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Tacca Elmeri Krause is the second species of this inter- 

 eating genus known from the Philippine Islands. It seems 

 to be closely related to Tacca Rumphii Schemer collected by 

 Meyen near Manila, but differs from that plant by its long- 

 er and narrower lobes. 



RAPHIDOPHORA Hassk. 



Raphidophora rigida Krause n. sp. 



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Caudex teres validus, 1.8 cm crassus alte scandens. For- 

 iorum petiolus 2 dm longus rigidus supra profunde canalicu- 

 latus ultra geniculum 2.5 cm longum incrassatum vagina 

 lit videtur angusta mox dilacerata instructus, lamina petiolo 

 longior eoriacea oblongo-elliptica apice acuminata basi obtusa 

 iiviequilatera alterno latere circ. 0.33 latiore, 3 dm longa, 

 1.6 dm lata, nervis lateralibus I pluribus remotiusculis an- 

 gulo obtuso a costa valida aheuntibus marginem versus ar- 

 cuatim adscendentibus utrinque distincte prominentibus, nervis 

 lateral ib as II et ill ad plure3 inter primarios interjectis lis 

 tenuioribus parallelis. Pedunculus teres crassus quam spadix 

 brevior circ. 1 dm longus. Spadix senilis cylindricus obtu- 

 sus 1.5 dm longus, 2.5 cm crassus. Pistilla prismatica circ 



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4 mm longa, stigmate rotundato naullum elevato coronata. 



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Philippine Islands: Island of Negr->s, Dnmaguete (Cuernos 

 Mts.), A. D. E. Elmer, no. 10220, May, 1908. In damp 

 woods at 4250 feet altitude. 



Raphidophora todayensis Krause n. sp. 



Caudex scandens validus usque 5 cm crassus subtere^ 

 fol iorum delapsorum cicatrioibus magnis obtectus. Foliorum 

 petioluseum geniculo feres 4 cm longo modice incrassato 4 



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dm longus supra tota longitudine profundiuscule canaliculars 

 vagina max dilacerata instructus. lamina tenuiter coriacea 

 p-tiolo paullum longior, oblonga basi oblique obtusa apice 

 acuminata, 4.5 dm longa, 1.75 dm lata, inaequilatera altero 

 latere circ. 0.25 latiore, nervis lateralibus I numerosis 1 — 1-5 

 cm distantibua angulo fere recto a costa aheuntibus marginem 

 vermis subarcuatim adscendentibus utrinque distincte promi- 



