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LEAFLETS or PHILIPPINES BOTANY [Vor. II. Arr. 18 
circa spinosa, spinis posticis maximis longe attenuatis varie patu- 
lis, apiculibus parum brevioribus, anticis tenuissimis dense regu- 
lariterque consecutivis versus apicem in dentes brevibus mu- 
tatis. Auriculae posticae magnae inflatae marginibus planis 
anguste longeque hamatim-spinosis.  Cellulae foliorum su- 
perae 36 u, basales 36 by 54 w trigonis majusculis attenuatis, 
basalibus validioribus. Perianthia in caule terminalia, uno la- 
tere innovata, oblongo-trigona, ore truncato regulariter spinoso, 
spinis validis consecutivis porrectis attenuatis. Folia floralia 
intima perianthio aequilonga caulinio similia grossius spinosa. 
Androecia ignota. 
Type specimen 9348, A. D. E. Elmer, Lucban, Province 
of Tayabas, Luzon, May, 1906. 
Rather plentiful on small tree trunks and festoons thin 
half decayed limbs of trees in dense woods in damp ravines 
of Mount Banahao at 900 meters. 
Trichocolea striolata Steph. n. sp. 
Sterilis spectabilis flaccida pallida, dense caespitosa, cor- 
ticola. Caulis ad 10 em. longus, crassus levis, remote foliatus, 
regulariter pinnatus, pinnis remotiusculis dense pinnulatis, pin- 
nulis brevibus versus apicem pinnarum sensim ` brevioribus, 
quasi frondem lanceolatam  attenuatam  formantibus. Folia 
ubique aequalia, minuta, profunde quadrifida, limbo basali 
integro 2 cellulas alto, laciniae 4 primariae validae, 3 lacin- 
ulis verticillatim insertis coronatae, iterum pinnatim se- 
tosis, pinnis remotis oppositis. Cellulae ut in congeneribus 
oblongo-rectangulatae; cuticula dense longeque  striolatim- 
incrassata. 
Type specimen 9288, A. D. E. Elmer, Lucban, Province 
of Tayabas, Luzon, May, 1907. 
Exceedingly common in woods of Mount Banahao at 1500 
meters. It forms soft moss like mats about tree trunks upon . 
logs and loosely covers small limbs. Its color is a charocteríida 
dull olive green or more ashy gray. 
