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by the late C. B. Clarke. It does not agree exactly with the description of that 
species, but is nearer to it than to any other. Its other Philippine distribution 
is Negros and other localities in Tayabas. 
Scirpodendron costatum Kurz in Jour n. As. Soc. Bengal 38 2 (1869) 85. 
Represented by 10249, but by only one other Philippine collection, Merrill 
5257, from Palawan ; widely distributed from Ceylon to Australia and Samoa. 
Remirea maritima Aubl. PI. Guian. 1 (1775) 45, pi. 16. 
Represented by 9133, but otherwise by very few Philippine collections, from 
Mindanao, Mindoro, Camarines, and Cagayan ; tropics of the world. 
Other species: Cyperus diffusus Vahl, 6909; C. haspan Linn., 9030; G. pilosus 
Vahl, 9034, 10251: Eleocharis retroflexus (Poir.) Urban, 9029 : Fimbrislylis 
diphylla Vahl, 9033a, 10246; F. miliacea Vahl, 9033: Fuirena glomerata Lam., 
9028; F. umbellata Rottb., 9027: Hypolytrum latifolium L. C. Rich., 10255: 
Kyllinga monocephala Rottb., 9173: Pycreus odoratus (Linn.) Urban, 10244-' 
Scirpus erectus Poir., 9045, 10252, 10253; 8. grossus Linn, f., 9026, 10254; S- 
mucronatus Linn., 10250: Scleria purpureovaginala Boeek., 6897, 10256: Toru- 
linium confertum Desv., 6909. 
PALMACEAE. 
We were rather unusually successful in obtaining fertile material of palms, 
20 collections in all, which are in the hands of Dr. 0. Beccari for identification. 
The genera represented are Areca, Arenga, Calamus, Korthalsia, Livistona, Nypa, 
Pinanga, and Oncosperma; Cocos nucifera Linn., the commonest species of all, 
was not collected. 
ARACEAE. 
Spathiphyllum commutatum Schott in Oestr. Bot. Wochens. 7 (1857) 158. 
Other Philippine distribution Mindanao, Mindoro, Albay; 10401. 
Raphidophora sp. 
An apparently undescribed species is represented by 9181. It is noteworthy 
from the presence of stinging hairs on the peduncle and is well known on the 
island for this reason.' The stinging effect is moderately severe, and lasts for 
about a day. 
Other species: Aglaeonema marantifolium Blume, 6843: Alocasia macrorrhiza 
(Linn.) Schott, 6997; A. heterophylla (Presl) Merr., 9199, 10772 : Amorpho- 
phallus campanulatus Blume, 9208: Homalomena rubescens phiUppinensis Engler, 
6933: Raphidophora merrillii Engler & Krause, 10370. 
FLAGELLARIACEAE. 
Flagellaria indica Linn, was common and known under its usual Tagalog 
name of balinguay, but as the only fertile specimen seen by either collector, 9065, 
had only a few old fruits, the flowering season is probably July or earlier. 
ERIOCAULACEAE. 
Eriocaulon merrillii Ruhl. in Perk. Fragm, FI. Philip. (1904) 136. 
Polillo specimens, 9031, examined side by side with those of cotypes of E. 
merrillii in this herbarium are in almost exact agreement, but in both eases the 
sepals of the pistillate flowers are two in number and not wanting as was stated 
in the original description. The species still seems distinct in spite of this 
change. It is a plant of very low elevations both in Culion and in Polillo, in 
the latter in rice-paddies, and seems to have a wide Philippine distribution. 
