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HYDNOPHYTUM Jack. 



Hydnophytum formicarium .lack in Trans. Linn. Soc. 14 (1823) 124. 

 Epipliytic. in forests aloni^ llic Ala^ River below 100 m. alt. (No. 0182). 

 INIalayan Peninsula. Cocliiii Clnna, Sumatra and I'oineo. 



Hydnophytum nitidum ^lerrill n. sp. 



TiiIxT (lianietro ad 25 cm.; euales raiiiiqnc liiiiioscontcs torotos vcl 

 rainuli juniores leviter coinpressi, foliis nI)]oll^■()-('l]il:xii(•is, coriaecis, 

 nitidis, ol)tin8is, 'A ad (i cm. longis, subsessilibu.s ; florcs hreviter tiihu- 

 losi, sessiles, ad artictdationes fasciculati ; corolla 3.5 mm. longa. 



Tuber about 35 cm. in diameter, glabrous; the stems glabrous, broAvn 

 or gray, terete, the younger branchlets reddish-l)rown and slightly com- 

 pressed, 60 to 80 cm. long, branched. Leaves oblong-elliptical, 8 to G 

 cm. long, 1 to 2.5 cm. Avide, coriaceous, glabrous, the upper surface 

 shining, the lower dull, margins slightly recurved, the apex rounded, 

 the base sul)acute or rounded, the midrib prominent, the lateral nerves 

 three or four on each side of the midrib, obscure or nearly obsolete; 

 petiole very short or wanting. Flowers fasciculate, sessile at the nodes, 

 few, white. C*alyx truncate, glabrous. Corolla 3.5 mm. long, the tube 

 cylindrical 2 mm. long, l)arl)ulate with tufts or hairs at tlie throat between 

 the insertion of the stamens, the lobes 4, narrowly ovate, acute, 1.5 mm. 

 long. Stamens 4, filaments wanting; anthers O.S mm. long. Style 3 

 mm. long, slightly cleft at the apex. 



Epiphytic in the mossy forest at 1,400 m. alt. (No. 6181); also collected by 

 Merritt at an altitude of about 800 m. (No. 4358). 



A species characterized by its coriaceous shining elliptical-oblong leaves and 

 small flowers, apparently belonging in the grouii witli //. formicarum Jack, fol- 

 lowing Beccari's classification.'^ 



NERTERA Banks & 8oland. 



Nertera depressa Banks & 8oland. ex Gaertn. Fruct. 1 (1788) 124 f. 26. 

 On bowlders along shaded streams at 700 m. alt. (No. 5014) ; also collected 

 by Merritt on exposed ridges at 2,250 m. alt. (No. 4459). 

 On many of the higher mountains of the Philippines. 

 Widely distributed in INlalaya, Australia and .South America. 



CAPIMFOLIACE.E. 



SAMBUCUS Linn. 



Sambucus javanica lleinw. ex Blume 15ijdr. (1820) 057. 

 In old clearings at 900 m. alt. (No. 5572). 

 Widely distributed in the Philippines. 

 British India to Japan and Mala_va. 



"ilalesia 2 (1884-85), 12.3-175. 



