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long, usually one pistillate and two to four staminate ones in a 

 fascicle, but one or two developing at one time; pedicels 2 to 4 

 mm long. Staminate flowers: Calyx about 4 mm long, campa- 

 nulate, the lobes 5, narrowly lanceolate, about 2.5 long. Co- 

 rolla lobes ovate, obtuse, slightly pubescent, about 6 mm long, 

 5-nerved. Stamens 3, in mature bud entirely free, the filaments 

 short, the anthers about 3 mm long, sigmoid, 2-celled. Pistillate 

 flowers similar to the staminate ones. Staminodes 3, linear, 



2 to 3 mm long. Ovary globose, 3-celled; ovules usually 4 in 

 each cell, horizontal. Style about 2 mm long, the arms 3, about 



3 mm long ; stigmas stout, dichotomous. Fruit globose or ovoid, 

 baccate, smooth, about 1.5 cm in diameter. Seeds about 12, 

 about 5 mm long, margined, not compressed, prominently 

 swollen at right angles to the margin in the upper one-half, 

 flattened below, rugose. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Bangui, Bur. Sci. 27552 27U90 Ramos, 

 February, 1917, borders of clearings at low altitudes, locally known as 

 parparya. 



This species is readily recognized by its very narrowly lobed leaves, and 

 in its vegetative characters it is radically different from any other form 

 known to me. I cannot place it in any described genus, although, except 

 in its ovule characters, it conforms closely with the American- African genus 

 Cayaponia in most respects. However its ovules, while few in niunber, 

 are horizontal, hence placing it in the Pleiospermae. The stamens, entirely 

 free in mature buds, but appearing as if united in dried flowers, are those 

 of the Cucumerineae, and it apparently comes in the group with Sicania and 

 Physedra, yet is very different from both of these genera. 



