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The Philippine Journal of Science 
1913 
Luzon, Laguna Province, Mount Maquiling, Baker 86S (type) , March 1, 
1913, Bur. Sci. 16926 Servinas, November 25, 1912, Bur. Sci. 6737 Robinson, 
April 8, 1909, Merrill 7153, September 3, 1910, on forested slopes, altitude 
120 to 600 meters. 
A species well characterized by its pubescent leaves, petioles, and pe- 
duncles, and by its white, fleshy, fruiting spathes. 
COMMELINACEAE 
ANEILEMA R. Brown 
ANEILEMA HUMILE sp. nov. § Dictyospermum. 
Planta circiter 20 cm alta, erecta, haud ramosa, vaginis et 
petioles plus minusve hirsutis; foliis paucis, submembranaceis, 
oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 10 cm longis, apice ten- 
uiter acuminatis, basi cuneatis; inflorescentiis racemosis, pau- 
cifloris, solitariis, e axillis superioribus, circiter 2 cm longis; 
capsulis ovoideis, glabris, circiter 3 mm longis, 3-locularibus, 
3-valvis, loculis 1-spermis ; seminibus osseis, plano-convexis, 
ellipticis, perspicue rugosis, circiter 2.5 mm longis. 
An erect simple plant, or the lower parts of the stem more 
or less decumbent and geniculate, about 20 cm high, the stems 
glabrous or very slightly pubescent. Leaves submembranaceous, 
oblong to oblong-elliptic, 5 to 10 cm long, 1.5 to 3.5 cm wide, 
subequally narrowed to the slenderly sharp-acuminate apex and 
to the cuneate base, glabrous, of the same color on both surfaces 
when dry, scarcely shining, the longitudinal lateral nerves 
usually three on each side of the midrib, obscure, the petiolar 
part 3 to 4 mm long, more or less pubescent, the sheaths 1 cm 
long or less, somewhat inflated, more or less pubescent. Raceme 
solitary, simple, from the uppermost axil, 2 to 2.5 cm long, 
few-flowered, glabrous, the base with a narrowly lanceolate, 1 
cm long, acuminate bract. Flowers white. Sepals elliptic- 
obovate, green when fresh, brown when dry, about 3 mm long, 
concave, somewhat cucullate. Petals very thin, white, oblong- 
obovate, rounded, about 3.5 mm long, the nerves dark-brown, 
very prominent. Fertile stamens 3; anthers broadly elliptic- 
ovate, 1 mm long; staminodes 3. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; style 
3 mm long. Capsule ovoid or ovoid-ellipsoid, 3 to 3.5 mm long, 
3-valved, 3-celled, the pericarp brittle, shining; seeds solitary 
in each cell, 2.5 mm long, white, plano-convex, elliptic, promi- 
nently rugose. 
Alabat, back of Sangirin, Merrill 10159, December 24, 1916, on steep 
slopes in damp forests, altitude about 80 meters; rare and a few plants 
observed in only one place. 
This very characteristic species is readily distinguished by its inflores- 
