370 ^^'^ Philippine Journal of Science i9i9 



Cyperus kyllingiaeoides Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 312. 

 Mariscus dregeanus Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 120; C. B. Clarke in 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1893) 620. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Burgos, Bur. ScL 82826 Ramos, 

 July 24, 1918, on rocky open slopes at low altitudes, abundant. 



This species has previously not been reported from the Phil- 

 ippines. India to tropical Africa, the Malay Peninsula, Singa- 

 pore, and Borneo. 



ELEOCHARIS R. Brown 



ELEOCHARIS SPIRALIS (Rottb.) Steud. Syn. 2 (1855) 81; C. B. Clarke 

 in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1893) 627. 

 Scirpus spiralis Rottb. Descr. Ic. (1773) 45, t. 15, f. I. 



Luzon, in swamps between Manila and Caloocan, Merrill 9788, 

 December, 1914. 



India to Ceylon, Burma, Indo-China and ? Mauritius. Not 

 previously reported from the Philippines. It is to be noted 

 that R. Brown does not make the actual combination, Eleocharis 

 spiralis, Prodr. (1810) 224, but merely indicates that Scirpu3 

 spiralis Rottb. belongs in the genus Eleocharis. 



ARACEAE 



CRYPTOCORYNE Fischer 

 CRYPTOCORYNE APONOGETI FOLIA sp. nov. 



Herba glabra, aquatica, demersa ; f oliis membranaceis, anguste 

 oblongo-lanceolatis, perspicue bullatis, utrinque angustatis, basi 

 acutis vel obtusis, apice acutis et apiculatis, 25 ad 35 cm longis, 

 3 ad 5 cm latis; petiolo usque ad 30 cm longo; spathis anguste 

 cylindraceis, haud contortis, circiter 25 cm longis, lamina 

 glabra, lanceolata, caudato-acuminata, 6 cm longa, deorsum 1 

 cm lata. 



An entirely glabrous submerged herb from short, rather 

 stout, nearly erect rhizomes about 1 cm in diameter. Leaves 

 membranaceous, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, conspicuously bul- 

 late, the midrib very prominent, subequally narrowed to the 

 acute or obtuse base and to the acute and slightly apiculate 

 apex, 25 to 35 cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide; lateral nerves slender, 

 ascending, 5 or 6 on each side of the midrib; petioles up to 30 

 cm long. Peduncles 4 to 7 cm long. Spathe cylindric, not 

 twisted, slender, including the limb about 25 cm long, slightly 

 inflated at the base, not at all contracted below the limb, the 

 limb lanceolate, glabrous, caudate-acuminate, 6 cm long, about 

 1 cm wide in the lower part. Cai*pels usually 6, the slender 

 stipe of the staminate inflorescence about 6 mm long; stamina! 



