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primary reticulations distinct, subparallel; petiolules stout, 1 
to 1.5 cm long. Inflorescences dense, ovoid, sessile, about 2.5 
cm long, the flowers greenish-yellow, 4-merous, their petals up 
to 5 mm in length. Calyx about 5 mm long, cup-shaped, broadly 
4-lobed. Petals oblong-ovate, about 3.5 mm long and 3 mm wide, 
the tube extended 2.5 to 3 mm above the attachment of the petals, 
the anthers narrowly oblong, 2 to 2.5 mm long. Fruit fleshy, 
globose, glabrous, red, about 1.5 cm in diameter, 1- or 2-seeded, 
the seeds subglobose, about 7 mm thick. 
MINDANAO, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 34397 Ramos & Pas- 
casio, April 30, 1919, in damp forests at low altitudes. 
A species belonging in the group with Leea congesta Elm., but 
with very much larger, more-numerously nerved leaflets. 
LEEA CAPITATA sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus, glaber; foliis pinnatis, usque ad 90 cm longis, 
plerumque 11-foliolatis, foliolis oblongis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, 
coriaceis, 23 ad 36 cm longis, 5 ad 10 cm latis, basi late rotun- 
datis, apice tenuiter acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 16, 
perspicuis; inflorescentiis ovoideis vel subglobosis, densis capi- 
tatis, 3 ad 4 cm diametro; floribus confertis, 4-meris, calycis 
circiter 5 mm longis, petalis (partibus liberis) circiter 4 mm 
longis. 
An erect, glabrous shrub, 1 to 2 m high, the ultimate branches 
up to 1.5 cm in diameter. Leaves simply pinnate, up to 90 cm 
long, usually 11-foliolate; leaflets oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 
coriaceous, 23 to 36 cm long, 5 to 10 cm wide, olivaceous when 
dry, the base rather broadly rounded, the apex slenderly acu- 
minate, the acumen up to 2.5 cm long, margins rather coarsely 
toothed; lateral nerves about 16 on each side of the midrib, 
prominent, the reticulations subparallel; petiolules stout, 1 to 4 
em long. Inflorescences sessile, ovoid or subglobose, very dense, 
8 to 4 cm in diameter. Flowers numerous, crowded, white, 4- 
merous, their pedicels up to 5 mm in length. Calyx cup-shaped, 
about 5 mm long, irregularly 3- or 4-lobed. Petals oblong-ovate, 
about 4 mm long, 2 to 3 mm wide, reflexed, the tube projecting 
about 3 mm above the insertion of the petals. Anthers 4, 
elliptic, about 2 mm long. 
LUZON, Tayabas Province, Mount Cadig, Mount Pular, and 
Mount Binuan, three localities on the east coast, Bur. Sci. 19430 
Rames, Bur. Sci. 28506 Ramos & Edaio, Bur. Sci. 25502 Yates, 
in flower December to May. In damp forests along small streams 
at low and medium altitudes. 
The alliance of this species is with Leea congesta Elm., from 
