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Leaflets or Philippine Botany 



(Vol. viii, Art. 120 



typica minus crasso, 3.5-4 mm. spisso et fibris lignosis 

 minus numerosis et tenujoribus praedito. 



A tree about 5 m. high, the trunk 12 cm. in dia- 

 meter. The leaves have their rachis rusty furfuraceous. 

 The spadix of our specimen is 1.5 m. long; its spathe alone 

 is 1.4 m. long, persistent, coriaceous, lanceolate, very 

 gradually long acuminate, about 5 cm. broad, slightly 

 rusty furfuraceous outside. The flowers, male and fe- 

 male, are as in the type. 



Field- note:— Erect tree, 18 feet high, with a 4 inch 

 thick stem; outer wood hard, yellowish, the greater inner 

 portion soft or pulpy and of the same color; bark 

 brown, smooth, the rings 0.5 inch apart toward the 

 top; sheath none; leaves horizontally spreading and only 

 a trifle curved, the terminal one half leaflet bearing; 

 segments evenly scattered, coriaceous, dark green above, 

 slightly curved, grayish white beneath, nearly flat; pet- 

 iole about 5 to 6 feet long, the lower one half deeply 

 grooved, the basal portion 5 inches wide, just below 

 the segments subterete and 1 inch thick, bendable; the 

 lower convex flower rachis surface ferruginous brown, the 

 2 angular upper sides less so; inflorescence creamy white, 

 arising from the lower leaf axils, at least 3 feet long, 

 its 1.5 foot long peduncle terete and 0.5 inch thick; 

 the panicle somewhat drooping; its bract still persistent, 

 nearly 5 foot long, 2 to 3 inches wide, thick, hanging, 

 ligule coriaceous; flowers odorless; fruits ovoid, nearly 2 

 inches long, lemon yellow. 



Sibuyan: Magallanes (Mt. Gitinggiting), Province 

 of Capiz, March 1910, number 12066. In moist alluvial 

 soil of humid forests along the Batoo river at 750 feet 

 altitude. "Banga" is the Visayan name. 



Orania decipiens montana Becc. var. nov. 



Fructibus exacte sphaericis basi non attenuatis et 

 interdum paullo latioribus quam longis, 40-42 mm. diam.; 

 mesocarpio 4-5 mm. spisso. 



Fied-note:— Coconut sized trees; trunk 35 feet high, 

 at least 1 foot thick at the base, 8 inches at the top, 

 grayish white; wood fibrous and pulpy in the center, 

 the sapwood portion brownish, with a clear sweet liquid; 

 rings obscure except at the top; leaves 16 feet long, 

 mostly horizontal and finally recurved; sheath base 1 

 foot wide, trough-like on 4he upper side, beneath 

 covered with a grayish brown pulverulence, smooth 

 except the edges which lacerate into dingy yellowish 

 brown dry and persistent shreds, gradually narrowed 



