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Later in the season I have seen beautiful tree specimens 

 with profuse fruits in the fertile valley toward Cabadbaran. 

 Apparently belonging in the group with pedicel led female 

 flowers and fruits. 



Pellionia lacitiiata Elm. n. comb. Elatostema laciniaium 

 Elm. Leaf. Philip. Bot. I, 287, 1908. 



Pellionia sordida Elm. n. sp. 



Stems forming dense rank masses, 5 to 7 dm long or 

 high, dull green, puberulent especially toward the 1.5 cm 

 thick base, sparingly branched from below the middle, 

 usually reclining toward the more or less curved base, ta- 

 king roots from the lower joints; branches divaricate, sel- 

 dom rebranched, rather slender, the apical portion glabrous, 

 obscurely angular or striate, curing nearly black, frequently 

 a little zigzag. Leaves alternatingly scattered, I to 2 cm 

 apart, dark green tbough lighter beneath, horizontal or 

 descending, glabrous, ater when dry though duller on the 

 upper side which bears minute cystoliths, subsessile or 

 upon very short but distinct petioles, inequilateral especially 

 toward the obtuse base, the upper side narrower and nearly 

 straight, terminated by a slender acuminate point or tail, 

 entire below the middle, that portion between the middle 

 and the apical point coarsely toothed or serrately toothed 

 especially along the lower edge, beneath appearing pulveru- 

 lent, 12 to 15 cm long by 4 cm wide across the middle 

 or the widest portion, frequently much smaller and even 

 bract-like, fusiformly elongated; midrib nearly straight, 

 plane above, rather conspicuous beneath, of the same color 

 both in the fresh and dry state; lateral nerves about 5 to 

 7 on each side, the basal pair very faint, the upper ones 

 divaricate and coarsely reticulate, the balance much ascend- 

 ing, with coarse cross bars and reticulations above the mid- 

 dle, usually with secondary entervening nerves extending from 

 the midrib to one half way to the edge of the blade. 

 Inflorescence ascending, axillary, solitary or few clustered; 

 branchlets of the whole inflorescence short, glabrous, angu- 

 larly compressed, stout, usually upon 1 cm long peduncles; 



