98 MERRILL AND ROLFK. 
Polygonum praetermissum Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1886) 47; Forbes & 
Ilemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soe. Bot. 26 (1891) 347. 
Luzox, Province of Benguet, Loher V>^8; District of Lcpanto, Mount Data, 
Merrill .'1521. 
Eastern Tiuliii and Ceylon to central China, also in Tasmania; new to the 
Philippines. 
Polygonum Posumbu Hamilt. in D. Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. (1823) 71; 
Forbes & Ilemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1891) 346. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Merrill .'{805; Elmer 51116; Williams IJf^O. 
Eastern Himalayan region to China, Japan, Formosa and Java; new to the 
Philippines. 
RANUNCULACE.l^]. 
CLEMATIS Linn. 
Clematis Meyeniana Walp. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 
297; Forbes & Hemsl. in Journ. Liun. Soc. Bot. 23 (1886) 5; Hook. f. in Curtiss' 
Bot. Mag. IIL 59 (1903) pZ. 1891. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Loher: Suyoc to Pauai, Merrill ^111, November, 
1000, alt. 2,000 m. 
A species extending from southern China to the Riu Kiu Islands and Formosa, 
not previously reported from the Philippines. 
NARAVELIA DC. 
Naravelia Loheri ilerrill & Rolfe sp. nov. 
Scandcns; foliis oppositis, petiolatis, intcgris, menibranaceis, acumi- 
natis, basi 5-nerviis; floribus solitariis, terininalibufi, longe pedimculatis; 
sepalis 4^ ovnti?^; petalis circiter 12, lineari-spatulatis, circiter 2 cm longis, 
2 mm latis ; ovario villosissimo ; aclienis lanceolatis, plus minus liirsutis, 
2 cm longis, ecaudatis. 
Scamlent, the stems slender, reddish or straw colored, striate, sparingly 
pilose, becoming nearly gla])rous, the young shoots rather densely fer- 
ruginous-pubescent. Leaves opposite, tlie petiole about 2 cm long, 
slightly pilose or pubescent; leaflets 2, ovate or objong-ovatc, membran- 
ous, glabrous or nearly so, entire or rarely with one or two large or 
small teeth, ba?e rounded or acute, apex acuminate and tipped with a 
small mucro, 5 to 8 cm long, 2.5 to 4.5 cm wide; nerves 5, basal, promi- 
nent, ascending, the reticulations lax, rather prominent; petiolules 
1 cm long or less, usually densely pubescent, the tendril elongated, 
slender, glabrous, 3-partite at the apex. Flowers few, solitary, at the 
apices of the lateral branches, the peduncles 4 cm long or more, somewhat 
pubescent, elongated in fruit. Sepals 4, 8 to 9 mm long, ovate, some- 
what pubescent, deciduous. Petals about 12, linoar-spatulate, glabrous, 
2 em long, or less, 2 mm wide above. Stamens a})out 3 mm long. 
Carpels densely hirsute. Achenes 10 to 15, about 2 cm long, narrowly 
lanceolate, appressed-hirsute but not densely so, gradually narrowed above 
to a slender beak, not tailed. 
