XIV, 4 Memll: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XV 371 



inflorescence oblong, about 4 to 5 mm long, the sterile tip 1.2 

 mm in length. 



Panay, Capiz Province, Jamindan, Bur. Sci. 31119 Ramos & 

 Edano, April 14, 1918, in shallow water of streams, the spathes 

 pinkish white. To this species I also tentatively refer a sterile 

 specimen from Negros, For. Bur. 19U11 Curran, June, 1910. 



This species is manifestly allied to Cryptocoryne ciliata 

 Fisch. from which it is readily distinguished by its membra- 

 naceous, conspicuously bullate leaves, which resemble those of 

 some species of Aponogeton; and by its much narrower, dif- 

 ferently shaped, caudate-acuminate limb of the spathe, which 

 is entirely glabrous. 



CRYPTOCORYNE PYGMAEA sp. nov. 



Herba glabra, depauperata; foliis membranaceis, oblongis ad 

 oblongo-ovatis, 1.5 ad 4 cm longis, acutis, basi perspicue auricu- 

 lato-cordatis, nervis utrinque 2, tenuis; spathis circiter 3.5 cm 

 longis, inflatis, tubo oblongo, supra contracto; lamina tubo 

 aequantibus, lanceolatis, caudato-acuminatis, planis, haud con- 

 tortis. 



An entirely glabrous dwarfed plant from short stout rhizomes. 

 Leaves membranaceous, oblong to oblong-ovate, 1.5 to 4 cm long, 

 1 to 1.5 cm wide, the apex acute, base conspicuously auriculate- 

 cordate; lateral nerves very slender, ascending, about 2 on each 

 side of the midrib; petioles in young plants shorter than the 

 leaves, in mature plants up to 5 cm long, slender, sheathing at 

 the base. Peduncles in anthesis 8 mm long or less, in fruit up 

 to 3 cm long. Spathe greenish white, about 3.5 cm long, the 

 tube and limb of equal length; tube somewhat inflated, oblong, 

 contracted at the apex; limb lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, 

 about 6 mm wide at the base, 1.8 cm long, dark-purple on the 

 inner surface. Carpels usually 6; stigma obtuse; staminate 

 inflorescence ovate, 3 mm long, its sterile tip oblong, 2 mm in 

 length, the slender stipe 6 to 7 mm long. 



Mindanao, Zamboanga District, Sax River, Merrill 817 A, 

 December 6, 1911 (type) ; Copeland s. n., in fruit. This 

 species grows in the crevices of ledges, in stream beds, in very 

 damp shaded ravines, in situations subject to overflow, at an 

 altitude of about 300 meters. 



This species is manifestly very closely allied to the Bomean 

 Cryptocoryne auriculata Engl, but is smaller in size, with much 

 slenderer, longer, less conspicuously sheathing petioles and 

 fewer nerves; while the tube of the spathe equals the limb in 

 length and is conspicuously contracted at the apex. 



