xni, c. 5 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants 333 



^ fimbriatis; fructibus junioribus ellipsoideis, seminibus com- 

 pressis, oblongo-lanceolatis, circiter 1.3 cm longis. 



A scandent, glabrous, slender, herbaceous plant, the branches 

 terete, slightly sulcate. Leaves chartaceous, oblong-ovate, 11 to 

 14 cm long, about 7 cm wide, olivaceous, shining, the upper 

 surface somewhat scabrid by the whitish-punctate dots, the lower 

 verruculose, the apex rather slenderly acuminate, base deeply 

 cordate, the sinus narrow, the basal lobes somewhat angular or 

 repand, the margins otherwise entire or very obscurely undulate, 

 the nerves and reticulations prominent; petioles about 3.5 cm 

 long; tendrils up to at least 15 cm in length, glabrous. Pistillate 

 flowers solitary, axillary, ebracteate, their pedicels 1.5 to 3 cm 

 long, the tube slender, cylindric, including the ovarian part 6 to 

 7 cm long. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 6 to 7 mm long. 

 Petals obovate, puberulent, about 3 cm long, white, split to the 

 middle or beyond into numerous very slender fimbriae. Imma- 

 ture fruits ellipsoid, about 5 cm long, deeply wrinkled when dry, 

 glabrous, castaneous when dry. Seeds oblong-lanceolate, com- 

 pressed, about 1.3 cm long. 



Catanduanes, Bur. Sci. 30364. Ramos, November 27, 1917, border of 

 forests near abaca (Manila hemp) plantations, slopes of Mount Mari- 

 guidon. 



This species is well characterized by its oblong-ovate, deeply cordate 

 leaves, which are entire or slightly undulate, not at all lobed, and its 

 ellipsoid fruits. 



[Vol. XIII, Sec. C, No, 3, ipcluding pages 123 to 200, was issued July 16, 

 1918; and No. 4, including pages 201 to 262, was issued September 

 21, 1918.] 



