232 MBRRIU.. 
MEZONEURUM Desf 
ezoneurum mindorense sp. nov. 
Scandens; foliis bipinnatis, usque ad 35 cm lougis, rhacliidibus 
postice aculeis geminis ternisvc recurvis annatis; piniiis ca. 12, 8 ad 
10 cm longis; foliolis 8- ad 12-jugatis, oblongo-ellipticis, glabris, 1 ad 
1.5 cm lougis; paniculis terminalibiis ; leguminibus brunneis, nitidis, 
ca. 7 cm longis, monospermis, alis 5 mm latis. 
Scandent, nearly glabrous throughout, the branches terete, dark- 
reddish-brown, with scattered stout recurved spines about 2.5 mm long. 
Leaves 35 cm long or less, bipinnate, the rachis with short but stout 
recurved spines in pairs, rarely in threes at the insertion of the pinnae; 
pinnae 12 or less, 8 to 10 cm long, tlie rhachis slightly pubescent; leaf- 
lets 8 to 12 pairs, oblong-elliptical, glabrous, submembranaceous, 1 to 1.5 
cm long, 5 to 7 mm wide, paler beneath, the apex rounded, minutely 
apiculate, rarely slightly emarginate, the base acute or obtuse; nerves 
obscure; petiolules very short. Panicles terminal, in frait 30 cm long 
or more, the branches somewhat pubescent. Flowers unknown. Pods 
ghabrous, shining, about 7 cm long, about 2.2 cm wide in the middle, 
coriaceous, brown, somewhat semilunar in outline, the winged margin 
nearly straight, the other regularly curved, giving nearly the outline 
of a sector of a circle, the wing 5 mm wide, base and apex acute; seed 
solitai7, in the middle of the pod, flat, circular in outline, 7 mm in 
diameter (immature). 
MiNDORO, Pinanialayan, Far. Bur. 5383 Merritt, October, 1906, in thickets 
near sea level. 
Var. inerme var. nov, 
DilTert a typo folionun rhacliidibus inermibus. 
MiNDORO, Bulalucao, Bur. Bci. 1514 Bcrmcjos, August 30, lOOH. 
ekythroxylace.t:. 
ERYTHROXYLUM P. Browne. 
Erythroxylum cuneatum (Wall.) Kurz in Joiirn. As. Soc. Beng, 43" (1874) 
35; Schulz in Pflanzenreich 29 (1907) 146. 
Erythroxylum lur7nanicum Griff. Not. PI. Asiat. 4 (1854) 468. f. 5S1, f. 3; 
Merrill in Forestry Bur. Bull. 1 (1903) 25. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Loher s. «., May, 1904; Bosoboso, Bur. Sci. 1023 
7?amos, June, 1906: Province of Bulacan, For. Bur. 1l'l58 Gurran, June, 1907: 
Province of Camarinus Sur, Parfacao, Ahern 202. 
Tenasserim to thu Malay Peninsula, Sunuxtra and Java. T., Saling, Manawlto. 
Erythroxylum platyphyllum sp. nov. § Coelocarpufi. 
DifTert 7?. cuncalo pedicellis brr\ioribus, ca. 2 mm longis^ foliip ma- 
joribus, usque nd 11 cm longis^ fi cm latis. 
