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x.c,1 Merrill: New or Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XI 15 
ticis, rotundatis vel leviter retusis, usque ad 4.5 cm longis; 
inflorescentiis axillaribus, racemosis, brevibus, paucifloris; stami- 
nibus monadelphis; leguminibus anguste oblongis, membrana- 
ceis, samaroideis, circiter 7 cm longis, 1.3 ad 2 cm latis, omnibus 
partibus valde reticulatis; seminibus 1 vel 2. 
A scandent shrub, glabrous except the somewhat pubescent 
inflorescence and the leaflets which are very sparingly pubescent 
‘on the lower surface. Branches brownish, wrinkled when dry, 
lenticellate. Leaves alternate, about 10 cm long, each with from 
5 to 7 leaflets, the leaflets opposite or alternate, membranaceous 
or chartaceous, broadly elliptic-ovate to broadly elliptic, some- 
what brownish when dry, lower surface a little paler than the 
upper, rounded at both ends or the apex slightly retuse, the 
lower surface with few, scattered, brownish, very short hairs, 
the upper surface glabrous; lateral nerves about 8 on each side 
of the midrib, slender, not prominent; petiolules 2 to 3 mm 
long. Inflorescence racemose, axillary, solitary, few-flowered, 
the racemes sparingly pubescent, 2.5 to 4 cm long. Calyx spar- 
ingly pubescent, about 3.5 mm long. Wings about 6 mm long, 
the lamina about 3 mm long, 1.6 mm wide, obtuse or rounded, 
base acute on one side, rounded on the other, the claw very 
slender, as long as the lamina; standard and keel not seen. 
Stamens all united into a sheath split down one side to the base. 
Pods narrowly oblong, membranaceous, about 7 cm long, 1.3 
to 2 cm wide, apex rounded and minutely apiculate, base some- 
what decurrent and with a slender stalk about 8 mm long, all 
parts of the valves prominently and rather laxly reticulate; seeds 
one or two, central, immature. 
_ Luzon, Province of Laguna, Mount Maquiling, For. Bur. 21406 Villamil, 
April 20, 1914, in forests along the Molauin trail beyond the hot springs, 
altitude about 500 meters. 
A very characteristic species, anomalous in the genus in its racemose 
inflorescence, and further characterized by its very thin, prominently 
reticulate pods. The specimen is with immature fruits, but portions of 
the flower were found on one raceme, leaving very little doubt as to the 
correctness of the genus and section. 
MELILOTUS Tournefort 
MELILOTUS INDICA (Linn.) All. Fl. Ped. 1 (1785) 308. 
Trifolium melilotus-indica Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 765. 
_ Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Baguio, Merrill 9700, May, 1914, dis- 
turbed soil along the railroad grade, also as a weed in the Forestry 
nursery. 
A plant of wide distribution, recently introduced into the Philippines. 
