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liiiilj nearly 2 mm. luni;-, AvitJi 4 rounded teeth. Petals 4, ovate-laneeolate, 
al)Out 5 mm. long-, 2.3 mm. Avide in the middle, narrowed l)elo\v and to 
the acuminate a]>ex. Stamens 8; lilaments about 2 niin. long; anthers 
lanceolate, about 2 mm. long, rostrate, tlie basal dorsal Sjuir about 
0. .") mni. long. (Jauut 4-celled; style 5 mm. long. 
Mindanao. Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley (433, 301 Mrs. Clemens) March, 1900; 
(3920 Hutchinson) ]\[arcli, 1900. 
A typical IMalayaii genus, of which no species has preA-iousljf hcen reported from 
tlie Pliili]ipines, tlie jiresent species being rvell characterized by its tlnckened 
l)nlh-like roots, Avhicli are inliabited by colonies of ants, in this respect resembling' 
the symbiosis found in the rnbiaceous genera Hydnophytiini and Mi/nnecoidea. 
IIALOKIMIAGACE.E. 
H A LOR R HAG IS Forst. 
In Schindler’s recent monogra]3h ot this family^® no species of tlie 
genus Halurr/iafiis are credited to the Philijipines. Schindler recognizes 
5b species of Ilalorrhugis. of Aidiich 57 are confined to Australia and Aew 
Zc'aland, one to the Asiatic continent, and one extending over the entire 
range of the genus, from ISiew Zealand and Australia to dapan, China, 
and, Bengal. Three species of the genus are represented in our Philij)- 
pine collections, one of Avhich is a|)])arently undescrilied. 
1, Caly.N tube papillose-punctate, the ribs scabrous. 
2. Stamens 6 to 8 ; inflorescence paniculate : leaves lanceolate, 
, about 1.5 cm, long (\) 11. scahra elonyata 
2. Stamens 4 : inflorescence racemose ; leaves elliptical-oblong, 
1 cm. long or less (2) II. philippinensis 
1. Calyx tube quite glabrous, not papillose-punctate, the ribs not 
scabrous (3) H. micrantha 
(1) Halorrhagis scabra (Koenig) Benth., var. elongata Sehindler in Engler’s 
rflanzenreich 23 (190.5) 28. 
Guliox (459 Merrill) December 13, 1902. In damp deserted rice lands near 
the sea level. 
'I’liis vai'iety has previously been knon'ii only from southern China, Hongkong, 
and Annani, although another variety of the same species is found in the Khasia 
IMonntains, British India. The Philippine plant here refeired to, Halorrhayis 
sculira, agrees very closely -with the description and tvith specimens from Hong- 
kong kindly smi))lied me by the Director of the Hongkong Botanic Garden. 
(2) Halorrhagis philippinensis Meirill s]). nov. 
.V scabrous hcrl) 8 to 20 cm. high, erect or spreading, more or less 
branched from tlie liase. Avith simple racemose iiiHorescence, the tlower.s 
solitary in the axils of the bracts, the calyx manifestly ])apillose-punctate, 
scalirous on the rilis Init not parallel callose, the stamens four. Branches 
slender, ajipressed-jiilose, 4-angled. LeaA'es elliptical oblong, coriaceous, 
sparingly pilose, 5 t(.» 10 cm. long, 2.5 to 5 cm. Avide, short petioled or 
subsessile, mucronatc' acmiiinate or acute, the base acute, the margins 
“ .Engler’s I’flunsenreicli. 23, 1905. 
