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inner starainode 1,5 cm long; callose-staminode (lip) somewhat 

 smaller, two-lobed; cucuUate-staminode inappendiculate, 10mm long. 

 Capsule 2- or 3-lobed, 1 cm diam. Seeds arillate, subglobose, 7 mm 

 diam., on the ventral -side keeled; on the dorsal side transversely 

 furrowed, chestnut- brown, opaque. (Plate I, fig. G — J.) 



Luzon (many collectors). I have examined the following spe- 

 cimens: (Meyen), (Cuming no. 465); Manila, Makakai (Wichura 1851) 

 Caraballo sur Nueva Vizcaya (Merrill no. 230, in flower May 1902) 

 Mindoro Isl., Pola (Merrill no. 2458, in flower May 1903) 

 Culion Isl. (Merrill no. 660, in flower Febr. 1903). 



This species is easily recognized by the simple racemes and 

 the large white flowers. 



2. Monophrynium K. Schum. 

 Monophrynium K. Schumann in Pflanzenreich , Lief. IV, p. 68 (1902). 

 Calathea Presl, Keliq. Haenk. I, p. 108. pi. 16 fig. 1 (1830). 

 Phrynumi Horan. Monogr. p. 11 (1862). 



Sepals small, lanceolate. Corolla- tube almost as long as the 

 sepals; lobes lanceolate, somewhat larger than the tube. Two outer 

 staminodia obovate, scarcely longer than the corolla- lobes; callose- 

 staminode petaloid; cucullate-staminode much shorter with an auri- 

 culate appendage. Ovary 3 -celled; cells 1-ovuled. Capsule unknown. 

 — Perennial herb, high. Leaves long-petioled. Panicles many, 

 pedunculate and in the sheath of the leaves. Spikes narrow, densely 

 imbricate, fascicled; bracts small. Flowers not in pairs, solitary in 

 the axil of the bracts, with 2 bracteoles. 



Species 1, as yet only found in the Philippine Islands. 



1. M. faseiciilatuiii (Presl) K. Schum. 



M. fnsciculatum (Presl) K. Schumann in Pflanzenreich, Lief. IV, p. 68 



(1902). 

 Calathea fasciculata Presl, Reliq. Haenk. I, p. 108, pi. 16 fig. 1 



(1830). 

 Phrynium fascicidahim Horan. Monogr. p. 11 (1862). 



A stout shrub reaching a height of 2 m. Leaves of the stem 

 oblong or subovate- lanceolate, attenuate-acuminate, rounded at the 

 base, both sides glabrous, about 30 cm long, 8 cm wide; petiole 

 about 20 cm long with the upper part flattened, glabrous, callous, 

 4 cm long; sheath glabrous, not auriculate. Panicles pedunculate or 

 subsessile, in the sheath of the leaves, bearing narrow, elongated 



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