xiii, c. 5 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants 307 



Catanduanes, Mount Mariguidon, Bur. Sci. S0580 Ramos, November 30, 

 1917, on forested slopes. 



This is the third species of the genus to be found in the Philippines, 

 and is most closely allied to Microtropis platyphylla Merr., from which it 

 is distinguished by its smaller, differently shaped, and fewer-nerved leaves; 

 and by its short-peduncled, few-flowered cymes. 



VITACEAE 



LEEA Linnaeus 

 LEEA PAPILLOSA sp. nov. 



Frutex circiter 2 m altus, ramis et petiolis et rhachibus et 

 inflorescentiis perspicue firmiter papillosis, papillis rigidis, sim- 

 plicibus vel furcatis, usque ad 2 mm longis; foliis tripinnatis, 

 usque ad 60 cm longis, foliolis chartaceis ad subcoriaceis, oblon- 

 gis, usque ad 18 cm longis, subabrupte caudato-acuminatis, mar- 

 gine perspicue serratis; infructescentiis amplis, laxis, diffusis, 

 usque ad 25 cm longis, pedunculatis ; fructibus globosis, glabris, 

 in siccitate nigris, plus minusve rugosis, circiter 8 mm diametro, 

 calycis lobis 5, subpersistentibus. 



A shrub about 2 m high, the branches, branchlets, petioles, 

 rachises and secondary rachises of the leaves, and the inflores- 

 cences conspicuously papillate, the papillae numerous, stiff, rigid, 

 simple or forked, up to 2 mm long, all these parts dark-brown 

 when dry, the ultimate branches about 5 mm in diameter. 

 Leaves tripinnate, up to 60 cm long, the primary pinnae few, 

 usually 4 or 5, the lower ones up to 35 cm in length. Leaflets 

 in general oblong, firmly chartaceous to subcoriaceous, 9 to 18 

 cm long, 4 to 6 cm wide, glabrous except the midrib beneath, 

 which is usually supplied with scattered tufts of short hairs and 

 with small papillae, rather pale-olivaceous, shining, the apex 

 rather abruptly caudate-acuminate, the acumen slender, blunt, 

 1.5 to 2 cm long, the base usually rounded; lateral nerves 8 to 

 12 on each side of the midrib, prominent, anastomosing, the 

 reticulations prominent. Infructescences diffuse, lax, up to 25 

 cm in length, their peduncles about 5 cm long, all parts papillate 

 with processes similar to those on the petioles and branches. 

 Fruits globose, glabrous, black and somewhat rugose when dry, 

 about 8 mm in diameter, the subpersistent calyx-lobes 5. 



Catanduanes, Bur. Sci. 20SS8 Ramos, December 8, 1917, along small 

 streams in forests back of Calolbong at low altitudes. 



This species is remarkable for the numerous, short, simple or forked, 

 stiff, rigid papillae or papilla-like protuberances on the branches, branchlets, 

 leaves, and inflorescences, in this particular character differing from all 

 other described species of the genus known to me. 



