THE FLORA OF MOINT IIALCOX. 2i)7 



anthers 1 mm. loni^-. Ovary free, superior, ovoid, ;)-c('llc(l. each cell 

 about 15-ovule(l ; style simple. Capsule ."j-vahed. ovoid, memhraiious, 

 glabrous, 4 mm. long. Seeds many, narrowly ovoid, O.S mm. long, 

 reticulate. 



On seepy slopes, open heath lands at 2,400 m. alt. (No. 5710). 



The second species of the genus known, tlie other, Liriope gram i,i if olid- (Linn.) 

 Baker, heing known from Japan to northern Luzon, China and Cochin China. L. 

 hrachyphylla is distinguished from L. (jraminifolia by its comparatively short 

 leaves, smaller size, solitary, not fascicled flowers and many ovules. 



SMI LAX Tourn. 



Smilax china Linn. 8p. PI. (1753) 1459. v 



On exposed ridges in thickets 1,300 to 2,(i00 m. alt. (Nos. (il4(), ()211, G12(i). 



The same form is represented by Nos. 4497, 4749 Merrill from northern Luzon. 

 Smilax china has previously been credited to the Philippines by F.-VHIar. Because 

 of the lack of pistillate flowers I am not certain of the correctness of the above 

 identification, but the speciments agree well with the description. 



Japan to southern China and Formosa. 



Smilax vicaria Kunth Enum. 5 (1850) 202. 

 In an old clearing at 900 m. alt. (No. 5579). 

 Endemic to the Philippines. 



AMARYLLIDACE.^^:. 



CURCULIGO (Jaertn. 



Curculigo glabra Merrill n. sp. 



Glabra; foliis usque ad 50 em. longis. 13 cm. latis, breviter acumin- 

 atis, basi aeutis ; petiolo usc^ue ad 40 em. loiigo; peduueulo ad 20 cm. 

 longo ; baceis 8 mm. longis. 



Glabrous throughout. Leaves up to 50 cm. long, 13 cm. wide, mem- 

 branous, the apex short acuminate, the base acute, somewhat inequilateral, 

 the nerves prominent; petioles up to 40 cm. in length, glabrous, somewhat 

 inflated below. Peduncles about 20 cm. long, recurved above. Flowers 

 not seen; bracts ovate, acuminate, 7 to 10 nerved; pedicels 1 cm. long. 

 Fruits many, narrowly ovoid, not l)eaked, about S mm. long, fleshy and 

 smooth when fresh, rugose when dry, somewhat crowded in a (i to 8 cm. 

 long head; seeds many, 1.5 mm. in diameter; the somewhat persistent 

 perianth lobes 6 mm. long. 



In forests at 275 m. alt. (No. 5750). 



Well characterized by being entirely glabrous throughout. 



DIOSCOREA Linn. 



Dioscorea nummularia Lam. Encyd. 2 (1789) 331. 

 In an old clearing at 700 m. alt. (No. 5G57). 

 Apparently widely distributed in the Phili])])ines. 

 Malaya. 



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