1 N W R T . E O NO EWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS III; “ , LME M E R . ERRI LL B t anis t By D , o . Two re ious articl es h ave b een ublished un der this titl e p v p , . Bureau of Government Lab oratories ublication s 6 an 1 7 th e p d , third an d p resen t p ap er having b een p rep ared as m aterial and data b ame vail abl In order i ec a e . to f acil tate referen ce to the p receding a ers a f ull in dex to all s ec ies c on side red in the thre ublic a p p , p e p tions has been in clu ded in the rese n on p t e . PAN DANA CEEE . ‘ S a rara n a h n ns s g p ili p p i e i s , p . nov . 6 o h t 8 in . t e An erect tree high , branched at top , the inflorescence a 1 2 2 0 1 . 0 . 0 . long compound panicle to cm long Leaves about m long , 7 . st o u tl a n t r o r se l cm wide , the margins y y toothed throughout, the midrib beneath antrorsely toothed , above glabrous . Axis and branches of the F n . u inflorescence densely grayish stellate pube scent throughout . lowers . w . o 6 to 8 . 5 kn wn Fruit yellowish , glabrous , mm ide , mm long , subreniform , ‘ sulcate between the pyrenes when dry , subtended by a discoid entire or a - st i ma s sma l l 1 6 slightly lobed c lyx like bract , sessile , the g , about , arranged t f o 3 . in w parallel rows along the median portion o f the ruit . Pyrenes mm 2 m m . 1 6 long , wide , thin , broadly ovate , both ends rounded , about in each t w o . fruit , arranged in parallel rows h it fo rd R P o f 9 V . 4 . H . V Type specimen No . 7 ( N ) Tinuan iver , rovince 9 4 G S 4 1 0 . Tayabas ( In fanta ) , Luzon , eptember , rowing in forests along the seashore at 3 to 5 m . above the . sea . on . a G This genus was based single species from New uinea , and the discovery of a second species in the Philippines is of special interest . Pa n n s s s . Sussea . d a u p a lli d u , p nov § ' 2 or A . small shrub m high less , with elongated leaves , which are s n gradually narrowed upward to the long, lender , acute, scarcely acumi ate - 4 t o 5 . apex, the fruits globose , cm in diameter , dull white when mature , 5 24 . to 7 crowded in a dense , erect raceme about cm long Trunk erect , 5 6 5 . cm in diameter , the bark smooth , dull gray, somewhat scaly, the branches 3 5 un . 1 t o to , terminating the tr k , ascending Leaves m . long, 3 to 4 . t o t h cm wide below, gradually narrowed upwards the apex , e margins antrorsely toothed throughout , the midrib on the upper surface glabrous , beneath with scattered antrorse teeth or in part glabrous , the lateral nerves on the upper surface sparingly antrorsely toothed in the upper part of . R 2 5 . o r s the leaf , beneath glabrous aceme cm long le s , erect, the heads ' ' crowded , short pedunculate , each subtended by a broad bract , the lower h t bracts acuminate , exceeding the raceme , the upper ones muc shor er , triang ular acute, the margins and midrib finely serrate toothed . Drupes closely 75 5 6 packed, about in each fruit , obovate , irregularly to angled , ' cm . long, to mm . thick above, tapering from near the apex to the cuneate base, the apex abruptly rounded or convexly subpyramidal , striate , 2 . 2 4 the stigmas plane , mm in diameter , the loculi to in each drupe . 5840 . P o f Type specimen No ( A D E Elmer ) , Baguio, rovince Benguet , 1 904 . G O Luzon , March , rowing in pen grass lands along streams in the n o S t . o pine region , common taminate flowers were observed by the collect r in July, but could not be preserved . t s r n n o . Keu a . Pa d a n us c a ud a us p . v § 7 t o 8 . A tree m high , with solitary, pendant , subglobose or ellipsoid 1 h l e r in o . t e a v e s t a e fruits ab ut 7 cm long , , p g above to the slender caudate _ 2 ' . 5 . acuminate apex Trunk cm in diameter , with yellowish bark , beset 2 with small scattered conical spines , the aerial roots wide spreading, to f . 3 . o m long, the few short branches crowded at the apex the trunk Leaves 5 . to m . long , about cm wide , the margins antrorsely toothed throughout , the midrib above glabrous , beneath finely antrorsely toothed , the two lateral nerves antrorsely toothed on the upper surface for the o f s 6 . upper third the leaf, the caudate apex antror ely toothed , about cm 1 long . Fruit yellowish red, fragrant , about 7 cm . long, nearly as thick , 6 0 or 0 30 . with 7 or more drupes , the peduncle about cm long Drupes 3 . 4 6 . 6 about cm long , to cm thick , irregularly to angled , obovate , u tapering below to the nearly c neate base, scarcely or slightly narrowed at the apex which is truncate , flattened, the apex about cm . wide, and 3 . e 5 . cm long , sulcat , the sulci between the loculi about mm deep ; loculi 1 0 t o 1 2 irregularly disposed , in each drupe, their apices irregular convexly i n o r e . 1 2 . conical ; stigmas to mm diameter , more less obliqu f 1 4 . S N o 6 3 . o Type specimen . ( A D E Elmer ) , ablan , Province Benguet , in t h i ke t 1 o . 9 4 . N t c s 0 . Luzon , April , common , along streams Br n i a a t a . Pa n d a n us s i mp l e x sp . nov . § g 3 . 6 . An erect , unbranched tree about m high , the leaves about m long 9 1 1 . and cm wide , the fruit solitary, cylindrical or subglobose , about M o f b cm . in diameter . argins the leaves toothed , the teeth elow , stout and 2 3 distant to above small and close , the midrib beneath with scattered 3 . teeth , above glabrous . Peduncle stout , triangular , to cm thick - 1 . a l 3 . Drupes celled , cm long, about cm thick , many, obovoid, the b sal 2 . portion cm long , compressed , angular , narrowed below, the apical portion u . ang lar , subpyramidal , the tip smooth and rounded , scarcely truncate 2 . Stigma plain , sessile , sublateral , about mm in diameter 7 T . 782 R P o f ype specimen No ( Whitford ) , Tinuan iver , rovince Tayabas S 6 1 904 . G on ( Infanta ) , Luzon , eptember , rowing hilltops at an elevation of 1 50 . a a s Ca la u ima about m Loc lly known q y . Perhaps most closely t o P an da/ nu s o no id e c us . M related Lam , from the oluccas . G RAMINEZE . r lm r i s n ost s c e . ov Ag i p . w 4 0 . A eak , erect , tufted , glabrous , perennial grass about cm high , o r 2 with linear , flat leaves , more less contracted panicles about 0 cm . long , subequal empty glumes and awnless flowering glumes , the palea equaling th e . S glume in length Culms slender , the nodes glabrous . heaths about . 3 t o 4 eq ualing the internodes , glabrous Ligule mm . long, minutely o r e scabrid , entire , obtuse , slightly lac rate in older specimens . Leaves about 1 0 . o 3 . cm l ng, mm wide, the cauline ones similar in shape and size t o the radical . Panicles greenish , the rhachis glabrous , the branches minutely 5 t o 7 . scabrous ; branches ascending , subverticillate , cm long, the pedicels fi 3 . l ifor m f o . E scabrous , mm long , , thickened at the base the spikelet mpty a or ' 2 glumes subequal , l nceolate , acute slightly acuminate, mm . long, . mm . wide ( when spread ) , the keel scabrous , the margins minutely so . F “ . n lowering glume mm long , acute , aw less, glabrous . Palea equaling the flowering glume . Anthers mm . long . N o : 6 M 558 . Type specimen ( A D E Elmer ) , ount Santo Tomas , Province 1 1 90 4 of Benguet , Luzon , July , . This species grows on the Open , grassy o f n o f slopes the mou tain , at an altitude m . and above , forming ’ r tis e lme m . A s tufts, the weak stems often more or less reclining g o is H t o e e according to ackel , whom specimens were sent , very clos ly relat d to A r stis er en n cms . o U S . N g o p Tuck , a species of the northeastern nited tates species o f the genus has previously been reported from the Philippines . in l P 1 9 B m M . 05 . a D o c h o a d f us a G . i f ( Blanco ) errill , ovt Lab ubl ( busa di usa . 1 289 . 2 1 87 . 3 fi Blanco , Fl Filip ed , ; ed , ; ed , i h i i P P . 1 4 9 : 1 9 04 D no c l o a d ie l s an a ilger in erkins Frag .