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and scarcely sulcate between the loculi. In Pandanus philippin- 

 ensis the stigmas are distinctly oblique, while in the present 

 species they are plane and not at all elongated, so that the two 

 species scarcely belong in the same section of the genus. 



PANDANUS CAMARINENSIS sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus, circiter 2 m altus; foliis coriaceis, circiter 

 2.4 m longis et 5.5 cm latis, margine perspicue armatis, sursum 

 angustatis et tenuiter caudato-acuminatis ; syncarpiis solitariis, 

 erectis, oblongo-cylindraceis, circiter 30 cm longis et 13 cm dia- 

 metro ; drupis numerosis, obovoideis, -circiter 5 cm longis et 2.5 

 ad 3 cm diametro, angulatis, plerumque 7-locellatis, apice trun- 

 catis, laevis, stigmatibus planis, baud productis. 



An erect shrub, about 2 m high, the leaves about 2.4 cm long 

 and 3.5 cm wide, gradually narrowed upward to the slenderly 

 caudate-acuminate apex, the margins armed with rather prom- 

 inent antrorse teeth. Syncarps solitary, erect, at maturity 

 nearly enclosed by the leaflike bracts, oblong-cylindric, about 

 30 cm long and 13 cm in diameter. Drupes numerous, obovoid, 

 somewhat angled by mutual pressure, narrowed below, usually 

 7-celled, about 5 cm long, 2.3 to 3 cm in diameter, the upper 

 1 cm free, very slightly narrowed, the apex truncate, flat, smooth, 

 about 2 cm in diameter. Stigmas usually 7, obscure, not at all 

 projecting. 



Luzon, Camarines Province, Paracale, Bur. Sci. 33635 Ramos 

 & Edano, December 21, 1918, in damp forests at low altitudes. 



This species is closely allied to Pandamis esculentus Martelli 

 from which it is distinguished chiefly by its much larger, differ- 

 ently shaped syncarps. 



GRAMINEAE 



ANDROPOGON Linnaeus 

 ANDROPOGON PHILIPPIN ENSIS sp. nov. § Isozygi, Arthrolepis. 



Culmis erectis, tenuibus, usque ad 80 cm longis; foliis usque 

 ad 20 cm longis et 4 mm latis, leviter scabridis; racemis longe 

 exsertis, solitariis multifloris, 7 ad 10 cm longis, vagina vix 

 inflata; spiculis sessilibus lanceolatis, 9 mm longis, gluma II 

 aristata, IV longe aristata, arista circiter 3 cm longa; spiculis 

 pedicellatis S , circiter 8 mm longis, baud aristatis. 



An erect, rather slender, glabrous, apparently tufted grass, 

 60 to 80 cm high, unbranched, the culms 1 to 1.5 mm in dia- 

 meter. Leaves up to 20 cm long, about 4 mm wide, slightly 

 scabrid, very slenderly acuminate ; nodes glabrous ; ligule bearded. 

 Raceme solitary, long-exserted, many flowered, 7 to 10 cm long, 



