xi. c, 4 Merrill: New Plants from Samar 193 



brunneis; petiolo 3.5 ad 5 cm longo; inflorescentiis axiliar- 

 ibus, petiolo subaequantibus, paucifioris, ramis 1 vel 2, parce 

 pubescentibus. 



A subglabrous shrub 1 m high or more, the branches slender, 

 terete, glabrous, lenticellate, grayish-brown. Leaves 1-foliolate, 

 oblong-elliptic, 25 to 30 cm long, 9 to 12 cm wide, firmly charta- 

 ceous, shining on both surfaces when dry, quite glabrous or the 

 lower surface obscurely and sparsely puberulent on the midrib 

 and nerves, the upper surface brownish-olivaceous, the lower 

 paler, and nerves, midrib, and reticulations brownish, in rather 

 strong contrast to the surface, subequally narrowed to the acute 

 base and to the prominently acuminate apex, the acumen dis- 

 tantly denticulate, the margins coarsely and irregularly lobed- 

 toothed, sinuses broad, rounded, the teeth acute, up to 1 cm in 

 length, one corresponding to each lateral nerve; lateral nerves 

 about 11 on each side of the midrib, very prominent on the lower 

 surface as are the primary and secondary reticulations ; petioles 

 sparingly puberulent, 3.5 to 5 cm long. Inflorescences axillary, 

 somewhat pubescent, about as long as the petioles, with one or 

 two branches. Flowers white, their pedicels 1 to 1.5 mm long. 

 Sepals glabrous or their margins obscurely pubescent, the two 

 outer ones oblong to elliptic, rounded, about 2 mm long and 1 mm 

 wide, the two inner ones orbicular to subreniform, 1.8 to 2 mm 

 long, 2 mm wide. Petals 4, about 1.8 mm long, the limb densely 

 villous inside, subtruncate, triangular-narrowed below, the claw 

 glabrous or nearly so. Stamens 8, their filaments somewhat 

 villous, 1.8 to 2 mm long. Glands prominent, glabrous. 



Samar, Catubig River, Mount Capatoan, Bur. Scl 2U02 Ramos, February 

 20, 1916, in forests, locally known as hampapangiay. 



A most characteristic species readily distinguished by its large, coarsely 

 toothed, prominently reticulate, simple leaves and its short, slightly branched 

 inflorescences which are about as long as the petioles. It manifestly belongs 

 in the group of unifoliolate Allophylus to which belong the Philippine 

 species A. unifoliatus Radlk., A. simplicifolius Radlk., and A. peduncularis 

 Radlk., but it is distinct from these and from all other described forms. 



VITACEAE 

 LEE A Royen 

 LEEA UNIFOLIOLATA sp. nov. 



Frutex, partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque exceptis glaber ; 

 foliis simplicibus, oblongis, chartaceis, usque ad 27 cm longis, 

 acuminatis, basi acutis, margine crenato-dentatis, nervis utrin- 

 Que 15 ad 18, subtus valde prominentibus ; inflorescentiis sub- 

 terminalibus, brevibus, confertis, 2 ad 3 cm longis; fioribu? 

 4-meris, albis. 



