17S 



roc\irv('(l. ncafly oi" (Hiitc ciilirc Im'Iow. nhovc witli h'w small seattori'd 

 tocth whicli ai'c not si)iiu'-lik('. Heads about l.~) cm. in (liamctor. 

 globose, tbe ])e(liiiul('s from the a|)ices of the brandies 1 to !.") cm. lr)n,ii-. 

 Drupes many, but most ot tliem aborted, narrowly ovoid, about H mm. 

 long, narrowed al)ove into a rostrati' apex about 2 mm. long. Stigmas 1. 

 .MiM)AN.\<). Lnko 7-iui;i(i. Cniiiii K(>itlilcy (47") .l/)-.<.'. Clrwcns) April. IftOd. 



PANDANUS ].inn. 



Pandanus dementis Morrill s]i. iiov. >^ >Sussai. (PI. I.) 



A tree about in m. high. l)ranc'hed above, witb ovoid, 3 to 4.5 cm. long 

 heads, arranged in tei'iuina! condensed spikes. al)out 8 heads in each spike, 

 each head subtended by a large broadly-ovate to oblong-ovate, acnte or 

 very shortly abru|)tly acuminate bract, the drupes indefinite, 10 to 

 ^^i mm. long. Tltiuiate branches abont 1.5 cm. in diameter. Leaves 

 (io ciu. long or more, 2 to 2.5 cm. wide, the margins with small antrorse 

 spines throughout, the midrib above glabrous, beneath at the base with 

 a few retrorse s])ines and near the ape.\ finely antrorsely denticnlate, 

 the apex short acuminate. Heads red when mature, ovoid, obtuse, 

 obscui'ely obtusely IJ-angled, 3 to -1.5 cm. long, 2.5 to 3 cm. in diameter, 

 the bracts gradually smaller upwards, 4 to 6 cm. long, 3 to 4 cm. wide, 

 acute or very shortly acuminate, serrulate on the keel and nuirgins above. 

 Drupes vcit many in each head, 10 to 12 mm. long. 3 to -I mm. thick 

 aliove, gradually narrowed below, somewhat angular, the apical portion 

 convex, slightly ribbed. Stigma terminal, central, 1 to 1.5 ram. in 

 diameter. 



:MlNnA>-AO. Lake T.iuinn. Camp Keithlcy (.l//\s. Clemens) [March, liion. Altitude 

 ahmit. SOO iii. 



GRAMINE.E. 



ANTHOXANTHUM l.iim. 



Anthoxanthum luzoniense Merrill sp. ikiv. 



iM'ect, glabrous, JO to (io cm. high, very fragant in drying. Culms 

 glabrous; nodes slightly pubescent witb short ajjpressed hairs; sheaths 

 usmilly exceeding the intei-iiodes. often loose, tbe margins above slightly 

 |)ubescent; ligule liroad, ovate, obtuse, ii'regulai'ly cleft or lacerate, hya- 

 line, about 4 mm. long; blades 11 to IS cm. long. 1 to 5 mm. wide. 

 i;i;ibrous, smooth. Ibit or revolute when di'y. raniclcs exsei'ted, i-atber 

 den.se, many llowered, G to H cm. long, 1 to 1.5 cm. in diameter, the 

 lower branches about 3 cm. long, appressed-ascending, densely llowered. 

 I''ii'st glume h\iilinc except tbe median portion, ovale, acuminate, 3 jo 

 I nun. long. l-iKTved : second ghime 5 to (i mm. long, 3-nerved, glabrous, 

 oblong ovati'. abruptly subtruncale-acuminati'. Flowering glumes 3, the 

 first and second neuter, slightly ]iul»e>cenl, ibe first about 5 mm. long. 

 ;!-nerved. cleft at the apex for about 1 its lengtli. awned in ibe cleft, tbe 

 awn scabi'ous. strai-rhl, altoui 1.2 mm. long; second llowering glume 



