XIII. a 1 Merrill: Philippine Plants, XIII I3 



axillaribus, tenuibus, parce ramosis, usque ad 20 cm longis; 

 fructibus longe pedicellatis, globosis, circiter 12 mm diametro. 

 A scandent glabrous shrub, the branches slender, terete, brown- 

 ish or olivaceous, the ultimate branchlets about 1 mm in diameter, 

 the stipular spines straight, usually about 2 mm long. Leaves 

 lanceolate, membranaceous to chartaceous, green or greenish- 

 olivaceous when dry, somewhat shining, 7 to 11 cm long, 2 to 3 

 cm wide, narrowed upward to the very slender apex, sharply 

 acute-acuminate, base acute ; lateral nerves about 15 on each side 

 of the midrib, slender, distinct on both surfaces, anastomosing, 

 the primary reticulations lax, the ultimate ones close, both dis- 

 tinct; petioles 2 to 3 mm long, Infructescences axillary, very 

 slender, sparingly branched, up to 20 cm in length, each branch 

 bearing a single fruit, its pedicel about 3 cm long. Fruit globose, 

 brown when dry, glabrous, about 12 mm in diameter. 



Luzon, Abra Province, Mount Posuey, Bur. Sci. 26980 Ramos, February 

 4, 1917, in forests along streams and on cliffs, 



A remarkable species on account of its greatly elongated, axillary, 

 very slender infructescences. Its alliance is v^^ith Capparis loheri Merr., 

 from v^^hich it is distinguished not only by its infructescence but also by 

 its much smaller, entirely glabrous leaves. 



CAPPARIS ILOCANA sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber, ut videtur scandens, ramis ramulisque tereti- 

 bus ; foliis membranaceis vel chartaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, usque 

 ad 7 cm longis, apice breviter acuteque acuminatis, basi obtusis, 

 nervis utrinque circiter 10, tenuibus, distinctis; inflorescentiis 

 terminalibus, umbellatis, 5- vd 6-floris; floribus longe pedicella- 

 tis, pedicellis 2 ad 2.5 cm longis, alabastro globoso, 5 mm dia- 

 metro. 



A glabrous shrub, apparently scandent, the branches slender, 

 terete, brownish-black when dry, the stipular spines very short, 

 straight, about 1 mm long, the branchlets pale-greenish. Leaves 

 pale-greenish when dry, oblong-elliptic, membranaceous to char- 

 taceous, 5 to 7 cm long, 2.5 to 3.5 cm wide, slightly shining, the 

 apex shortly and acutely acuminate, base obtuse; lateral nerves 

 about 10 on each side of .the midrib, slender, distinct, anas- 

 tomosing, the primary reticulations lax, the ultimate ones close, 

 indistinct; petioles 2 to 4 mm long. Inflorescence a simple 

 terminal, few-flowered umbel, the flowers usually 5 or 6, their 

 pedicels 2 to 2.5 cm long. Buds globose, about 5 mm in diameter. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Burgos, Bur Sci. 27120 Ramos, March 

 18, 1917, in thickets near the sea. 



A species characterized by its terminal, simple, few-flov\rered umbels 



