Junk 9, 1918) Philippine Curculiqo 164' 



in the dry state, plicate especially toward the slenderly cu- 

 neate base, apex recurved and acuminate to caudate, Ian- 

 ceolately oblong or equally tapering at both ends, glabroue; 

 parallel veins about 15, the middle one stoutest; petiole 

 2 or more dm. long, deeply grooved, edges green, gradually 

 expanded and sheathing toward tbe base wbere it is often 

 lightly hairy on the outer marcescent portion,, finely striate. 

 Peduncle from the leaf axil, much compref'sed, at least 7 

 cm. long, subereet, more or less hairy; inflorescent head 

 slightly tipped, rather loosely and few flowered; subtending 

 bracts membranous, edges hyaline, 1 to 1.5 cm. long, lan- 

 ceolate and with sharply pointed tips, glabrous or witb a 

 few hairs along the median dorsal region us well jis at tbe 

 apex; ovary ovoidly elongated, glabrous, 7.5 mm. long or 

 less, one half as thick below the middle or at the base, 

 terminated into a nearly glabrous perianth neck equally 

 as long; segments probably 6, oblong, nearly 6 mm. long, 

 1.75 ram. wide, glabrous except the few etrigose hairs along 

 the middle region on the back, yellow; stamens alternating 

 with the segments; nearly mature fruit 1.5 cm. long, ovoidly 

 elongated, almost 1 cm. thick at the base, acuminately 

 beaked, glabrous: seeds comparatively few, only 6 in the 

 capsule dissected, black, smooth except for the blunt points 

 marking the place of attachment, snbglobo.se, toward 3 mm. 

 thick. 



Type specimen number 14304, A D. E. Elmer, Ca'oad- 

 barau (Mt. Urdaneta), Province of Agnsan, Mindanao, August, 



1912. 



Found in wet earth of humid forested flats of Difin- 

 ocarp!^ at 500 feet altitude. Named after C. M. Weber who 

 also collected it in this same region. 



Foliage is like that of C. agwanensi'< Elm. and C. fflabra 

 Merr., but the short peduncle and beaked flowers in addition 

 to the glabrous few .seeded fruits are chararters sufficiently 

 distinct from either. 



Curcuiigo brevipedunculata Elm. n. sp. 



Solitary perennial herbs, with very short stems vt 

 acaulescent; roots ample, fibrous, fleshy, yellowish. Leave^ 

 plicate especially toward the base, 4 dm. long or the smaller 



