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by the late C. B. Clarke. It does not agree exactly with tlie description of that 
species, but i^ noarcr to it than to any other. Its other Pliilippiiie distrihiilion 
is Negros and other localities in Tayabas. 
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Scirpodendron costatum Kurz in Jour n. As. Soc. Bengal 38* (1809) 85. - 
Represented by 102Ji9, but by only one other Philippine collection, Merrill 
52r)7, from Palawan; widely distributed, from Ceylon to Australia and Samoa, 
f 
Remirea maritima Aubl. PI. Guian. 1 {177o) 45, pi Ul 
Represented by 9133, but otherwise by very few Philippine collections, from 
Mindanao, Mindoro, Caniarines, and Cagayan; tropics of the world. 
Other species: Cyperus diffusus Vahl, GOOD; C has-pan Linn., UOSO; C. pifosua . 
Vahl, 903Jf, 10251: Eleocharis retrofiexus (Poir.) Urban, 9029: Flmhris-fylis 
diphyJla Vahl, 9033a, 10246; F. milmcea Vahl, 90SS: Fuirena glomerata Lam., 
9028; F. umhcUata Rottb., 9027: Uypohjirum latifolium L. C. Rich., 10255: 
Kyllinga. monocephala Rottb., 9173: I'ycreus odoratus (Linn.) Urban, 102'/',: 
Scirpus erectus I»oir., 9045, 10252, 1025S; 8. grossus Limi. f., 0020, 10254; 8. 
mucronatus Linn., 10250: 8cleria pnrpureovaginaia Roeck., 6897, 10256: Toru- 
linintn confertum Desv., 6909. 
PALMACEAE. 
\^■e were rather unusually successful in obtaining fertile material of palms, 
20 collections in all, which are in tlie hands of Dr. 0. Beccari for identification. 
The genera represented avo Areca, Arenga, Calamus, Korthalsia, Linsfom, A i/r«. 
Pinanga, and Oncosperma; Cocos nucifera Linn., the commonest species of all, 
was not collected. 
ARACEAE. 
Spathiphyllum commutatum Sohott in Oe.tr. Bot. Wochens 7 (1857) 158. 
Other Pliilippine distribution Mindanao, Mindoro, Albay; Wi(il- 
Raphidophora sp. . . t, • » .^^fi.^ 
An appai'ntly undeseribed species is represented by OlSl. is -"^'^-f^y 
from the presence of stinging l.airs on the peduncle and .s well known on the 
island for this reason. The stinging effect is moderately severe, and lasts for 
'""o^ertpedes: Aglaeonn,^ .narantifoJuun Blume, <^'^'-^:t!"1^"!"Z!X 
(Linn.) Schott, om ; A. heierophylla (Presl) Merr., 9^-"-^'.,.^'''.''- ,f;E ,£ 
6033: Raphidophora meniUii Engler & Kranse, 10310. 
FLAGELLARIACEAE. 
FlaycUaria indloa Linn, was con.non and known und^ rU ^^^ 
name of iaUngnay, but as the only fertile specimen seen bj «'" '^' J^ ' 
had only a few old fruits, the flowering season is probably July oi eadnr. 
ERIOCAULACEAE. 
Eriocaulon merrillii Ruhl. in Perk. Fragm. Fl. i''''"'?- /l"*^^) '^"".^ „f ^; 
Polillo s,H.cimens, 0031, examined side by .ide w.th those "^ ^ "J^J^JJ; 
-en-m. in 'this herUrium are in almost exact ^^''^'^f ^^" , „" 'f^rsLted 
sepals of the pistillate flowers are two in number and '">t ^^'^j " ^ . ^j 4^;, 
in the originia description. The species still --»„", ^Vomo, in 
change. It is a plant of very low ^'-^^^^^'^'i^p.^L distribution. 
the latter in rice-paddies, and seems to have a ^Mae rui u 
