LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 



EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER, A. M. 

 Vol. V. Manila, P. I., June 13, 1913. Art. 87^ 



PHILIPPINE BALANOPHORA 



by 



A. D. E. Elmer 



Balanophora altacea Jungrh. in Nov. Act. Cur. XVII, 

 Buppl. I; 205, 1841. 



Said to be described from the material collected by Cum- 

 ing on the island of Luzon. Index Kewensis reduces it to B. 

 abbreviata Blm. 



Balanophora decurrens Fawc. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lend. 

 IP; 234, 1886. 



This species is founded upon a specimen sent to the 

 British Museum by Don J. G. Azaola from Luzon in 1846. 



Balanophora micrantha Warb. in Perkins'' Frag. FI. 

 Philip. 169, 1905. 



This is based upon Mr. A. Loher's alpine collection also 

 made on Luzon. 



Balanophora fawcettil Elm. n. sp. 



Monoecious dense clusters; rhizome lobulate or rugose, 

 tuberculate and pustulate, dirty yellowish, the pustules and 

 cup rim of a lighter yellow even in the dry state; the in- 

 dividual cups short ellipsoid or subglobose, 2 cm. long when 

 fully mature or much smaller, in the very young state simi- 

 lar to coarse honey-comb cells, irregularly bursting at the 



