Leaflets of pHiuppfM Botany 



[Vol. VIII, Aft. 116 



tude. "Cimaroon" is the native or Bagobo name. Under this 

 number were collected several sterile specimens whose blades 

 are thinner, more glabrous and whose bases are cuneate 

 rather thin obtuse; the ligule also is thinner, almost gla- 

 brous and much longer. They may only represent young 

 stems of the same species, though their characters are not 

 included in the above diagnosis. 



Plagiostachys escritorii Elm. n. sp. 



Rather dense but small clusters; stems quite straight, 

 varying from 1 to 2, m long, suberect or reclining, at least 

 1.5 cm thick at the base and only slightly bulbose, green. 

 Leaves thin, soft, ascending, finally recurved, the young ones 

 yellowish red, the edges somewhat wavy and short pubescent 

 as is also the nether side, dark green on the upper glabrous 

 surface, paler beneath, curing dull brown on both surfaces, the 

 sides coarsely corrugated in appearance, conduplicate toward 

 the base, more scattering and reduced toward the base, oblong 

 or oblanceolate in outline, alternate, the average of the larger 

 blades 6 dm long by 9 to 13 cm wide above the middle, 

 acuminate at the apex, alternate to cuneate and frequently 

 inequilateral toward the base; midrib very stout beneath and 

 hairy along its sides, deeply grooved alon* the upper side; 

 sheath with reddish margins, striate and dirty pubescent on 

 the outside, split; ligule .5 to 8 mm long, rigid, similarly 

 pubescent, apex rounded or irregularly so, decurrent down 

 the sheath margins. Inflorescence conically elongated, vary- 

 ing from 7 to 15 cm long, solitary or with few short branches 

 from near the base, arising from the basal portion of the 

 stem and from underneath the humus, ascendingly curved; 

 peduncle short, subtended by a foliaceous bract, angular, yellow- 

 ish tomentose; rachis angular and likewise tomentose; pedicel 

 5 to 8 mm long, pubescent, compressed; the subtending bract 

 1.5 cm long, oblong, soft pubescent on the outside, nearly 

 cm wide above the middle, apex irregularly lacerated, russet 

 brown and becoming shredded with age, when young entire 

 and conspicuously pointed, 8 to 5-nerved; bracteole 1.83 em 

 long, boot-like, also membranous and pubescent on the exterior, 

 le upper one fourth divided into 2 lobes, longitudinally 



