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Not as closely allied to Aneilema scapiflorum as is the preceding species, 
differing from both in its few, relatively much shorter and broader leaves, 
in its glandular-punctate sepals, and in its small bracts. Loher 1840, 
1939, in the Kew Herbarium under Aneilema scapiflorum Wight, are both 
probably referable to A. platyphyllum. 
ANEILEMA GIGANTEUM (Vahl) R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 271; Naves in 
Novis. App. (1880) 271; C. B. Clarke in DC. Monog. Phan. 2 
(1881) 212. 
Commelina gigantea Vahl Enum 2 (1806) 177. 
SEMERARA, Merrill 4182, July, 1905. MINDANAO, Bukidnon Subprovince, 
Bur. Sci. 21885 Escritor, July, 1913. 
Naves’s record for this species as a Philippine one has not previously 
been verified. Tropical Africa and Asia through Malaya to tropical 
Australia. 
JUNCACEAE 
JUNCUS Linnaeus 
JUNCUS BUFONIUS L. Sp. Pl. (1753) 328; Buchenau in Engl. Pflanzen- 
reich 25 (1906) 105. 
Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Mount Tonglon, Merrill 7794, May, 1911. 
Not previously reported from the Philippines; warmer parts of the 
entire world. 
This species was found scattered along the recently constructed bridle 
trail to Mount Tonglon, in the mossy forest, at an altitude of about 1,900 
meters. It is undoubtedly an introduced plant here. 
LILIACEAE 
SMILAX Linnaeus 
SMILAX LOHERI sp. nov. § Eusmilax. 
Frutex scandens glaber, ramulis teretibus, aculeis sparsis te- 
nuibus nectis vel curvatis 2 ad 5 mm longis armatis; foliis crasse 
coriaceis, late ovatis, 5-nervis, basi, late cordatis, apice abrupte 
acuminatis apiculatisque, 8 ad 12 cm longis, subtus glaucescen- 
tibus; racemis 1-umbellatis, pedunculis 4 ad 5 em longis; floribus 
numerosis, sepalis 5 mm longis. 
A scandent, glabrous vine, the branches slender, terete, armed 
with scattered, slender, straight or somewhat curved spines 2 
to 5 mm in length. Leaves very broadly ovate, thickly coria- 
ceous, 8 to 12 cm long, 7 to 10 em wide, when dry slightly 
shining, the upper surface brownish, the lower glaucous or sub- 
glaucous, the base very broad, shallowly cordate, distinctly 5- 
nerved, the inner pair of nerves reaching the apex of the leaf, 
much more prominent than the outer pair, the reticulations 
rather distinct, the apex abruptly acuminate, the acumen about 
8 mm long, apiculate; petiole about 1 cm long, inflated, the 
