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pubescent, 7 to 10 mm long. Ovary somewhat clavate, about 
8 mm long, the tube constricted for 4 mm above the ovary, then 
inflated, the larger portion of the tube about 3 cm long, swollen 
at the base, then constricted, and again enlarged and somewhat 
funnel-shaped, the lip narrowly lanceolate, glabrous, gradually 
narrowed upward to the slenderly acuminate apex, 5 to 6 cm 
long, about 5 mm wide. 
_ Leytg, near Dagami, Bur. Sci. 15201 Ramos, August, 1912, in thickets 
along streams. 
_ A species with much the same vegetative characters as Aristolochia 
tagala Cham., and A. mindanaensis Warb., the leaves being very similar 
in all three species. Aristolochia leytensis is, however, entirely distinct 
from both the above in its much larger flowers. 
SAXIFRAGACEAE 
CURRANIODENDRON Merrill 
CURRANIODENDRON APOENSE (Elm.) comb. nov. 
Dedea apoensis Elm. Leafi. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 682 (August 8). 
Curraniodendron dedeaeoides Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 
177 (August 19). 
This characteristic species was approximately simultaneously described 
by Mr. Elmer and by myself, but Mr. Elmer’s publication of the species 
under Dedea antedates my own publication of the new genus and species 
Curraniodendron dedeaeoides by about ten days. I have reéxamined the 
material and am still of the opinion that the plant is worthy of being 
considered the type of a distinct genus, although as previously indicated, 
very similar to, and manifestly closely allied to the New Caledonian genus 
Dedea Baill. The question for the future monographer to decide is whether 
or not the resinous, not lepidote vegetative parts, the difference in number 
in floral parts, and the very decided difference in the number of ovules 
constitute sufficiently valid generic differences. 
The species is represented by the following material: NEGROs, Mount 
Marapara, For. Bur. 13684 Curran & Foxworthy. LEYTE, Dagami, Bur. 
Sci. 15288 Ramos. MINDANAO, Mount Apo, Elmer 11524, 10627. 
POLYOSMA Blume 
POLYOSMA LAGUNENSIS sp. nov. 
Species P. philippinensis affinis, differt foliis subtus ad nervos 
adpresse hirsutis, nervis magis numerosis, floribus minoribus. 
A small tree 5 to 8 m high, the older branches terete, light- 
gray or pale-brownish, the younger branchlets and inflorescences 
rather densely pubescent with pale-fulvous, short, appressed 
hairs. Leaves opposite, mostly oblong to obovate-oblong, char- 
taceous, 8 to 14 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, narrowed above to 
the abruptly, slenderly, and sharply acuminate apex, the acumen 
somewhat apiculate, and below to the cuneate base, entire or 
