PHILIPPINE GYMNOSPERMS. 175 
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Herb. (1892) 187; Karsten in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. 11 (1893) 209; Koorders 
Meded. 's Lands Plant. 19 (1898) 265; Warburg, Monsunia 1 (1900) 195, 197; 
Schiimann & Lauterbaeh, Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. (1901) 158; Koorders & Valeton 
Bijd. Ken. Boomsoort. Java 9 (1903) 352; Usteri, Beitr. Ken. Phil. Veg. (1905) 
134; Merr. in Bur. Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 82; Philip. Jonrn. Sci. 
1 (1906) Suppl. 25; Koorders-Schumacher, Syst. Verz. Herb. Koord. 3 (1911) 
Gnetaceae 1. 
Ahuiua indica Lour. Fl. Coch. 2 (1790) 630; Juss. in Lam. Encyc. Bot. Siippl. 
i (1810) 35. This is the oldest name; but I have not seen Loureiro's specimen. 
Qnetum funiculare Blume Nov. Fam. (1833) ; Ann. Sci. Nat. 11 2 (1834) 106; 
Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. 1 (1834) 162, 4; Rumphia 4 (1848) 7; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 
2 (1859) 1068; Endl. Syn. Conif. (1847) 252; Pari, in DC. Pro<lr. 16 
(1868) 351; Brongn. in Ihiperr. Voy. Bot. (1828) 12; Kurz in Flora 55 (1872) 
350; For. Fl. 2 (1877) 496; Hook. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1888) 643; F.-Vill. 
Noviss. App. (1883) 211. 
Thoa pendida Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 746. 
' Thoa edulis Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 514, non Willd. Sp. PI. 4 (1805) 477. 
G. philipinnense Warburg, Monsunia 1 (1900) 196. 
a. scandens Merr. in Bur. Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 8 (1903) 32, 114, 153; 
F.-Vill. Noviss. App. (1883) 211, non Roxb. Ilort. Beng. (1814) 66. 
Gnemon funicuJaris Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5 (1747) 12, t. 8. 
Coarse woody vines of large size, climbing on trees in rather thick 
forest, from sea level up to about 600 m. Leaves membranous or char- 
taceous, usually Becoming black in drying, oval or elliptic, acute, obtuse, 
acuminate or mucronulate at apex, rounded at base or naiTOwed mto the 
short petiole which is sometimes winged at the side and canaliculate on 
its upper surface. Leaves 6-25 cm long, 2-10 cm wide; secondary vems 
usually 5-7 pairs, usually bending upward toward the edge of the leaf 
and uniting with other veins. I can not follow Karsten in classification 
by styles of Venation. There is very great variation in size and shape 
of leaves upon the same plant. Male flower-clusters fasciculate or race- 
mose, rarely solitary, terminal; 30-50 imn long, podimcles 8-20 mm long, 
flowers in many series of crowded whorls. Female inflorescences axi lary, 
fasciculate, the whole inflorescence sometimes as much as 250 mm ong, 
individual branches long-stalked, 50-80 mm long, of about lO-lo vvhoris 
of uniseriate flowers and with short internodes. Fruit orange-red, .o-^u 
mm long with a pedicel 5-8 nnn long. 
Fruit roasted and eaten. The inner coat, with its covcnng of hairs, 
has to be removed before the fruit is edible. The bast is u.od for cordage. 
This species is much sought as a source of drinking water m the forest. 
The vessels will flow a good quantity of fine clear water when a sex-tion i. 
taken out of the trunk. ^ , 
I a>u by no nieans sur^ that this .pedes is distinct from G-scnde',. 
Roxb., but it is the fonn comiBonly referred to this species m the Malay 
region. G. negJectnm BL, which F.-Yill. credits to the Hubpp.ncs 
not given with any citation of specimens and it may be considered as 
