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caudiculate, the branches of the raphis numerous, anastomosing and 
forming a network of long and narrow loops. 
Not common along the Bongabong River, Mindoro, No. 1388 H. N. Whitford, 
January 19, 1906. Vernacular Visayan name “Sarauag Tagalog, “Prunbai.” 
It is one of the largest and most beautiful species of the genus. Whitford in 
his field notes gives 5 m. as the height of the entire plant, but from the dimensions 
of the leaves we should estimate a greater height. From the size of the leaf- 
sheaths the trunk may be judged to be 15 cm. in diameter. 
Pinanga modesta Becc. n. sp. 
Gracilis, 1.5-3 m. alta, caudice 10-15 mm. diam. internodis 3-6 cm. 
longis. Folia 0.6-1 m. longa, vagina circiter 18 cm. longa, petiolo 12-20 
cm. longo, basi 6-8 mm. crasso, supra profunde canaliculate, marginibus 
obtusis, segmentis utrinque 3—4 et duobus terminalibus, chartaceis, rigid- 
ulis, subtus pallidis, subglaucescentibus et sub lente punctulato-puberulis, 
superne striatis et minutissime (saepe inconspicue) puntulato-scabridis, 
lateralibus acinaciformibus inaequalibus per paria oppositis, sensim 
longeque falcato-acuminatis, 3-6-costatis, 30-40 cm. longis, 4-7 cm. 
latis, duobus terminalibus basi connatis et apice acute duplicato-dentatis. 
Spadix fructifer brevis, 10-12 cm. longus, abrupte deflexus, parte pedi- 
cellari brevissima, in ramis perpaucis (3-4) valde compressis digitatim 
partitus ; fructubus horizontalibus exacte et concinne pectinato-biseriatis, 
8-10 mm. inter se remotis, angustissime ovatis, basi coarctatis et acutis, 
in parte superiori sensim attenuatis, summo apice papillaeformi, 15-16 
mm. longis, 6 mm. crassis; semine e basi ovata conico-acuto, 11 mm. 
longo, 5 mm. crasso, basi caudiculato. Perianthium fructiferum 2 mm. 
altum, 4 mm. latum, e basi plana cupulari, in ore nonnihil coarctatum. 
A slender species 1.5-3 m. high. Stem 10-15 mm. in diameter, its 
joints 3-6 cm. long, finely dotted with small brown radiate scales in the 
apical young parts. Leaves 0.6-1 m. long, not including the sheath; 
this about 18 cm. long, finely and sharply striate, more or less scaly 
f urfuraceous ; the petiole 12-20 cm. long, 6-8 mm. thick in its basal part, 
rounded beneath, deeply channeled above, the margins of the channel 
obtuse; the rachis very obscurely keeled beneath in its lower portion and 
flattish higher up ; above bifacial from the middle upwards and appressed 
scaly-furfuraceous throughout as is the petiole. The leaflets few, usually 
only 3 — 4 on each side of the rachis and two at the summit, rather firmly 
papyraceous, dull, subglaucescent and under the lens finely punctulate- 
puberulous beneath, finely striate and punctulate above; the lateral 
leaflets are acinaciform, about 40 cm. long, 4-7 cm. broad, usually 
opposite, very slightly or not at all narrowed at the base, gradually 
falciform-acuminate, with 3-6 acute acostae; the terminal leaflets are 
united by their bases, 5-10 cm. broad, with many (6-12) costae and 
an equal number of main teeth at their summit, these separated by 
deep and acute reentering angles, the resulting secondary teeth cleft 
