XKW nillJl'l'JA'K FLOiiA 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao (683 Mrs. C7emc/i6') ScpU'inl.or Oelnl.ur, VMM]. Malay- 
an Peninsula to Java and Sumatra, aiul i)i-..bably other islands in tht; Malayan 
Arcliipolago. 
The specimens from Mindanao are apparently typieal, ami with the evdiisjdn 
of Kadsura hlanooi^Phytovrene! {Icacinacew) from tlie Voynoliacca', the ahuve 
species is the first one of the genus to be recorded fnun the Philippines. 
icacixacej:. 
CARDIOPTERYX Wall. {Cardioj^lrris). 
Cardiopteryx moluccana Plume in Punipliia 3 (18;t7) 277. t. 777. /. «. 
C. lohata P. Pr. var. moluccana Mast, in Hook. f. Fl. Pril. Jnd. 1 (1875) 697; 
F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 46. C. rumphii Paill., var. intcgrifoJin PaiM. in DC. 
Prodr. 17 (1873) 26. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley (137 Mrs. Clcmcnti) 1900, in fruit in 
February, in flower in July and September. 
Baillon gives the disiribution of the variety inteffrifolia^C. molucrana, 
as from British Jndia through ^Talaya to New Guinea, !>ut hhujlrr in Nat. Pflan- 
zenfamilien gives its distribution as from the ^rohu-cus, Ceram and Xew Cuinea. 
F.-Viltar reported it from Luzt.ni and Panay, but his record of the .-ipccics as a 
Philippine plant has previously never been verified. 
VITACE.?^. 
PTERISANTHES Plume. 
Pterisanthes sinuosa Merrill n. ep. 
Glabra; foliis ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, membranaceiB, 11 aJ 2i) cm. 
longis, 6 ad 11 cm. latis, apice acumiiiatis, basi luvitcr conlaiis, laargiue 
grosse distanter sinuato-dentatis; receptacnlo oblongo-lanccolato, longe 
pedunculato, 11 ad 20 cm. longo, 1 ad 1.8 cm. lato, floribus marginalibus 
pedicellatis, floribus sessilibus immersis, 4-meris. 
K"early glabrous throughout when mature, the younger part? slightly 
ferruginous -pi lose. Branches slender. Leaves ovate to oblong-ovate, 
simple, 11 to 20 cm. long, G to 11 cm. wide, membranac-eous, the apex 
sharply acuminate, the base somewhat cordate, broad, the margins 
distantly and coarsely sinuate-dentate, dull or shining; nerves prominent, 
eurved-ascending, al>out 5 on each side of the midrib; petioles 3 to 5 
em. long. Tendrils bifid. Receptacles rod (?) apparently somewhat 
fleshy when fresh, oblong-lanceolate, 11 to 20 em. long, 1 to l.S cm. 
wide, long pedunculate, the marginal flowers rather numerous, pedicel- 
late, the pedicels alxHit 1.5 cm. long, those on the surface of the lamina 
sessi-le, immersed, very numerous, 4-merous, the petals triangular-ovate, 
acute, 1 mm. long, tlie calyx disciform, truncate, about 1.7 mm. in 
diameter. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley (647 Mra. Ch>n-ns), July-October, 
1906, four collections. 
The first species of this very characteristic ilalayan genus to be found in the 
Philippines and apparently closely related to Pterisanthes poUta Miq., of the 
Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra aud Borneo, differing from that specie* in its 
coarsely sinuate-toothed larger leaves and other characters. 
