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not superposed (not seen). Peduncles in fruit about 4 cm long, 

 slender, the androgynophore about as long as the peduncle, 

 somewhat thicker and slightly thickened upward, the fruit el- 

 lipsoid to globose-obovoid, about 1.5 cm in diameter, nearly black 

 when ripe, the pericarp distinctly pubescent. 



Palawan, between Taytay and Lake Manguao, Merrill 9^59, April 23, 

 1913, on forested dry slopes, altitude about 60 meters. 



Probably as closely allied to Capparis lobbiana Turcz. as to any other 

 species, but with much larger, differently shaped leaves, larger fruits, and 

 unarmed or nearly unarmed branches. 



CAPPARIS VENOSA sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, floribus exceptis glaber, spinis brevissimis, 

 vix 1 mm longis ; f oliis oblongis vel elliptico-oblongis, chartaceis, 

 usque ad 18 cm longis, acuminatis, basi acutis vel rotundatis, 

 nervis utrinque circiter 7, prominentibus, anastomosantibus ; 

 floribus paucis, in racemis terminalibus dispositis, pedicellis in 

 paribus seriatim dispositis supra nodis aculeatis sed defoliatis; 

 petalis dense pubescentibus. 



A scandent shrub, glabrous except the flowers, the branches 

 terete, straw-colored when dry, the ultimate ones 2 to 3 mm 

 in diameter, armed with very short spines at the nodes, the 

 spines less than 1 mm in length. Leaves oblong to elliptic-oblong, 

 15 to 18 cm long, 5.5 to 7.5 cm wide, chartaceous or subcoriaceous, 

 pale when dry, shining, the lower surface decidedly paler than 

 the upper, the apex acuminate, the base acute or rounded ; lateral 

 nerves prominent, distinctly impressed on the upper surface, 

 projecting on the lower, about 7 on each side of the midrib, curved 

 and distinctly anastomosing, the reticulations rather lax ; petioles 

 5 to 8 mm long. Racemes terminal, few-flowered, the flowers 

 in pairs, seriate above the leafless nodes, but each node with a 

 pair of "minute spines, scattered, the pedicels about 2 cm long. 

 Sepals 8 mm long, oblong-elliptic or elliptic, concave, acute, glab- 

 rous or nearly so. Petals obovate to broadly oblong-obovate, 

 rather densely pubescent, rounded, about 12 mm long, 8 mm wide. 

 Stamens numerous, their filaments up to 2.5 cm long; anthers 

 oblong, 1.3 mm long. Gynophore glabrous, 1.5 cm long, bearing 

 the glabrous, narrowly ovoid, 3 to 4 mm long ovary. 



Mindanao, District of Cotabato, near Lebak, For. Bur. H216 Whitford, 

 April, 1912, in dipterocarp forests at low altitudes. 



A species probably as closely allied to Capparis micracantha DC. as to 

 any other, but very different in many characters. The venation of the 

 leaves and the inflorescence are characteristic. 



