1128 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. HI, Arr. 60 
superiori viridia, subtus pallide glaucescentia, ibique crebre 
longitudinaliter venosa, utrinque minutissime obscure tessellata; 
plicis lateralibus superne in fere tertia superiore parte pro- 
minentibus et irregulariter crebreque acute spinosis; marginibus 
dentato-spinosis, dentibus in parte basilari validis, approximatis, 
irregularibus, longiuseulis e basi lata, subulatis, horizontalibus, 
deinsuper plus-minusve patentibus, subulatis, rectis; costa media 
aeute prominente, basin versus spinis robustis, recurvis, ar- 
mata, caeterum nuda, in tertia superiore parte, crebre spin- 
uloso-serrata. Inflorescentia apicalis, pedunculo 25 cent. longo, 
recuryo, digiti crassitiae, suffulta. Syncarpia 5 (persaepe 3, 
(Elmer) laxe approximata, spathis marcescentibus suffulta, 
rubescentia vel pallide lutescentia (Elmer), sessilia, oblonga, 
subtrigona, calceiformia, extus (sive in dorso) convexa et postice 
plana vel concava, 8-9 cent. long, 5-6 cent. lata. Drupae 
numerosissimae, confertae parvulae, 12-13 mill. longae, 6 mill. 
latae, in sicco fibrosae, exagonae (etiam 5-7 gonae), e medio 
usque ad basim cuneatae, deinsuper pyramidatae, parte apicali 
libera et a pileo facile secedenti involucratae; pileo membranaceo, 
5 mill. longo, anguloso, pyramidato-rotundato, in vertice trun- 
cato et concavo. Stigma bilobum. Caverna mesocarpica supera, 
3 mill. lata. Endocarpium osseum, spissum, cuneatum, 7 mill. 
longum, superne planum. 
Habitat:—In dry soil of a wooded ridge near the Mainit 
creek at 1350 m. (4500 feet). Todaya (Mt. Apo), District of 
Davao, Island of Mindanao, September, 1909. Elmer Philip. 
pl. n. 11654. (Herb. Martelli). 
Tree, from 10 to 15 feet high with a 5 inches thick 
stem; trunk yellowish, ringed, with blunt spines, short branch- 
ed toward the top only. Leaves 6 feet long, densely cluster- 
ed at the top, recurved, bright green above, somewhat paler 
beneath, deeply grooved on the upper side below the middle; 
peduncle from the uppermost leaf axils, 1.5 foot long, re- 
curved; fruit cluster hanging, usually with 3 heads, each 
subtended by marcescent bracts, turning reddish or bright 
yellow when mature. (Elmer ms.) 
Indigenous name ‘‘Barani.’’ 
