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rotundatis, usque ad 14 cm longis, nervis utrinque 4 vel 5, sub- 

 tus prominentibus ; racemis axillaribus, circiter 70 cm longis; 

 floribus roseis, 3 cm longis, breviter pedicellatis. 



A scandent apparently herbaceous plant, glabrous except the 

 slightly pubescent inflorescence, the branches slender, terete, 

 greenish-straw-colored when dry. Petioles about 7 cm long, 

 the rachis extended 3 to 4 cm above the insertion of the lateral 

 leaflets. Leaflets ovate, chartaceous, 12 to 14 cm long, about 

 7.5 cm wide, olivaceous and shining when dry, apex rather 

 slenderly and prominently acuminate, the acumen apiculate, base 

 rounded, the central leaflet equilateral, the lateral ones somewhat 

 inequilateral; lateral nerves 4 or 5 on each side of the midrib, 

 prominent on the lower surface; petiolules about 7 mm long. 

 Racemes axillary, solitary, about 70 cm long, the lower 25 to 

 30 cm without flowers, the rest with prominent alternate nodes, 

 flowering in sequence from the base upward, the flowers below 

 falling, persisting only in the apical part. Flowers pink, about 

 3 cm long, short-pedicelled, the calyx about 1.5 cm long, the upper 

 lip cleft, very much larger than the lower lip. Standard about 

 2.5 cm wide, retuse. 



Samar, Cauayan Valley, Bur. Sci. 17517 Ramos, March 14, 1914. 



A species strongly characterized by its rather slenderly acuminate, 

 prominently nerved leaflets and especially by its greatly elongated racemes 

 which reach a length of at least 70 cm. 



KUNSTLERIA Prain 



KUNSTLERIA ATRO-VIOLACEA (Elm.) comb. nov. 



Derris atro-violacea Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1798. 



The type is Elmer 13105, from Palawan, in flower, April, 1911. Al- 

 though the fruits are unknown I do not hesitate to transfer the species to 

 KunatleriML. 



DALBERGIA Linnaeus f. 



DALBERGIA SUBALTERNIFOLIA (Elm.) comb. nov. 



Derris subaltemifolia Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1801. 



The type is Elmer 12965 from Palawan, in flower, April, 1911, and is 

 in all respects a Dalbergia, not a Derris. It seems to be allied to Dal- 

 bergia densa Benth. which extends from Amboina and New Guinea to 

 Australia, and may not prove to be distinct from Bentham's species. 

 Elmer's specimen has 3-foliolate leaflets which are distinctly coriaceous; 

 Merrill 9SU5, from Palawan, which is probably referable to the same 

 species, however, has much thinner leaflets varying in number from 2 

 to 5. 



DALBERGIA RETICULATA sp. nov. § Sissoa, Podiopetaluvi. 



Frutex scandens, subglaber; foliis circiter 10 cm longis, 5- ad 

 7-foliolatis, foliolis chartaceis, late elliptico-ovatis, vel late ellip- 



