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Pinanga Elmerii Becc. 
Babuyanes, Camiguin Island, Bur. Sci. 411/9 Fenix, July, 1907. 
Pinanga urosperma Becc. sp. nov. 
Mediocris, 4—5 m alta. Folia circiter 1.6 m longa, regularissime pin- 
nata, segmentis numerosissimis (utrinque circiter 40), aequidistantibus, 
artgulo nonnihil acuto insertis, chartaceis, rigidulis, utrinque opacis, 
subtus pallidioribus et minutissime punctulato-subscabridulis, unicostatis, 
angustis, elongatis, in apicem acuminato-caudatum leviter falcatum sensim 
a medio acuminatis, basi parum attenuatis, costa media valida subtus 
squamulis ferrugineis demum deciduis dense ob tecta percursis; segmen- 
tis medialibus 50-55 cm longis, infra medium usque ad 20-22 mm latis, 
superioribus sensim brevioribus et paullo angustioribus, 2 vel 3 terminali- 
bus ceteris brevioribus et 2-4-costatis. Spadix brevis, 25 cm longus, parte 
pedicellari brevi, 10-12 mm crassa, suffultus; ramulis paucis (5), alterne 
distichis, crassis, compressis, 12-14 cm longis, in sicco 5-6 mm latis, 
apice non vel vix attenuatis. Fructus concinne biseriato-pectinati, valde 
inter se approximate ovoideo-elliptici, inter species affines pro rata 
majusculi, 28-32 mm longi, in sicco 13—14 mm crassi, basi (dum sicci) 
in partem subpedicellarem 5-6 mm longam abrupte angustati, superne 
attenuati et apice conico-mammillato terminati ; semine olivaeformi 22 
mm longo, 11 mm crasso, apice obtuso, Dasi in caudiculum elongatum 
subspinescentem producto; albumine dense radiato-ruminato. Perian- 
thium fructiferum depresso-cupulare, truncation, in ore minime con- 
strictum, 7 mm latum, 3.5 mm altum, divisionibus in margins "otundatis 
et in medio minime apiculatis. 
Babuyanes Islands, Camiguin, Bur. Sci. 1/01/1/ Fenix, June, 1907, on steep 
forested slopes. 
A very characteristic species because of its relatively large bifarious fruits, 
which, when dry, appear as if they were distinctly pedicellate, the seeds being 
produced at the base into a conspicuous almost spiniform eaudiculum. 
CALAMUS Linn. 
Calamus mitis Becc. sp. nov. 
Scandens, gracilis, caudice vaginato 15 mm diam., vaginis virescen- 
tibus, glabriusculis, inermibus. Ocrea subnulla. Folia brevia, in parte 
pinnifera 35-40 cm longa, cirro gracili irregular iter crebreque aculeato 
terminata; petiolo subnullo; segmentis paucis (utrinque 5 vel 6) ir- 
regulariter* remoteque alternis (minime aggregatis), elliptico-oblongis vel 
oblanceolato-ellipticis vel oblongo-subspathulatis, leviter concavo-convexis, 
chartaceis, utrinque irridibus et opacis, basi sensim attenuatis et acutis, 
superne in acumen breve ad margines vix setigerum abrupte coarctatis, 
5-costulatis ; costulis utrinque nudis; marginibus remote et inconspicue 
spinulosis; segmentis intermediis 20-24 cm longis, in medio vel paullo 
supra medium 5. 5-6. 5 cm latis, basilaribus aliquantum superioribus 
paullo minoribus. Spadix 2 gracilis, ereetus, rigidulus, 0.85-1 m lon- 
gus, eaudiculo gracili inermi terminatus; spathis primariis tubulosis non 
