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and extended into the 2 feet long petiole whose 

 edges are not lacerated; leaflets descending, grad- 

 ually reduced toward the apex, quite rigid toward 

 the base at least, the midvein strongly keeled on the 

 upper sublucid green surface and covered with a fine 

 tomentum, the sides roof shaped especially so toward 

 the base, glaucous green beneath; rachis 2 inches wide 

 at the base, fully 1 inch deep, triangular in shape toward 

 the apex, the sides covered with a brownish tomentum; 

 infrutescence ascending, arising from the leaf axils; pe- 

 duncle subterete, 1.5 inch thick, 2 feet long, branches 

 irregularly arising from the main or central axis which 

 is 3 feet long, all freely rebranched and subascending; 

 the fruit bearing branchlets green, curvingly zigzag, very 

 slender; mature fruits flattish globose, 2 inches across, 

 yellow as the cooked yolk of an egg. 



Mindanao: Todaya (Mt. Apo), District of Davao. May 

 1909, number 11881. In fertile well drained soil of sec- 

 ondary woods mixed with grassy glens at 3000 feet 

 altitude on the Talon or southern sector of mount Apo. 

 ''Banga" in Bagobo. 



Tne leaflet specimen of this apparently belongs to 

 the upper part of a leaf from an adult plant, their 

 summit truncate on the average and rather deeply incised 

 into several linear teeth; the fruit is 2 to 3 mm. broader 

 than long. The fruiting perianth is 1 cm. in diameter, 

 its calyx narrowly annular and irregularly trilobate, and 

 the petals triangular and subequilateral. 



Mindanao: Cabadbaran (Mt. Urdaneta), Province of 

 Agusan, October 1912, number 13970. These solitary 

 trees were found on very steep and more or less rocky 

 densely wooded slopes along the Catangan creek at 2750 

 feet altitude. "Banga" in Manobo. 



The leaflet specimen of this is apparently from a 

 leaf belonging to a young plant, they are obliquely trun- 

 cate at the apex and along the upper margin where they are 

 prolonged into an acuminate point; the rachis is rusty 

 furfuraceous beneath. The spadix has the floriferous 

 branchlets glabrous, is long, slender and carry numer- 

 ous female flowers up to above the middle. The male 

 flowers are very narrow, linear, 7 to 9 mm. long, 2 mm. 

 broad. Female flowers pyramidally trigonous, acute, 3 

 mm. broad at the base and equally as high. Fruit exactly 

 spherical, 42 mm. in diameter. 



CARYOTA Linn. 

 Caryota Rumphiana philippinensis Becc. var. nov. Car- 



