34 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [January, 1914. 



axillas foliorum composite : axis angulatus, glaber : bractese ovata?, 

 tenuissimae, reflexae, incurvatse, rufo-lineolatse, 1 mm. longse : bracteolae 

 minores, similes. Sepala triangulari-ovata, obtusa, margine hyalina, 1*25 

 mm. longa. Petala sepalis breviora, obovata, crassa. Stamina 6 : anthorae 

 breviter ellipsoidese, filamentis sequilongse. Flores fceminei in spicas 

 post anthesin ad 14 cm. longas compositi : axis glaber, angulatus: brae 

 teae ovato-acutse Sepala triangulari-ovata, crassa, ad 1 mm longa. 

 Petala similia, minora. Capsulce immature supra retusse : aire latiores 

 quam semieirculares. 



Insula luzon philippinensium. Prope Mangilet in provincia 

 Bataan, (Curran, 5465 !). In provincia Rizal ad San Francisco del-Monte 

 haud procul a Manila, (Loher, 1885 ! 1886 !), atque ad Montalban, (Loher. 

 1899!). In provincia Morong ad Antipolo, (Ramos, 6!). 



83. D. Soror, Prain et Burkill in Elmer, Leaflets of 

 Philippine Botany, v. (1913), p. 1598. A mountain species of 

 the Philippine islands, found in Luzon. 



Variat : 



Var. vera. Capsulce, non glaucse. 

 Var glauca. Capsulce glaucae. 



Varietatem glaucam collexit Foder haud procul a Nozogaray in 

 provincia Bulucan. 



84. D. Foxworthyi, an ally of the two preceding 

 species and of the two following, which has only been collected 

 in the Lamao Forest, Luzon. 



D. Foxworthyi. Tuber esculentum, non visum Caules 3—5 mm 

 longi, parte superiori inermes, glabri, teretes, virides. Folia oppowita 

 vel suboppoaita, ovato-hastata vel subovata, acuminata, glabra, parum 

 marginata, ad 13 cm. longa, ad 5 cm. lata et media parte et per barbas, 

 7-nervia : area media a nervorum lateralium primo pare terminata 

 oblanceolata : venae secundaria suboblique trajectae, i neons p i cuse : petio 

 lus ad 5 cm. longus. Flores maris ad 25 in spicas pateutes dispositi : 

 spicae ipsae in ramos aphyllos ad 20 cm. longo3 composite : axis angula- 

 tus, glaber: bracteae ovate, acuminatae, tenuissimse, reflexae : bracteo- 

 lae similes minores. Alabastra conoidea ex basi triangulari. Sepala 

 quadrato-ovata, obtusa, rufa, nee marginibus tenuia, 1 mm. longa. 

 Petala obovata, sepalis minora. Stamina 6: anthers subrotundV, 

 filamentis aequilongae. Flores fceminei ignoti. 



Insula Luzon. — In sylvis ad Lamao provincial Bataan (Foxvjorthv, 

 1558!). ■ * 



85. D. Seemannii. D. nummularia, Seemann, Flor. 

 Vitiensis, (1873), p. 308. ?Z>. divaricata Naudeaud, Plantes 

 Usuelles des Tahitiens, (1864), p. 10. ? D. pirita, Nadeaud, 

 Enum. PI. Tahiti, (1873), p. 35. " Tivoli yam," F. v. Mueller, 

 Select Plants for extra tropical culture, Ind. Ed. (1880), p. 101 , 

 Fiji and perhaps Tahiti. Better material of this species is 

 required in order to ascertain exactly how far it differs from 

 D. nummular ia. 



D. Seemannii. Tubera esculenta, evlindrica, elongata, metralia 

 vel ultra, brachio hominis crassa. Caulis basi copiose armatus, ad 4 mm. 

 crassus, stria tus, glaber. Folia opposita, glabra, ovato-cordata vel ovata, 

 vol infera sagittato-cordata, acuminata, ad 11 cm. longa, ad 9 cm. lata, 

 7-nervia: area media a Darenrimo nervorum lAtArAlinTn fArminnfa AllintioA. 



