1788 Leaflets of PniuppixK Botany [Vol. V, Art. 93 



caniculate above, the lateral nerves very obscure, 7 to 11 

 on each side, sabdivaricate and only slightly curved, reticula- 

 tions extremely fine and a trifle more evident from the 

 upper side; petiole at most 5 mtn. long, deep brown, 

 glabrous, caniculate. Inflore-cence terminal or subterminal, 

 spicate or very shortly branched from the base, subtended 

 at the base by small leaves, even the upper branchlets 

 subtended by foliaceous bracts, 1 dm. long more or less, 

 usually curved, the glabrous green rachis subcompressed; 

 branchlets 1 cm. long or less, the basal ones usually longer, 

 bearing a small cluster of flowers at the distal end; pedicel 

 subtended by rim -like bract vestiges, short, distinctly articulate 

 below the middle; flowers early falling, odorless; calyx 

 glabrous and subglaucous on the dorsal side, the outer 3 

 ater brown or black, the inner ones green; the 5 sepals 

 imbricate, broadly elliptic, united at the base into a short 

 pedicel 6 mm. long by 4 mm. in width, broadly rounded 

 at apex, base similar, concave on the ventral surface, rather 

 thick, the inner ones difficult to distinguish from the outer 

 petals; petals of an equal number, ruber except the greenish 

 claws, thinner in texture, numerously and distinctly veined, 

 more tapering toward the base or claw, about equal in size 

 to the sepals; stamens erect, numerous, grouped in 3 sta- 

 mineal phalanges 5 mm. long; free filaments glabrous, united 

 portion averaging 1 mm. long, outwardly curved, finely 

 pointed at the distal end; anther cremeus, 0.75 mm. long, 

 versatile, truncate and emarginate or notched at both ends, 

 a trifle wider across the base; ovary elongated, glabrous, 2.5 

 mm. long, fusiform, 3-lobulate, with one basal ovule in 

 each of the 3 cells; styles 3, as long as the ovary, bearing 

 a slightly enlarged puberulent and green stigma, otherwise 

 glabrous. 



Type specimen numher 12913, A. D. E. Elmer, Puerto 

 Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Palawan, April, 1911. 



This rare species was collected in mixed woods along 

 the Iwahig river bank at 250 feet altitude in the cogonal 

 formation rather than in dense forests. The color combina- 

 tion of the flowers with the copious foliage is very pretty! 



