574 LEAFLETS or PHILIPPINE BOTANY (Von. II, Amr. 29 
down to the middle, otherwise united; inflorescence corym- 
bose, 3 cm. high, 5 em. across; peduncles reddish brown, 
subtended by rather acuminate bracts, subcompressed, the 
lower ones divaricate, the upper ones suberect, strict, at the 
distal end bearing several spikes; secondary peduncles 2 to 5 
mm. long, stout, subtended by comparatively short bracts; 
heads 7 mm. long by 3 mm. wide, ellipsoid; bract sub- 
tending the spikelets 2.5 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, entire, 
elliptic or more obovate but from a broad base, glabrous, 
only the midrib somewhat keeled on the back; lateral 2 
glumes strongly keeled, 2 mm. long, subfalcate, its sides 
hyaline, 0.75 mm. wide when spread out and obtuse or 
subtruneate at the apex, the prominent ridge along the back 
spinulose, each enclosing a single staminode; palea usually 
3, membranous, unequal in length and size, glabrous, equal- 
ing the outer segments, the apex oblique to subtruncate 
and becoming fimbriate; pistil strict, 2.5 mm. long, also 
glabrous, terminated by 2 dark brown colored 1 mm. long 
stigmatic arms; seeds nearly 2 mm. long by 1 mm. thick 
across the middle, about 6-angled, constricted toward the 
base, bulging around the middle, the apex abruptly termi- 
nating into the subpersistent style. 
Type specimen 9116, A. D. E. Elmer, Lucban, Province 
of Tayabas, May, 1907. 
Mapania banahaensis Elm. n. sp. 
Leaves at least 2 cm. wide, 2to 8 m. long, the apical 
3 dm. slenderly tapering into a slender fine tail, edges entire 
except the fine serratures toward the apex, smooth and 
shining, paler green beneath, the sides mostly with one eor- | 
rügation, faintly striate beneath; the midrib keeled beneath, 
scabrid especially toward the apex. Scape at the apex near- 
ly 5 mm. thick, smooth, with only a few minute spines- 
cent blackish hairs; spike cluster 2 to 8 em. across, sub-- 
tended by unequal 1 to 2 em. long bracts; spike 1 cm. long, 
upon short peduncles, subtended by bracts; fruits 4 mm. 
long, 3 mm. thick across the middle, usually bearing the 
persistent style, subellipsoid, apex and bulge rounded, base more 
tapering, mostly maturing around the base of the spike; the 
. glumes, pelea and subtending bracts of the spikelets marscescent. 
