16 The Philippine Journal of Science i^^"^ 



STRONGYLODON Vogel 

 STRONGYLODON PAUCINERVIS sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens glaber; foliis 3-foliolatis, foliolis chartaceis, 

 ovatis, obscure latissime obtuse acuminatis, usque ad 12 cm 

 longis, nervis utrinque circiter 5; racemis ut videtur caulinis, 

 fasciculatis, circiter 20 cm longis, multifloris, floribus azureo- 

 violaceis ad nodos leviter elongatis subracemose dispositis, cur- 

 vatis, circiter 3 cm longis. 



A scandent glabrous vine of large size, the branchlets terete, 

 brownish, 3 to 4 mm in diameter. Leaves 3-foliolate, their pe- 

 tioles 6 to 9 cm long, the stipules oblong, obtuse, strongly nerved, 

 about 4 mm long, deciduous, the stipels linear, about 3 mm long; 

 leaflets chartaceous, the terminal one equilateral, the lateral ones 

 strongly inequilateral, ovate, 10 to 12 cm long, 5 k) 6 cm wide, 

 obscurely, very broadly, and bluntly acuminate, base rounded, 

 shining, subolivaceous ; lateral nerves about 5 on each side of the 

 midrib, prominent; petiolules about 8 mm long. Racemes ap- 

 parently from the trunk, at least three in a fascicle, about 20 cm 

 long, many flowered, the peduncles 4 to 6 cm long. Flowers 

 bluish-violet, about 3 cm long, corolla upcun'ed at nearly right 

 angles at about the middle, in bud nearly straight or only 

 slightly falcate, the nodes produced as short, about 5 mm long, 

 branchlets, the flowers racemosely arranged on the produced 

 nodes. Pedicels 1 cm long or less. Calyx cup-shaped, about 

 6 mm long, margins wavy. Standard about 3 cm long, when 

 spread nearly 2 cm wide, curved upward at about the middle, 

 rostrate-acuminate. Wings slightlj' falcate, the claw about 8 

 mm long, the lamina oblong, rounded, 1.5 cm long, 6 mm wide. 

 Keel strongly curved upward, 4 cm long, when spread 2 cm wide, 

 rostrate-acuminate. Ovary long stipitate, the ovules about 5. 



BiLlRAN, Bur. Set. 1S858 McGregor. June 22, 1914, a very large vine 

 in forests, altitude about 300 meters. 



Among the Philippine species with short racemes well characterized 

 by its fascicled racemes, its produced nodes, its numerous flowers, and its 

 few-nerved leaflets. 



STRONGYLODON MEGAPHYLLUS sp. nov. 



Scandens, ramulis junioribus exceptis glaber; foliolis oblongo- 

 ovatis, coriaceis, in siccitate brunneis, usque ad 28 cm longis, 

 basi subacutis, apice obtusis vel retusis, nervis utrinque circiter 

 8, subtus prominentibus ; inflorescentiis angustissime paniculatis, 

 30 ad 40 cm longis, ut videtur multifloris; floribus azureo- 

 violaceis, 5 vel 6 cm longis. 



A scandent plant, apparently of large size, quite glabrous 



