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subferrugineo-pubesccntibus ; fructibus junioribus circiter 3 cm 

 longis, bialatis, alls chartaceis, circiter 2 cm longis, ovatis, 

 rotundatis. 



A scandent shrub, glabrous except the inflorescence. Stems 

 terete, about 5 mm in diameter, nearly black when dry. Leaves 

 3-foliolate, the petioles up to 12 cm long; leaflets entire, sub- 

 coriaceous, elliptic, 7 to 13 cm long, 4 to 7.5 cm wide, rounded at 

 both ends, pale and somewhat shining when dry, the petiolules 

 1 to 2.5 cm long; lateral nei^ves about 6 on each side of the midrib. 

 Inflorescence lax, subpyramidal, about 20 cm long, the branches 

 few, scattered, the lower ones up to 9 cm long, all parts rather 

 densely olivaceous- or subferruginous-pubescent with short hairs. 

 Flowers unknown. Fruits (immature) about 3 cm long, 

 2-winged, the wings rather thin, ovate, rounded, about 2 cm 

 long. 



Mindanao, Apusan Subprovince, in forests alonp streams southeast of 

 Nasipit, altitud about 20 meters, For. Bur. 20571 Miranda, September, 1913. 



Well characterized by its lax, rather densely pubescent panicles, its two- 

 win^red fruits, and its elliptic leaflets. 



ILLIGERA CARDIOPHYLLA sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, glaber (floribus ignotis) ; foil is 3-foliolatis, 

 foliolis late ovatis, coriaceis, 9 ad 12 cm longis, base late 

 rotundatis cordatisque, apice late, abrupte, obtuse acuminatis ; 

 fructibus 3 cm longis, 4-alatis, alis coriaceis, late rotundatis, 

 glabris, lateralibus 3.5 cm longis, ceteris triplo brevioribus. 



A scandent glabrous .shrub (flowers unknown). Branches 

 terete, black when dry, 4 to 5 mm in diameter. Leaves 3-folio- 

 late, the petioles 8 to 10 cm long; leaflets broadly ovate, coria- 

 ceous, 9 to 12 cm long, nearly or quite as wide, olivaceous and 

 somewhat shining when dry, base broadly rounded, rather 

 prominently cordate, apex abruptly, shortly, and obtusely acu- 

 minate; lateral nerves 5 to 6 on each side of the midrib, the 

 reticulations lax, not prominent; petiolules 1.5 to 2 cm long. 

 Panicles in fruit 15 cm long, glabrous or nearly so; fruits 

 glabrous, 4-winged, about 3 cm long, the lateral wings coria- 

 ceous, rounded, broadly ovate, about 3.5 cm long, the other two 

 about one-third as long as the lateral, ones. 



Babuyanes Islands, Camiguin, Bur. ScL lf082 Fcnix, June 28, 1907, in 

 thickets near old clearings. 



The characteristic features of this species are its broadly ovate, rather 

 prominently cordate leaves and its comparatively large, 4-\vinged fruits. 



(To be concluded) 



[Vol IX. No. 2, including pages 07 to 189, was issued -lunc 23, 1914] 



