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mm diametro, squamis per 18 orthostichaa ordinatiB, Btramineis, anguste 

 nitideque longitudinal iter Bulcatis; Bemine irregulariter globoso, L6-17 

 mm diametro, minute tuberculoso et alveolato; fovea chalazae Biiperficiali, 



punctif ormi, indisti acta. 



Mi.M.ANAO, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 1227, September, 1907. 



Related to D. ochrolepis but easily distinguishable from this by its very 

 narrowly ensiform leaflets, and larger fruit, which are about the size of those of 

 D. calapparius, and among the largest in the whole genus. 



Daemonorops Loherianus liecc. sp. noy. 



Scandens, caudicibue vaginatis 2.5 cm diametro; vaginae spiculis ni- 

 grescentibus, 5-10 mm longis, irregulariter oblique seriatis, armatae, in 

 ore nudae et inermes : frondium petiolus circiter 25 cm longus, valde 

 biconvexus, marginibua acutis, utrinque spinis ascendentibus obsessus; 

 rachis Buperne spinulosa; cirrus elongatus gracilis; pars pinnifera circiter 

 1.3 in longa; segment is numerosis aequidistantibus approximates, angus- 

 tissime lanceolatis, apice acuminato-subulatis; intermediis 20-2:5 cm 

 longis, 14-18 mm latis, supra secus nervos tres crebre setosis, subtus costa 

 media' tantum setis longis sparsa. Spadix masculus inapertus, elongatus, 

 angustus, teres, 45 cm longus, 12 mm diametro, erectus, parte pedicellari 

 brevissima dense spinosa praeditus; spathis primariis 7 vel 8, per gradus 

 sensim decrescentibus ; spatba basilar] acute bicarinata et secus carinas 

 spiculis parvis radiatim Laseiculatis praedita, apice rostro tenui spinuloso 

 terminata, caetero inermi. spathis superioribus etiam rostratis et apice 

 spiculil'eris, caetenim levibus. Flores masculi pro rata valde elongati et 

 angustisaimi (8-10 mm longi, 1 mm crassi) ; calyce tubuloso, cylindraceo, 

 breviter 3-dentalo; corolla calyce triplo longiori, pbyllis striatic, angustis- 

 simis. acuniinatis. Spadix foemineus et fructus desiderantur. 



Luzo.v, Province of Rizal. Siva bundoc, Loher 1073, June. 1905, in Kew Her- 

 barium. 



Tt is apparently related to the species of the group of D. lamprolepta of the 

 Piptospatha division. It is well characterized by the strongly biconvex petiole, 

 and more especially by the very slender and unusually long male tlowers, the 

 tubular calyx, and 'also by the mouth of the leaf-sheatlis being quite smooth and 

 entirely devoid of spines, bristles, or other kind of fringe. 



