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ly expanded toward the distal end, green and calc- 

 ulate along the upper side in the fresh state, also gla- 

 brous; sheaths easily becoming free from the stem, carinate, 

 glabrous except at the base of the ligule which has 

 vestiges of minute stellate hairs, the marcescent margin 

 reddish brown; ligule interaxillary, 1 cm. long, whol- 

 ly reddish brown, obtusely rounded at the apex, 

 broad at the base and continuous with the sheath 

 margins. Infrutescence ascendingly curved, green, the 

 larger ones with few short alternating branches from 

 near the base, 15 to 30 cm. long, the glabrous rachis 

 turning reddish brown on the exposed side, terete, tough; 

 the ascending buds and flowers cremeus except the yel- 

 lowish green ovaries; fruit bearing branchlets scattered 

 along the whole lenght in attenuate groups greatly varying 

 in length up to 1 cm. and secundly short rebranched, 

 persistent; base of the pedicels thickened and disk like, 

 usually grayish; young fruits lucid, deep green, globose, 

 hard, the size of peas; calyx 1 cm. long, 3 mm. thick, tubu- 

 lar, glabrous, terminated by 3 obtusely rounded teeth, with 

 L^u* } u ems ' 3 connivently terminating into each tooth; 

 corolla tube a .trifle longer; the 3 lobes somewhat short- 

 er, oblong subequal, broadly rounded at the apex, mem 

 Sl; 1 ^ Serous, each lobe with few faint nerves 

 toS^L Vf C ? lat6d t ,° Ward the apex ; ]i P thi ^er in 

 whLu&jF?' lon g V dividecl trough the middle, 

 each half clawed toward the base, conspicuously bilobed 

 for the upper one third; the median lobe linear the 



rt SL° a f? tW °, t0 t , hree Umes as wid * a °d ^oadl? 



S? mm ? tamm( l e ° f a pair of ri ^ id e^t P°i"ts 1.5 



hJ* Td thit ffV"? 1 Dg ^f° m the sinus of ^e filament 



tlL 2u£in. h ?K llP; fila 1 ment 5 mm - lon S' flattened, 

 fleshy, glabrous; anther nearly as lone widest arms* 



the emarginate apex the linear cells g along the edge 



IrosiTTMt^BnWn?^ 61 ' 316167 and 16954 ' A - D *■ Elmer, 

 irosm (Mt Bulusan). Province of Sorsosron Luzon Mav 

 and August respectively, 1916. 8 ' L,uzon > Mav 



The first cited number was found in loose wet earth 

 among stones of very steen and Hon a Ji I w ? , 



While diasectiog our flower side by side with Bureau of 



