X, c, 5 Merrill: Philippine Plants, X 11 331 



A scandent, glabrous, herbaceous vine, the branches pale, 

 striate, terete, 2 to 3 mm thick. Leaves chartaceous or sub- 

 coriaceous, pale when dry, slightly shining and of the same color 

 on both surfaces, the base very broadly truncate or abruptly 

 acute, subauriculate-glandular, 3- or obscurely 5-plinerved, the 

 lamina up to 23 cm long, subreniform in outline, very deeply 

 palmately 5-lobed, the lobes lanceolate, straight or somewhat 

 falcate, entire, sharply acuminate, 8 to 20 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 

 cm wide, the sinuses obtuse or acute, each with a prominent 

 gland on the lower surface of the leaf, each lobe with a prom- 

 inent midrib, the nerves slender, distinct, spreading at right 

 angles, anastomosing; petioles 2.5 to 4 cm long. Peduncles up 

 to 15 cm long, the tendril part short. Flowers not seen. Im- 

 mature fruits apparently obovoid, about 6 cm long, shining, 

 yellowish-brown when dry, the pericarp thin, brittle. 



Luzon, Subprovince of Benguet, Sablan, Elmer 6262, April, 1904 (type), 

 Bur. Sci. 12577 Fenix, December, 1910, in forests and thickets. 



The specimens, or at least those of the last number cited, were distrib- 

 uted as Modecca parviflora Blanco, but that species is described as having 

 3-lobed leaves, while the present form has constantly 5-lobed leaves. It is 

 suspected that Modecca triloba Blanco and M. parviflora Blanco are the 

 same species, and moreover that they are only forms of Adeyiia coccinea 

 (Blanco) Merr. {Modecca coccinea Blanco). There are several specimens 

 in the herbarium of the Bureau of Science that present entire ovate leaves 

 on the same branches with prominently 3-lobed ones. Modecca saponaria 

 Blanco is a species of Momordica, and does not belong to the Passifloraceae. 

 Adenia palmatifolia is well characterized by its deeply palmately 5-lobed 

 leaves and its narrow, straight or falcate lobes. 



ADENIA CRASSA sp. nov. 



Scandens, glabra; foliis integris, ovatis, circiter 10 cm longis, 

 basi late rotundatis, cordatis, auriculatis, apice acute acuminatis, 

 chartaceis vel submembranaceis ; fructibus ellipsoideis vel ovoi- 

 deis, circiter 8 cm longis, pericarpio crassissimo ; seminibus inae- 

 quilateraliter obovatis, compressis, foveolatis, 8 mm longis. 



A scandent, glabrous, apparently herbaceous vine, the stems 

 slender, pale, striate, terete. Leaves ovate, chartaceous or sub- 

 membranaceous, 8 to 10 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide, entire, base 

 broadly rounded, prominently cordate, and biauriculate, the 

 apex rather slenderly and sharply acuminate, both surfaces some- 

 what shining, the lower a little paler then the upper; base 5- 

 nerved or somewhat 5-plinerved, the lateral nerves above the 

 base one or two pairs, distinct, reticulations lax; petioles 1.5 

 to 2.5 cm long; peduncles axillary, solitary, slender, about 3 cm 

 long, the cymes apparently few-flowered, the tendril-parts short. 

 Flowers unknown. Fruit when fully mature about 8 cm long. 



