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Leaflets of Philippine Botany 



[Vol. viii, Art. 120 



virentibus; spicarum foeminearum spathis rhombeis, gla- 

 bris; floribus foemineis majusculis; calycis parte pedicellari 

 trigona elongata basi sensim attenuata, limbo 3-partito, 

 segmentis acuminatis, longitudinem corollae fere aequanti- 

 bus; fructibus globose-subdepressis, breviter mammillatis, 

 glabris; squamis nitidis in medio distincte sulcatis et in mar- 

 gine ciliolatis; semine globoso-depresso, superficie inaequali. 

 Field-note: — Large tree climber; old stem yellowish 

 green, when young glaucous green, terete, hard, smooth, 

 rigid, 2 to 3 inches thick, the leaf bearing portion 4 inches 

 thick at least; leaves alternatingly scattered every foot or 

 so, ascending from the base, recurved toward their tips, 12 

 feet long, terminated by a hooked rachis at least 7 feet in 

 length; petiole 2 feet long, glaucous green along the smooth 

 underside, widely grooved on the upper side, provided 

 with yellowish spines along the edges; leaflets more or 

 less in groups, twisted and ascending from the yellowish 

 bases, strongly recurved, similarly deep green on both sides, 

 tough yet quite rigid; rachis grooved along the upper side, 

 convex beneath, hooked its full length, otherwise smooth; 

 sheaths glaucous green, also smooth except the margins of 

 the slit portion or stipule; infrutescence terminal, quite 

 smooth, 10 feet long, the lower branches arising from 

 the uppermost smaller leaf stalks, 3 feet in length, the 

 few branches ascending from near the base; branchlets 

 pendulous or nearly so, evenly provided with bracts 

 and fruits; nuts compressed globose, 1 inch across, fine- 

 ly bracteate, the short pedicel and calyx bracts persistent; 

 pistils likewise persistent. 



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

 June 1909, number 11877. Discovered in deuse jungled 

 woods along streamlets draining a ridge on the Talon 

 or southern section of mount Apo at 3000 feet altitude. 

 The Bagobo name is "Ungang," and only one plant 

 was seen. 



DAEMONOROPS Biro. 



Daemonorops Margaritae palawanicus Becc. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. iv, 636, 1909. 



Field-note:— A rather coarse looping climber; old 

 stem 1 inch thick, smooth and glaucous green, the leaf 

 bearing portion 2 inches thick; leaves alternate, 1 foot 

 apart, 10 feet long or longer, terminating into a hooked 

 rachis twice as long; petiole proper 1.5 foot in length, 

 yellowish green, spiny, flattened especially the upper 

 side; leaflets recurved, submembranous, pleasing green 



