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mm long. Flowers numerous. Sepals oblong to elliptic-oblong, 

 obtuse, 3-nerved, not glandular, externally pubescent, rather thin, 

 4 to 5 mm long, 1.5 to 2 mm wide. Petals thinly membranaceous, 

 about as long as the sepals, finely nerved. Stamens 6, their fila- 

 ments all bearded, three sterile and three perfect, bearing oblong, 

 1.5 mm long anthers. Capsule 3-angled, oblong-ellipsoid, about 

 6 mm long, 3 mm in diameter, 3-celled, shortly pointed. Seeds 

 1-seriate, 4 in each cell, angular, brown, 1 to 1.3 mm. long. 



Semerara, Merrill il34, July, 1905, common in open, wet grasslands 

 a few meters above sea level. 



A species very closely allied to the Indian Aneilema scapiflorum Wight, 

 differing in its relatively longer, narrower leaves which are not at all 

 scabrous, its distinctly pubescent inflorescence, and its more or less imbricate 

 bracts. 



ANEILEMA PLATYPHYLLUM sp. nov. Tricarpellaria, Euaneilema. 



Species a praecedente differt planta minoribus, foliis brevio- 

 ribus latioribusque, usque ad 10 cm longis et 2.5 cm latis, 

 inflorescentiis glabris, bracteis minoribus, non imbricatis, sepalis 

 glanduloso-puncticulatis. 



Like Aneilema azureum closely allied to the Indian Aneilema 

 scapiflorum Wight, from which it differs in many characters. 

 Tufted, the leaves comparatively few, from fibrous and tuberous 

 roots, the tubers more or less fusiform, when dry up to 3 cm long 

 and 6 mm in diameter. Leaves smooth, membranaceous or char- 

 taceous, 4 to 8 in each rosette, oblong-ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 

 4 to 10 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide, base not or but slightly 

 narrowed, sheathing, apex acute or somewhat acuminate. Scapes 

 2 to 5 from each rosette, leafless, or with one much-reduced leaf, 

 12 to 20 cm high, the flowers cymosely arranged, pink or nearly 

 white, the cymes narrow, comparatively few-flowered. Primary 

 bracts oblong-ovate, sheathing, less than 1 cm long, acute or 

 acuminate, the bracteoles triangular-ovate, 2 to 3 mm long. 

 Sepals oblong-elliptic, 5 mm long, 2.2 mm wide, glandular-punc- 

 tate with yellowish dots and short dashes, 3-nerved, obtuse. 

 Petals thinly membranaceous, finely nerved, elliptic-obovate, 

 rounded, about 5 mm long, 3.5 mm wide. Stamens 6, three 

 sterile, three fertile, all bearded ; anthers broadly elliptic, 1.5 mm 

 long. Capsule elliptic, 3-angled, 3-celled, acute, 6 mm long, 3.5 

 mm in diameter. Seeds 1-seriate, 3 in each cell, superposed, 

 brownish, angular, irregular, about 1.5 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, Antipolo, Bur. Sci. 20985 Ramos (type), June, 

 1913; Tanay, Bur. Sci. S3U2 Ramos, June, 1907; Bosoboso, Bur. Sci. 985 

 Ramos, June, 1906. 



