152 FOXWORTHY. 
long, clothed with a brown tomentum externally, glabroii?; alcove. Carpo- 
plijlls about 30 cm long^ long-stalked, with 3-5 pairs^ of ovules above 
the middle, ferruginous-tomentose; blade 7-10 cm long, 2.5-3.5 cm 
wide. Seeds 3-5 cm long. 
Batanes Islands, Canii^aiin, ^Vorcester A, Bur. Sci. J.977 Fpmix; Batan, For. 
Bur. 15289 Ayudo. Luzox, Province of Cagayan, For. Bur. 11251 Curran: Prov- 
ince of Zamljales, For. Bur. G327, 6328 Curran: Province of Bataan, Merrill S257, 
M'hitford 2(0), 1325, For. Bur. 2511 Meyer, For. Bur. 7381, 7513 Curran, Cuzner 
22, Whitford d- Foxworthy s. n.. For. Bur. 12Sffl Curran d Merritt : Province 
of Rizal, 7?)^'. Sci. 3281 Ramos: Province of J^ Lngunn, For. Bur. 10156 Curran: 
Province of Tayabas, For. Bur. 10310, 103^' Curran: Province of Cavite, For. 
Bur. 7611 Curran: Province of Batangas, For. Bur, 1137 Curran d Merritt. 
POLTLT.o, Bur. Sci. 1017G McGregor. Mindoro, For. Bur. 8613 Merritt. MiN- 
DAXAO, Province of Suriguo, BoJfiter 280: District of Davao, Copeland s. n., 
Williams 305S: District of Zaniboanga, Copeland s. n., For. Bur. 9393 Whitford 
d Hutchinson. Basilar, For. Bur. 3//.'/l Hutchinson. Tawi Tawi, Bur. Sci. 
10823 Foxirorthy. 
Some of our specimens liave been found along tlie seasbore and some on dry 
ridges at some distance from the coast. It is possible that some of our material 
should be referred to C. rumphii Miq. ; but I have been nnalde to find any sure 
means of distinguishing between the two. The species is very imix>rfectly under- 
stood and will repay further study. 
The seeds are poisonous when fresh; but, when thoroughly washed and cooked, 
they fumi^ih a sort of sag<). This sago is used in the Batanes Islands north 
of Luzon. The young leaves are said to be cooked and eaten for food in the 
Province of Bataan, Luzon. 
Kative names: uliva, pafuho. 
Distribution: Africa, Ceylon, British India, Burma, Sumatra, Java, Celebes, the 
Moluccas, New Guinea, China, 'Japan, and the islands of the South Pacific. 
3. Cycas sp. Plate XXVIL 
For. Bur, 38^2 Curran, collected in Palawan in March, 1906, is a very curious 
form with leaves like C. circinalis and a xery peculiar, slender staminate cone. 
Probably a new species; but I do not feel warranted in describing it at the 
present time. 
Cycas ? iiypoleuca FreaX m Epim. Bot. (1851) 238; F. Vill. Xoviss. App. 
(1880) 212. 
This form is not properly referred to this genus. It is considered to be a palm. 
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Class V. CONIFERAE. 
Stem branched. Vessels in secondary wood wanting. Leaves usually 
small, linear or lanceolate. Flowers monoecious, always borne on the 
upper side of a scale. Cotyledons 2-15, always free. Vascular bundles 
of stem and leaf collateral and endarch. Embryo attacbed to a suspensor 
and embedded in endospenu. 
Fam. 1. Taxaceae.^ Ovules solitary or few, terminal, axillary or 
attached singly to the upper surface of a simple sporopliyll. Seed often 
i 
Mn this family, the descriptions of genetn nnd species have been taken largely 
from Pilger's monograjdi in F.ngler, Das Pflunzenreich 4.' 
