TE WA oe ERES TS 
LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 
EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER, A. M. 
um 
Vol. Il. Manila, P. I., February 15, 1909. Art. 29. 
A SCORE OF NEW PLANTS 
BY 
A. D. E. ELMER. 
CYPERACEJE, 
MAPANIA Aubl. 
Mapania lucbanensis Elm. n. sp. 
Tufts from short, thick suberect stems; roots wiry, terete, 
blackish. Leaves ample, slender, the upper portion reclining, 
glabrous, striate especially on the lower side below the middle, 
the ridges 3 to 5 on each side of the midrib and rather 
close to it, flat, the basal portion strongly conduplicate on 
the upper side of the leaf, somewhat paler green beneath, 
the margins and midrib toward the apex serrate, slenderly taper- 
ing to the acuminate point, nearly 2 cm. wide, 8 dm. long; 
stipular sheath thin, dry, brown, 5 mm. wide, 1 dm, long. 
Scape arising from the leaf base, not much longer than one 
half that of the leaves, ascending or suberect, reddish brown 
at least in the dry state, 2 to 3-jointed, provided with 
overlapping sheaths especially toward the base; sheaths simi- 
larly colored, smaller and more numerous toward the base, 
acute to acuminate, ample, open and split from the apex 
