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by a number of vascular bundles rising up from the stem and 
repeatedly ramifying. The so created branches bear little packs 
(groups) of apparent flowers as figure c' shows. Several of these 
little groups are connected with a vascular bundle and these 
bundles together are united to a whole which has the shape of 
a paniculate inflorescence. This seems to indicate that a head 
has its origin in a very ramified paniculate inflorescence. 
The examination of a little pack as in c’ is somewhat disap- 
pointing as bringing forth nothing but bracts. This case of 
bracteomania is at any rate very remarkable in this family and 
may in some way be connected with the paleae which some 
genera of Compositae possess and the absence of a real involucre 
in our monstrous specimen. 
SAPOTACEAE, 
Chrysophyllum. Cainito Adans. 
Legit J. C. van per Meer Mour, Palimanan, Nov. 1920. 
The leaf, simple in normal circumstances, split up into: 
1° a terminal leaftet with unequal base; 
2° a naked midrib, 
3° a two-winged basal portion. Lamina interrupta. 
Palaquium sp. 
id., Palaboean Ratoe, Sept. 1920. 
Three acute tops close to one another. Each of these sends a 
vein downwards, as far as reaching the midrib. Three-topped leaf. 
Achras Sapota lL. 
id. Nov. 1920. oe 
Top and base connected through a naked portion of the midrib. 
Basal portion 4 ¢.m., connecting midrib 1 m.m., terminal portion 
5 m.m. Lamina interrupta. 
id. 
Legit A. van Rin, Nov. 1921, Wonogiri. : 
Fasciation of a twig. Base cylindrical with a diameter of 1 ¢.m., 
broadens gradually and shows 3.5 d.m. higher up a width of 
