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circiter 10; infructescentiis paniculatis, usque ad 15 cm longis, 

 fructibus ellipsoideis, 12 ad 16 mm longis. 



A shrub or small tree, entirely glabrous. Branches and 

 branchlets terete, brownish, grayish, or olivaceous, lenticellate. 

 Leaves oblong, usually olivaceous, sometimes pale when dry, 

 dull or slightly shining, verruculose on both surfaces, gradually 

 narrowed below to the acute or acuminate base and more 

 gradually narrowed upward to the rather slenderly acuminate 

 apex, when young membranaceous, in age subcoriaceous, 13 to 

 18 cm long, 4.5 to 8 cm wide; lateral nerves about 10 on 

 each side of the midrib, irregular, prominent or rather prominent 

 on the lower surface, obscurely anastomosing, the reticulations 

 subobsolete or obsolete; petioles 5 to 10 mm long. Infructes- 

 cences from the branches below the leaves, paniculate, up to 15 

 cm in length, stout, the lower branches up to 7 cm in length. 

 Fruits numerous, ellipsoid, smooth, yellowish-brown or brown 

 when dry, 12 to 16 mm long. 



Samar, Catubig River at Mount Capatoan, Bur. Sci. 2b382 Ramos (type), 

 February 19, 1916, on damp forested slopes at low altitudes. Apparently 

 referable here are Bur. Sci. 2^847 Edano, from the Catubig River, and 

 Bur. Sci. 17565 Ramos from the vicinity of Catbalogan. 



Manifestly closely allied to Champereia manillana (Blume) Merr., from 

 which it is readily distinguished by its longer, more numerously nerved 

 leaves, larger panicles, and larger fruits. The leaf characters alone dis- 

 tinguish it at once from Champereia platyphylla Merr., described above. 



ARISTOLOCHIACEAE 



ARISTOLOCHIA Tournefort 

 ARISTOLOCHIA SAMARENSIS sp. nov. § Diplolobus. 



Ut videtur erecta, novellis inflorescentiisque parce pilosis ex- 

 ceptis glabra ; f oliis oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis, membranaceis, 

 nitidis, usque ad 20 cm longis, utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, 

 basi acutis, apice tenuiter acute acuminatis, nervis utrinque cir- 

 citer 6 ; racemis axillaribus, brevibus, paucifloris, bracteis ovatis 

 ad oblongo-ovatis, 5 ad 6 mm longis; calycis glabris, utriculis 

 ellipsoideis, circiter 3.5 cm longis, tubo apicali valde refracto, 

 angusto, labio anguste oblongo, ligulato, circiter 4.5 cm longo. 



Apparently erect, said by the the collector to be about 1 m 

 high, glabrous except the sparingly pilose younger parts and 

 the inflorescence. Branches subolivaceous, longitudinally striate. 

 Leaves oblong to oblong-elliptic, membranaceous, shining, sub- 

 olivaceous, 15 to 20 cm long, 6 to 7 cm wide, subequally narrowed 

 to the acute base and to the slenderly acute-acuminate apex; 

 lateral nerves about 6 on each side of the midrib, curved- 



