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ovatae, apice rotundatae, rufae. Squamellae 4 squama longiores, 

 2 exteriores navicularis in carina valde setulosae. Nux ellip- 

 soideo-lageniformis, 2 mm longa, medio turgidula, straminea, 

 laevis, sessilis, erostrata. Stylus brevissimus. Stigmata 3 vel 4. 



Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Sax River Mountains back of San 

 Ramon, Merrill 8205. 



Omnium Mapaniarum gracillima, foliis pro ratione angustissimis spicaque 

 minima ab omnibus affinibus bene distinguenda. Squamellas non nisi 4 

 observari, sed forsan 6 adsunt, quarum duae jam elapsae. 



SCHOENUS Linnaeus 



SCHOENUS FALCATUS R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 232; Benth. Fl. Austral. 7 

 (1878) 372; Clarke ex Hemsl. in Journ Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 (1903) 

 261. 



Luzon, Province of Zambales, Bur. Sci. 5036 Ramos, December, 1907. 



Not previously reported from the Philippines; tropical Australia and 

 Queensland, Borneo, and Formosa. 



The specimens differ from the species, as described by Bentham, in having 

 somewhat smaller panicles, and in some of the flowering-glumes being dis- 

 tinctly retuse. A distinct Australian type, the fifth species of the genus 

 to be found in the Philippines. 



SCIRPIODENDRON Zippel 



SCIRPIODENDRON GHAERI (Gaertn. f.) comb. nov. 



Chionanthus ghaeri Gaertn. f. Fruct. 1 (1788) 190, t. 29, fig. a-e; Boerl. 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 31 (1896) 246. 



Scirpiodendron costatum Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 38' (1869) 85; 

 Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1904) 684; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 2 (9107) Bot. 422. 



Scirpiodendron sulcatum Miq. 111. Fl. Archip. Ind. (1871) 65, pi. 28. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Abulug River, For. Bur. 19612 Curran, 

 January, 1911. Polillo, Bur. Sci. 102Jt9 McGregor, October, 1909. Pa- 

 lawan, San Antonio Bay, Merrill 5257, October, 1906; Taytay, Phil. PL 

 1295 Merrill. MINDANAO, District of Zamboanga, Malasugat, Merrill 811U, 

 December, 1911. 



Chionanthus ghaeri Gaertn. f., which was described and figured from 

 detached fruits alone, remained a doubtful species until the year 1896, when 

 Boerlage was able to determine its identity from examination of the orig- 

 inal material used by Gaertner in describing and figuring it. Gaertner's 

 name is by far the earliest one for the species, and there is no reason why 

 it should not be adopted. 



MORACEAE 



ARTOCARPUS Forster 

 ARTOCARPUS OVATIFOLIA sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 40 m alta, stipulis parce brevissime pubescen- 

 tibus exceptis glabra; foliis coriaceis, ovatis, integris, usque ad 

 30 cm longis, acutis vel breviter acute acuminatis, basi acutis 



