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A ix-euliiir getius, aiioin:ili.ii^ in tlio family, here rcporteil from the Philippines 
for the first time; apparently widely distrihnted in the Archipelago, but variable. 
The genus contains the above species, Siphonodon ausirale Benth., and S. pen- 
dulum Bailey, of Australia, and the following species, which is evidently 
undescribcd. 
Siphonodon pyriformis sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, glabra, 5 ad 6 m alta; foliis eoriaeeis, nitidis, oblongo- 
ellipticis vel obloiigo-lauceolatis, 7 ad 15 cm longis, basi acutis, margine 
obscure crenulatis; nervis titrinqiie 7 ad 10; fnictibus pyrifonnibus, ca. 
3 om longis, crustaceo-carnosis, glabris. 
A small tree, 5 to G m liigli, glabrous tlirougliout. Branches and 
branchlcts terete, dark-^eddisll-b^o^^']l, lenticellatc. Leaves alternate, 
eoriaceons, glabrous, elliptical-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, rarely ellip- 
tical-ovate, 7 to 15 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, the base acute, apex shortly 
and obtusely acuminate or rather long acuminate, the margins obscurely 
crcnulatc; lateral nerves 7 to 10 on each side of the midrib, irregular, 
anastomosing, the secondary ones nearly as prominent; petioles 4 mm 
long or less. Fruit axillary, solitary, the peduncles 5 to 8 nun long, 
crustaceous-ileshy, glabrous, pyriform, about 3 cm long, 2 cm in diam- 
eter, shining; seeds scattered. 
Luzox, Trovince of Benguet, Elmer o()8o, March, 1904; For. Bur. T/JZ Curran, 
August, 1906; Bur. Set. 2875 Mearns, April, 1907. 
A species allied to the preceding, readily distinguishable however by its 
pyriform fruits. 
icaci:nacej^. 
STEMONURUS Blume. 
Stemonurus laxiflorus (Miers) comb, nov, 
Platea laxiflora Miers in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. II 10 (1852) 111. 
Gomphandra laxiflora Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1885) 103." 
Cissus flexuosa Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Xat. Mosc. 31^ (1858) 415. 
Tlie species is enumerated here to call attention to the reduction of Ciaaus 
flexuosa Turcz., it being based on the same number of Cuming's collection as was 
Platea laxiflora. Turczaninow's description also applies to the specimens of 
Cuming 891 that we have seen. Miers* name having priority, is here retained, 
l>ut is transferred to Hlenomurus, where the species apparently belongs. Plan- 
chou in his monograph of the Ampclideae^ remarks concerning Oissus flexuosa 
"Est-ce bien un Ampelidee? Plus que doutcux." 
Stemonurus merrittii sp. nov. 
Axhov 10 ad 12 in alta, inflorescentiis rarnulis petiolisqnc puberulis; 
I'oliis papyraceis, obovato-ellipticis vel obovalo-oblongis, acumiuatis, ca. 
20 cm longis; cyiuis axillaribus, 1 ad 2 cm longis;* floribus sessilibus, 
fascicidatis; filamentis brevibns, glabris; fnictibus anguste oblongis, 
2 ad 2.5 cm longis, plus minus triangular i-compressis, sulcatis. 
"*Dr. l^r.Miog. Plum. 5 (1S87) 424. 
