LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 



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



Vol. VI. Manila, R I., July 3, 1914. Art. 106 



A NEW TACCA and TWO NEW RAPHIDOFHORAE 



by 



Dr. K. Krause 

 (Berlin. Germany) 



Tacca Elmeri Krause n. 



sp 



Tuber oblongum majusculum in sicco circ. 2.5 cm 

 longum, fere 1 cm cmssum, radices multas tender fibrosa s 



emittens. Foliorura petiolua tenuis paullum complanatu* levi- 



ter sulcatus circ. 3 dm longus; lamina tenuiter herhaiva 

 utrinque glaberrima ambitu subsemiorbiculariformis, circ iV*i 

 dm diam. etiens, basi in petiolum angustata profunda pal- 

 mati partita lobis 9 lineari-lanceolatis apice longe acutatis basin 

 versus paullurn angustatis integris, usque ad 2 dm long!*, 

 1.6 — 2 cm latis costa media atque nervis lateralibus pari- 

 bus adscendentibus distinctiuscule prominentibus penursis. 

 Pedunculis gracilis sulcatus 4.5 dm longus. Involucri folia 

 late ovata apice longiuscule acuminata basis versus angus- 

 tata prominenter plurinervia, 4.5—5 cm longa, circ. 3 cm 

 lata. Pedicelli florifori tenues erecti rigidi 1.8—2.2 cm longi. 

 Perigonii lobi ovato-Ianceolati. Fructus ovoideo-globosus in 

 sicco 6 — 9 mm longus, atque fere aequilatus in Bpecimine 

 quod aderst ut videtur nondum omnino maturus. 



Philippine Islands: Island of Palawan, Brooks Point 

 (Addison Peak), A. D. E. Elmer, no. 12679, February, 19M. 

 In sand gravelly soil of light woods near the coas'. 



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