2g0 The Philippine Journal of Science m6 



LILIACEAE 



SMI LAX Linnaeus 

 SMI LAX sp. ? 



Amboina, Hitoe messen, Rel. Robins. 2008, October 13, 1913, in forests, 

 altitude about 150 meters. 



Possibly a species of Heterosmilax, but the flowers are unknown. The 

 species is a very characteristic one, unarmed, with solitary umbels of 

 comparatively large fruits which are blue and fleshy when fresh, globose, 

 about 1.5 cm in diameter when dry, and shining. The prominently reti- 

 culate, 5-nerved leaves are 13 to 30 cm long, 5 to 16 cm wide. 



IRIDACEAE 



BE LAM CAN DA Adanson 

 BELAMCANDA CHINENSIS (Linn.) DC. in Red. Lil. (1807) t. 121. 

 Ixia chinensis Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 36. 

 Belamcanda punctata Moench Meth. (1794) 529. 

 Amboina, Liang, Rel. Robins, 2001, November 29, 1913, along roadsides 

 at low altitudes. 



A native of China, now widely distributed in cultivation; in Amboina 

 apparently an escape from cultivation. 



BURMANNIACEAE 



BURMANNIA Linnaeus 

 BURMANNIA LONGI FOLIA Becc. Malesia 1 (1878) 244. 



Amboina, Salahoetoe, Rel. Robins. 184.9, November 27, 1913, terrestrial, 

 altitude from 200 to 700 meters and above. 



Malay Peninsula (Selangor), Borneo, Mindoro, Negros, Mindanao, Am- 

 boina, and New Guinea. 



MARANTACEAE 



(By Th. Valeton) 

 PHRYNIUM Willdenow 

 PHRYNIUM CAPITATUM Willd. Sp. PI. 1 (1797) 17. 



Amboina, Way uri, Rel. Robins. 2035, September 9, 1913, near streams, 

 altitude about 50 meters, locally known as pohon rit. 



The specimen is in fruit only, but is possibly referable to this species 

 although Willdenow's species is otherwise not known from the eastern 

 part of the Archipelago. India to southern China, the Philippines, Su- 

 matra, and Java. 



B. DICOTYLEDONS 



PIPERACEAE 



(By C. DeCandolle) 

 PIPER Linnaeus 

 PIPER GELALAE C. DC. sp. nov. 



Ramulis dense villosis ; f oliis breviter petiolatis, limbo oblongo- 

 ovato basi aequilatera utrinque acuto apice acuminato utrinque 



