21(i 



liiiil) lU'iii-lv •! nun. Ion--, witli A rounded tcrlli. Tclids 1. ovatc-lanc-colatc. 

 ••diiMit .") mm. long-, 2.2 nun. \v\i\c in tlic middle, nan'owed helow and to 

 llie acuminate apex. Stanien.s 8; lilaments about '1 mm. Jong-; anlliers 

 lanceolate, about 2 mm. long, rostrate, tlie 1)a.<al dorsal s[)ur about 

 ()..-) mm. long. ()\ai'v I -celled : style .") mm. long. 



MiNDAX.vo. Lake J.aiiao. Cnnii) Kcitlilcy (4;j3, 301 Mrs. Clemens) ^raicli. lOOd; 

 (3!)20 Hutchiiison) :\[arcli. l!»(»ti. 



.\ t_v|)ical .Malayan genus, of wiiicli no species lias previously heen reported from 

 tile riiilii)pines. the present species being well characterized by its thieUened 

 bulb-like roots, which arc iiilial)ited bv colonies of ants, in tliis respect reseiiil)liiiii 

 tli(> syinl)iosis fduiid in Ili<' rul)iaceous genera Hydnopltytuin and Mi/niiecoidea. 



HALOKKHAGACEJl 



HALORRHAGIS Foist. 



In Scliindlei'"s I'ecent monogi-a|)li of this family "* no s])ccics of the 

 genus II(i/(irrlnit/ls ai'c ci'edited to the Philijipines. Schindler recognizes 

 .-)U species of 1 1 (ilorrhiKjls. of which 57 are confined to Austi'alia and .Vew 

 /I'aland, one to the Asiatic continent, and one t'xtending o\er the entire 

 range oL' the genus, from New Zealand and Australia to dapan, China. 

 and Bengal. Three species of the genus are re])resented in our Philiji- 

 pine collections, one of which is apparently undescribed. 



1. Calyx tube papinose-punctate, the ribs scabrous. 



2. Stamens 6 to 8 ; inflorescence paniculate ; leaves lanceolate, 



about 1.5 cm. long (1) 11. scdlna clmiiKila 



2. Stamens 4 ; inflorescence racemose ; leaves elliptical-oblong, 



1 cm. long or less {2) II . i)lilliiti)in<-iisin 



1. Calyx tube quite glabrous, not papiUose-punctate, the ribs not 



scabrous (3) 11. inicrantlia 



(1) Halorrhagis scabra (Koeiiig) IJcnth.. \ar. elongata Schindhr in Ijigier's 

 Pflanzcnreicli 23 ( lltO.l) 2S. 



Cri.io.x (4.")!) Merrill) DecemlxT 1:5, ]!)()2. in damp (icscrted rice lands near 

 the sea IcncI. 



This Aariet\- iias |>rc\i()iisiy iiccii l^imwii (inly from simllicrii ('iiina. lloiigi^ong, 

 and Annani, although anotiicr \aiicty <il liic same species is fmnid in the Kiiasia 

 Mountains. JJritish India, 'i'he i'liili|ipiiie plant iiere referred t(i. Ihilorrhmiis 

 scabra, agrees xwy eidsely witii tiie description and \\itii specimens from Hong- 

 kong kindly supplied me iiy tiie Directoi- of tlie Hongkong Botanic (iardeii. 



(2) Halorrhagis ptnilippinensis Meiiill sp. no\ . 



.V scabrous herb S to 'jO cm. high, ei'ect or spreading, moi'c oi- less 

 branched frtim the base, with simple I'acemose inllorcsceiice, the llowers 

 >olitary in tlie axils of the bracts, the calyx manilVsth papillose-punctate, 

 scabrous on the I'ibs but not [laralle! calbxe. the stamens loui'. branches 

 slendei-, appressed-pilosc. l-angled. I>ea\cs elliptical oliloiig. coriaceous. 

 sjiaringly jiilose, o to 10 cm. long. ".'..') to .") em. wide, sboi'l pelioled ny 

 siibsessile, miici'onalc aiinninalc or acute the base acute, the nuii'gins 



^ Kngler's l'/lair.riir(i<li 23, 1 !>().'). 



