuin leviter falcatum sensim 
a medio acuminatis, basi paruni attenuatis, costa media valida subtus 
squamulis ferrugineis denium deciduis dense obtecta percursis; segnieu- 
tis medialibus 50-55 cm longis, infra medium usque ad 20-22 mm latis, 
superioribus sensim brevioribus et paullo angustioribus, 2 vel 3 tenninali- 
bus ceteris brevioribus et 2-4-costatis. Spadix brevis, 25 cm longus, parte 
pedicellari l)revi, 10-12 mm crassa, suffultus; raumlis paucis (5), alterne 
distichis, crassis, compressis, 12-14 cm longis, in sicco 5-G mm latis, 
apice non vel vix attenuatis. Fructus concinne biseriato-poetinati, valde 
inter se approximuii, ovoideo-elliptici, inter species affines pro rata 
majuseuli, 28-32 mm longi, in sicco 13-14 mm erassi, basi (duni sicci) 
in partem subpedicellare.m 5-6 mm longam abrupte angustati, supeme 
attenuati et apice conico-mammillato tenninati; semine olivaeformi 22 
mm longo, 11 mm crasso, apice obtuso, basi in caudiculuni elongatuni 
subspinescentem producto; albuminc dense radiato-runnnato. Perian- 
thium fructiferuin depresso-cupulare, truncatum, in ore minime con- 
strictum, 7 mm latum^ 3.5 mm alium, divisionibus in margine "otundatis 
et in medio minime apiculatis. 
Babuyanes Islands, Camiguin, Bur. Sci. J,0.'i.) Fcnix, June, 1007, on steep 
forested slopes. 
A very characteristic species because of its relatively large bifarious fruits, 
wliicli, when dry. api>ear as if they were distinctly pedicellate, the seeds being 
produced at the base into a conspicuous almost S]>inifnrm caudiculuni. 
CALAMUS Linn. 
Calamus mitis Bece. sp. nov, 
Scandens, gracilis^ eaudice vaginato 15 nmi diam., vaginis virescen- 
tibus, glabriusculis, inerniibiis. Ocrea subnulla. Folia brevia, in parte 
pinnifcra 35-40 cm longa, cirro gracili irregulariter crel)reque aculeato 
terminata; petiolo ^nbnullo; segmentis paucis (utrinque 5 vel 0) ir- 
regulariter remoteque alternis (minime aggregatis), elliptico-oblongis vel 
oblanceolato-cllipticis vel oblongo-subspatliulatis, leviter concavo-convex is, 
chartaccis, utrin(]ue irridibus et opacis^ basi sensim attenuatis et acutis, 
superne in acumen breve ad margines vix setigerum abrupte coarctatis, 
5-costulatis ; costulis utrinque nudis; marginibus remote et inconspicue 
spinulosis; segmentis intermediis 20-24 cm longis, in medio vel paullo 
supra medium 5. 5-G. 5 cm latis, l)a:^ilanbns aliquantum superioribus 
paullo minoribus. Spadix 9 gracilis, erectus, rigidulus, 0.85-1 m lon- 
gus, caudiculo gracili inermi terminatus; spathis primariis tubulosis non 
