The Philippine Journal of Science 



1918 



Luzon, Laguna Province, Mount Maquiling, Baker 868 (type) , March 1, 

 1913, Bur. Sci. 16926 Servinas, November 25, 1912, Bur. Sri. 6787 Robinson, 

 April 8, 1909, Merrill 7153, September 3, 1910, on forested slopes, altitude 

 120 to 600 meters. 



A species well characterized by its pubescent leaves, petioles, and pe- 

 duncles, and by its white, fleshy, fruiting" spathes. 



COMMELINACEAE 



AN El LE MA R. Brown 

 ANEILEMA HUMILE sp. nov. § Dictyospermum. 



Planta circiter 20 cm alta, erecta, haud ramosa, vaginis et 

 petioles plus minusve hirsutis; foliis paucis, submembranaceis, 

 oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 10 cm longis, apice ten- 

 uiter acuminatis, basi cuneatis; inflorescentiis racemosis, pau- 

 cifloris, solitariis, e axillis superioribus, circiter 2 cm longis; 

 capsulis ovoideis, glabris, circiter 3 mm longis, 3-locularibus, 

 3-valvis, loculis 1-spermis; seminibus osseis, plano-convexis, 

 ellipticis, perspicue rugosis, circiter 2.5 mm longis. 



An erect simple plant, or the lower parts of the stem more 

 or less decumbent and geniculate, about 20 cm high, the stems 

 glabrous or very slightly pubescent. Leaves submembranaceous, 

 oblong to oblong-elliptic, 5 to 10 cm long, 1.5 to 3.5 cm wide, 

 subequally narrowed to the slenderly sharp-acuminate apex and 

 to the cuneate base, glabrous, of the same color on both surfaces 

 when dry, scarcely shining, the longitudinal lateral nerves 

 usually three on each side of the midrib, obscure, the petiolar 

 part 3 to 4 mm long, more or less pubescent, the sheaths 1 cm 

 long or less, somewhat inflated, more or less pubescent. Raceme 

 solitary, simple, from the uppermost axil, 2 to 2.5 cm long, 

 few-flowered, glabrous, the base with a narrowly lanceolate, 1 

 cm long, acuminate bract. Flowers white. Sepals elliptic- 

 obovate, green when fresh, brown when dry, about 3 mm long, 

 concave, somewhat cucullate. Petals very thin, white, oblong- 

 obovate, rounded, about 3.5 mm long, the nerves dark-brown, 

 very prominent. Fertile stamens 3; anthers broadly elliptic- 

 ovate, 1 mm long; staminodes 3. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; style 

 3 mm long. Capsule ovoid or ovoid-ellipsoid, 3 to 3.5 mm long, 

 3-valved, 3-celled, the pericarp brittle, shining; seeds solitary 

 in each cell, 2.5 mm long, white, plano-convex, elliptic, promi- 

 nently rugose. 



Alabat, back of Sangirin, Merrill 101*59, December 24, 1916, on steep 

 slopes in damp forests, altitude about 80 meters; rare and a few plants 

 observed in only one place. 



This very characteristic species is readily distinguished by its inflores- 



