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not prominent, the reticulations lax, faint ; petiolules 5 to 8 mm 

 long. Inflorescence axillary and terminal, lax, the axillary ones 

 in fruit up to 20 cm long, the terminal ones sometimes 30 cm 

 in length, divaricately branched. Flowers unknown. Fruit nar- 

 rowly obovoid, about 1 cm long, 5 to 7 mm wide, smooth, nar- 

 rowed below to the acute base, the apex blunt, tipped by the 

 remains of the stigma, the pericarp thin, brown when dry, show- 

 ing the rugosities of the seed which is about 8 mm long, slightly 

 compressed, subelliptic in outline. 



Basilan, Bur. Sci. 1617 S Reillo, September, 1912. 



A species greatly resembling Tetrastigma laxum Merr., and unquestion- 

 ably closely allied to that form; different, however, in its much larger 

 leaflets, the rachis of the leaves much extended beyond the lateral leaflets. 



TETRASTIGMA EVERETTI! sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens inflorescentiis exceptis glaber ; f oliis longe pe- 

 tiolatis, pedatim 5- ad 7-foliolatis, foliolis oblongis ad oblongo- 

 obovatis, usque ad 20 cm longis, acuminatis, basi acutis, margine 

 grosse irregulariter acute sinuato-serratis, nervis utrinque 7 ad 

 10, curvatis, subtus distinctis; inflorescentiis axillaribus, longe 

 pedunculatis, 2- vel 3-pinnatim umbellatis, pubescentibus ; floribus 

 8 4-meris, umbellatis, petalis extus pubescentibus, oblongis, 

 acutis, intus cucullatis, 3.5 ad 4 mm longis. 



A scandent vine, glabrous except the inflorescence, the branches 

 terete, striate, dark-brown when dry. Leaves long-petioled, ped- 

 ately 5- or 7-foliolate, the petioles 13 to 16 cm long, the leaflets 

 oblong to oblong-obovate, 12 to 20 cm long, 4 to 8 cm wide, slightly 

 shining, of about the same color on both surfaces when dry, the 

 base acute, apex sharply acuminate, the margins in the upper two- 

 thirds prominently and coarsely sinuate-serrate, the teeth irreg- 

 ular in size, acute; nerves 6 to 10 on each side of the midrib, 

 distinct beneath, curved, the reticulations subobsolete; petiolule 

 of the middle leaflet up to 4 cm in length, those of the lateral one3 

 much shorter. Inflorescence axillary, pubescent, solitary, 2- or 

 3-pinnately umbellate, 10 to 12 cm long, the peduncle longer than 

 the floriferous portion, bearing at its apex 3 to 5, elongated, 

 primary branches. Flowers white, 4-merous, umbellately ar- 

 ranged at the tips of the ultimate branchlets, their pedicels 

 pubescent, 5 to 8 mm long. Calyx disklike, truncate, 1.2 mm 

 in diameter. Petals 4, oblong-ovate, acute or obtuse, prominently 

 cucullate at the apex inside, 3.5 to 4 mm long, not at all cornic- 

 ulate. Disk prominent in the staminate flowers, glabrous, 2 mm 

 in diameter. Filaments 2 mm long; anthers orbicular-elliptic, 

 1 mm long. Female flowers nor seen. 



