THE FLORA OF MOUNT II ALCOA. 
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anthers 1 mm. long. Ovary free, superior, ovoid, 3-cellecl, each cell 
about 15-ovuled; style simple. Capsule 3-valved, ovoid, membranous, 
glabrous, 4 mm. long. Seeds many, narrowly ovoid, 0.8 mm. long, 
reticulate. 
On seepy slopes, open heath lands at 2,400 m. alt. (No. 5710). 
The second species of the genus known, the other, Liriope graminifolia (Linn.) 
Baker, being known from Japan to northern Luzon, China and Cochin China. L. 
brachyphylla is distinguished from L. graminifolia by its comparatively short 
leaves, smaller size, solitary, not fascicled flowers and many ovules. 
SMI LAX Tourn. 
Smilax china Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 1459.? 
On exposed ridges in thickets 1,300 to 2,600 m. alt. (Nos. 6140, 6211, 6126). 
The same form is represented by Nos. 4497, 4749 Merrill from northern Luzon. 
Smilax china has previously been credited to the Philippines by F.-Villar. Because 
of the lack of pistillate flowers I am not certain of the correctness of the above 
identification, but the speeiments agree well with the description. 
Japan to southern China and Formosa. 
Smilax vicaria Kunth Enum. 5 (1850) 262. * 
In an old clearing at 900 m. alt. (No. 5579) . 
Endemic to the Philippines. 
AMARYLLIDACE2E. 
CURCULIGO Gaertn. 
Curculigo glabra Merrill n. sp. 
Glabra; foliis usque ad 50 cm. longis, 13 cm. latis, breviter acumin- 
atis, basi acutis; petiolo usque ad 40 cm. longo; pedunculo ad 20 cm. 
longo ; baccis 8 m m. longis. 
Glabrous throughout. Leaves up to 50 cm. long, 13 cm. wide, mem- 
branous, the apex short acuminate, the base acute, somewhat inequilateral, 
the nerves prominent ; petioles up to 40 cm. in length, glabrous, somewhat 
inflated below. Peduncles about 20 cm. long, recurved above. Flowers 
not seen; bracts ovate, acuminate, 7 to 10 nerved; pedicels 1 cm. long. 
Fruits many, narrowly ovoid, not beaked, about 8 mm. long, fleshy and 
smooth when fresh, rugose when dry, somewhat crowded in a 6 to 8 cm. 
long head; seeds many, 1.5 mm. in diameter; the somewhat persistent 
perianth lobes 6 mm. long. 
In forests at 275 m. alt. (No. 5750). 
Well characterized by being entirely glabrous throughout. 
DIOSCOREACE2E. 
DIOSCOREA Linn. 
Dioscorea nummularia Lam. Encycl. 2 (1789) 331. 
In an old clearing at 700 in. alt. (No. 5657 ). 
Apparently widely distributed in the Philippines. 
Malaya. 
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