﻿380 R. Wagner. 



»Hydnophytum angiistifoliiim Merrill n. sp. 



Ramis tenuibus, usque ad 60 cm longis, diffusis, juniori- 

 bus furfuraceis, plus minus angulatis; floribus axillaribus fasci- 

 culatis, minutis, ca. 2 mm longis; foliis coriaceis, lanceolatis 

 vel anguste lanceolatis, glabris, 5 ad 10 cm longis, 6 ad 18 mm 

 latis; nervis lateralibus obsoletis. 



Tuber irregulär, at least 15 cm in diameter, brown or 

 grayish, unarmed. Sterns several, diffusely branched, at least 

 60 cm long, gray or brown, slender, the branches elongated, 

 the younger ones brown and furfuraceous, somewhat angled. 

 Leaves lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 5 to 10 cm long, 

 6 to 18 mm wide, coriaceous, glabrous, sessile or subsessile, 

 pale when dry, somewhat shining, gradually narrowed to both 

 base and apex, the tip acute or blunt, the midrib prominent 

 beneath, the lateral nerves obsolete or very obscure. Flowers 

 fascicled, axillary, white. Calyx cylindrical, 1 mm long and 

 wide, truncate. Corolla 2 mm long, inside slightly barbate at 

 the middle. Anthers 07 mm long. Style 1*2 mm long. Fruit 

 red, somewhat fleshy when fresh, 1 cm long or less, about 

 4 mm in diameter at the base, gradually narrowed upward, 

 apparently 1-celled and with a Single seed. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 

 s. n., May, June 1907 and April 1906: District of Zamboanga, 

 San Ramon, Copeland s. n., March 1905. 



A very characteristic species, readily recognizable by its 

 narrow sessile leaves, the nerves of which are obsolete or 

 nearly so, and its elongated fruits.« 



Daß die Blüten in Büscheln stehen, ist wohl richtig, 

 dagegen ist hinsichtlich der axillaren Stellung der Inflores- 

 zenzen das nämliche zu bemerken wie oben: sie beruht auf 

 einem Irrtum. 



Auf Taf. I ist der zur Verfügung stehende Zweig 1 halb- 

 schematisch dargestellt, und zwar so, daß die konsekutiven 

 Sproßgenerationen abwechselnd dunkel und hell gehalten sind. 



i Philippine Islands Plants, Distributed by A. D. E. Eimer, n. 12344. 

 Magallanes (Mt. Giting-Giting), Province of Capiz, Island of Sibuyan, April 1910. 



