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corolla is twice as long as the caiyi its divisions deltoid and thickiah; 

 the stamina] urceolum is 6-lobed, the lobes broader than high, with a 

 rery short subulate filament in the renter of their retuse upper margins; 

 anthers, after dehiscence, orbiculaj; carpels glabrous, the style very 

 short. Fruits globular, II to 15 nun in diameter, when quite mature 

 polished and of a bluish color externally; the mesocarp very scanty; 

 the endocarp woody, very thin, brittle. Seed -lobular, bul not a true 

 sphere, 1 1 nun I. n.ad. the intrusion of the raphe cylindraceous, pene- 

 trating almost to the center of the albumen. Fruiting perianth forming 

 a pediculus to the fruit, very small and short, not quite 2 mm broad. 



1. 1 /on. Province of UgUna, Santa Maria Mavitar, For. liur. loir,',) OurrmH, 



February, lints. ,,. v . ticol; Cavinti, Loker 7058, February, L906, (Herb. Kew.). 



Among the Philippine species of LivUtona this is easily distinguishable by its 



leaves being unequally parted into several primary 1- or 3-costuIate divisions, 



having the ultimate divisions ve.y long, very gradually acuminate, and more or 



less tlaeeid, and In its round fruit. It is however verv eloselv related to L. 



oochinehinensu, which has also leave, with •_'- or 4-costmlate primary divisions; 



hut L. inaeqvitecta has smaller dowers ami these have the sepals callous and 



thick only at their base ami in the greatest peripheric pari are verv thin and 

 pellucid, or hyaline. The fruits also are apparently smaller, at least the few 

 that I have seen. 



2ALACCA Ueinw. 

 Zalacca Clemensiana Becc. sp. nov. 



Folia ampla, petiolo spinis longis armato, segmentis interrupte 

 culatis, elongato-lanceolatis, supra viridihus. nitentibus et albican! 



intermediis fore iv.tis et hum longe aeiiininatis, 45*Cm longis, 6-6.5 cm 



latis; Buperioribus apicem versus lejviter falcatis et abrupte in acumen 

 Bubulatum coarctatia, baai tantum 3-iostulatis, caetero unicoatatis, coatulia 

 lateralibus Buperne evanescentibus. Spadii maaculua at ridetur brevis, 

 in ramos oonmilloa approximatos diVisus; ramis 6-8 spicaa approximataa 

 ferentibus; spathis primariis extus ferrugineo-tomentosis, marcescentibus 



et dilacei-ato-fissis; spicis masculis, dum llorentihus, cvlindraceis. gra- 



cilibus, o-; cm longis, 10-11 mm crassis. Bpathellis distinctis, Don in 

 annulum connatia, bracteiformibus, late concavis, acutis, strialis; brae- 

 teolis parvis, lanoso-ramentaceis. Fibres inasculi spathellas paullo BUper- 

 *nt**s I ">ni longi; ealyce fere usdue ad basiu 3-partito, phyllis line- 

 aribus BUbhyalinis; corolla ealyce paullo longiori, basi attenuata, fere 

 usque ad medium 3-partita, Begmentis oblongis. 



Leaves xvvy large, covered with loig spines in the petiolar part ; radiis 

 in the intermediate portion acutely trigonous, with a line of long spines 

 beneath along the center. Leaflets interruptedly fasciculate, elongate- 

 lanceolate, rigidly papyraceous, Binning above, having a very tenuous and 



adherent ashy-colored coating heiieatli ; the intermediate leaflets almost 

 Straight, about 45 em long, <i to <;.:> cm broad; those near the summit, 

 and apparently also those near the base, slightly falcate towards the 



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