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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, om.nibus 

 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 brov.nish, 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. 



M ELI LOTUS Tournefort 



MELILOTUS INDICA (Linn.) All. Fl. Ped. 1 (1785) 308. 

 Trifolium melilotus-indica Linn. Sp. PI. (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. 



