2;>2 MERRILL. 



MEZONEURUM Desf. 



Mezoneurum mindorense sp. nov. 



Scandens; foliis bipiiinatis, us(]ue ad 35 cm lougis, rliat-hidibus 

 postice aculeis geminis ternisve recurvis aniiatis; pinnis ca. 12, 8 ad 

 10 cm longis; foliolis 8- ad 12-jugatis, oblongo-ellipticis, glabris, 1 ad 

 1.5 em longis; paniculis terminalibus ; leguminibus brunneis, nitidis, 

 ca. 7 cm longis, monospermis, alis 5 mm latis. 



Scandent, nearly glabrous throughout, the branches terete, dark- 

 reddish-brown, with scattered stout recurved spines about 2.5 mm long. 

 Leaves 35 cm long or less, bip innate, the rachis with short but stout 

 recurved spines in pairs, rarely in threes at the insertion of the pinnae; 

 pinnae 12 or less, 8 to 10 cm long, the rhachis slightly pubescent; leaf- 

 lets 8 to 12 pairs, oblong-elliptical, glabrous, submembranaceous, 1 to 1.5 

 cm long, 5 to 7 mm wide, paler beneath, the apex rounded, minutely 

 apiculate, rarely slightly emarginate, the base acute or obtuse; nerves 

 obscure; petiolules very short. Panicles terminal, in fruit 30 cm long 

 or more, the bi-anches somewhat pubescent. Flowers unknown. Pods 

 glabrous, shining, about 7 cm long, about 2.2 cm wide in the middle, 

 coriaceous, brown, somewhat semilunar in outline, the winged nuirgin 

 nearly straight, the other regularly curved, giving nearly the outline 

 of a sector of a circle, the wing 5 nmi wide, base and apex acute; seeil 

 solitar}', in the middle of the pod, flat, circular in outline, 7 mm in 

 diameter (immature). 



JMiNDORO, Pinainalayaii, For. Bur. 5S&ii Merritt, October, l!)(l(l, in tliickets 

 near sea level. 



Var. inerme var. nov. 



Dilfert. <t typu foliorum rhachidibus incnniljus. 



MiNDORO, Bulalacao, Bur. Sci. 151^ Bcrmejos, August :W, liMMi. 



ERYTHROXYTACE.T:. 



ERYTHROXYLUM P. Browne. 



Erythroxylum cuneatum (Wall.) Km/, in .lonrn. As. Soc. Bong. 43- (1874) 

 :i.-); Sclnil/ in Pflanzenreicli 29 (1907) 140. 



i:>!/(lir()xylum burmanicuyyi GiilT. Not. PI. Asiat. 4 (1854) 408. /. .78/, /. .?; 

 Meriiil in Forestry Bur. Bull. 1 (1!)03) 2.1. 



lAzos, Pr»>vince of Kizal, Lohcr x. n., Alay, 1004; Bosoboso, Bur. Kci. JO^.i 

 h'amo.s, .June, 1900: Province of Buiaean, For.' Bur. 7/.).S' Cnrran, June, 1907: 

 Province of C'anuirines Sur. Pasacao. Ahcrn 292. 



Trnasscriin to the Mnlay Peninsula. Sinuatra and Java. T.. Siil'nui. Maiunnhn. 



Erythroxylum platyphyllum sp. nov. § Corlocarpu.s. 

 hilTrit I'J. rinicalo i)t'(lict'llis l)r('\ i()ril)us, ca. 2 nun Inni^is. foliis nni- 

 jorihns. iis(|n(> ad 11 cni lnn;^is, ti cm lalis. 



