xi, c. 3 Merrill: New Philippine Vitaceae 145 



without well-marked differences. The species extends from Japan and 

 Korea to the Himalayan region southward to southern China, Indo-China, 

 and Java. 



Except for the introduced and occasionally cultivated European Vitis 

 vinifera L., the above is the only true Vitis known from the Philippines. 



LEEA Royen ex Linnaeus 



LEEA PARVIFOLIOLA sp. nov. 



Frutex circiter 3 m altus, inflorescentiis minute puberulis ex- 

 ceptis glaber; foliis decompositis, superioribus circiter 45 cm 

 longis, foliolis numerosis, oblongo-ovatis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 acuminatis, 3 ad 6 cm longis ; inflorescentiis amplis, laxis, 15 ad 

 20 cm in diametro, ramulis ultimis puberulis, ceteris glabris; 

 floribus 5-merous, rubris. 



A shrub about 3 m high, nearly glabrous, the younger portions 

 of the inflorescence only puberulent. Leaves about 45 cm long, 

 their petioles hardly dilated at the base, decompound, the lower 

 pinnae about 20 cm in length. Leaflets numerous, membrana- 

 ceous or chartaceous, slightly shining, the lower surfaces some- 

 what paler than the upper when dry, oblong-ovate to oblong- 

 lanceolate, 3 to 6 cm long, 1 to 2 cm wide, slenderly acuminate, 

 base acute, margins regularly and rather finely serrate; lateral 

 nerves slender, about 10 on each side of the midrib in larger leaves, 

 fewer in smaller ones; petiolules slender, short, terete or sub- 

 terete. Inflorescence ample, 20 cm long, in full anthesis 15 to 

 20 cm wide, peduncled, di- and trichotomously branched, flower- 

 bearing only on the ultimate branchlets, the older parts glabrous, 

 the ultimate branchlets puberulent. Flowers 5-merous, reddish, 

 very numerous, their pedicels puberulent, about 1.5 mm long. 

 Calyx 3 mm in diameter, with 5 very broadly ovate, acute, 1 mm 

 long lobes. Corolla 4 mm long, the free parts of the petals 

 narrowly ovate, tapering gradually to the acute tip, 2 mm long. 

 Tube obovoid, about 2.5 mm in diameter, the lobes oblong, about 

 1 mm long, prominently retuse. Anthers 1.5 mm long. 



Mindanao, District of Cotabato, Glan, For. Bur. U2H Tarrosa, May 

 25, 1912, slightly above sea level. 



A species well characterized by its numerous, comparatively small 

 leaflets and the retuse lobes to the staminal tube. Its alliance seems to 

 be with Leea manillensis Walp., from which, however, it is readily distin- 

 guished by the characters given above. 



[Vol. XI, No. 1, including pages 1 to 48, was issued June 12, 1916; 

 Vol. XI, No. 2, including pages 49 to 100, was issued June 24, 1916.] 



