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Leaflets of Philippine Botany 



[Vol. VIII, Art. 11(5 



toward the base, the basal 5 feet of the stem leafless, 

 shining dark green above, much paler beneath, ascending 

 and recurved, strongly condnplicate especially the apical 

 ones; margins with a fine brown streak, irregularly wavy; 

 midrib yellowish green; inflorescence upon dark green brac- 

 teate 1 inch thick terete and erect peduncles arising from 

 the horizontally branched rootstocks and from the side of 

 the bulbous stems, averaging 3 to 5 feet high; heads ovoid, 

 3 to 5 inches long, quite solid; the basal bracts the largest, 

 in the bud state strongly imbricate, of a pleasing red or 

 pink with slightly whitish margins, in anthesis becoming re- 

 curved, twisted and ultimately deflexed, leathery and whit- 

 ish toward the base, sbining on the upper side; flowers 

 ascending, nearly straight, about 2 inches long; the thin 

 imbricated bracts bright red; corolla very oblique at the 

 throat, the basal two thirds soft and white, the apical 

 portion of a smooth rigid shining dark red with bright 

 yellow margins; filament white, adnate to the corolla; ovary 

 yellowish, style pink except the wine colored stigma; anther 

 strongly recurved over the corolla, creamy yellow beneath, 

 pink above; fruiting heads elongated, 6 inches long, 3 inches 

 thick; carpels smooth, 1 inch long, pink, obovoid ; seeds 

 nearly black. The Bagobos call it "Tawake". 



Represented by number 10552, Elmer, Today* (Mt. Apo), 

 Mindanao, May, 1909. 



To me it did not appear as an introduced plant and 

 I saw only one clump. Mr. R. 8. Williams also collected 

 it in the Davao Gulf region, otherwise not known from 

 the Philippines. It does not answer well the description in 

 Pflanzenreich, yet Dr. Ridley considers it only a rank form. 

 The long stalks bearing the pleasing red imbricated heads 

 whose basal bracts become reflexed remind one of the "Lotus" 

 flower or Nelumbium speciomm W'dld. Its introduction into 

 the Manila gardens would be greatly appreciated. 



Plagiostachys corrugata Elm. n. sp. 



Tufted perennials; stem 2 or 3, green, rather soft in 

 texture, 1 m long, 1.25 cm thick towards the yellowish base, 

 arising from flattened rootstocks. Leaves about 5 or fewer, 



