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inflorescence oblong, about 4 to 5 mm long, the sterile tip 1.2 
mm in length. 
PANAY, Capiz Province, Jamindan, Bur, Sci. 31119 Ramos & 
Edafo, April 14, 1918, in shallow water of streams, the spathes 
pinkish white. To this species I also tentatively refer a sterile 
specimen from Negros, For. Bur. 19411 Curran, June, 1910. 
This species is manifestly allied to Cryptocoryne ciliata 
Fisch. from which it is readily distinguished by its membra- 
naceous, conspicuously bullate leaves, which resemble those of 
some species of Aponogeton; and by its much narrower, dif- 
ferently shaped, caudate-acuminate limb of the spathe, which 
is entirely glabrous. 
CRYPTOCORYNE PYGMAEA sp. nov. 
-Herba glabra, depauperata; foliis membranaceis, oblongis ad 
oblongo-ovatis, 1.5 ad 4 cm longis, acutis, basi perspicue auricu- 
lato-cordatis, nervis utrinque 2, tenuis; spathis circiter 3.5 cm 
longis, inflatis, tubo oblongo, supra contracto; lamina tubo 
aequantibus, lanceolatis, caudato-acuminatis, planis, haud con- 
tortis. 
An entirely glabrous dwarfed plant from short stout rhizomes. 
Leaves membranaceous, oblong to oblong-ovate, 1.5 to 4 cm long, 
1 to 1.5 cm wide, the apex acute, base conspicuously auriculate- 
cordate; lateral nerves very slender, ascending, about 2 on each 
side of the midrib; petioles in young plants shorter than the 
leaves, in mature plants up to 5 cm long, slender, sheathing at 
the base. Peduncles in anthesis 8 mm long or less, in fruit up 
to 8 cm long. Spathe greenish white, about 3.5 cm long, the 
tube and limb of equal length; tube somewhat inflated, oblong, 
contracted at the apex; limb lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, 
about 6 mm wide at the base, 1.8 cm long, dark-purple on the 
inner surface. Carpels usually 6; stigma obtuse; staminate 
inflorescence ovate, 3 mm long, its sterile tip oblong, 2 mm in 
length, the slender stipe 6 to 7 mm long. 
MINDANAO, Zamboanga District, Sax River, Merrill 8174, 
December 6, 1911 (type); Copeland s. n., in fruit. This 
species grows in the crevices of ledges, in stream beds, in very 
damp shaded ravines, in situations subject to overflow, at an 
altitude of about 300 meters. 
This species is manifestly very closely allied to the Bornean 
Cryptocoryne auriculata Engl. but is smaller in size, with much 
slenderer, longer, less conspicuously sheathing petioles and 
fewer nerves; while the tube of the spathe equals the limb in 
length and is conspicuously contracted at the apex. 
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