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its fascicled flowers, in these characters being readily dis- 

 tinguished from its ally Gonocaryum calleryanum Becc. 



SAPINDACEAE 



GUIOA Cavanilles 

 GUIOA BICOLOR sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, -partibus junioribus leviter pubescens; foliis 25 

 ad 30 cm longis, foliolis plerumque 9, crasse coriaceis, oblongo- 

 ovatis ad oblongo-ellipticis, 9 ad 12 cm longis, acute acuminatis, 

 subtus glaucescentibus ; paniculis axillaribus usque ad 15 cm 

 longis, leviter pubescens ; floribus numerosis, petalis anguste obo- 

 vatis, 1.5 mm longis, appendiculis villosis, petalis subaequantibus. 



A small tree, the younger parts sparingly pubescent, the older 

 parts glabrous. Branchlets dark reddish-brown or nearly black 

 when dry. Leaves 25 to 30 cm long, the leaflets usually 9, 

 thickly coriaceous, oblong-ovate to oblong-elliptic, 9 to 12 cm 

 long, 3.5 to 5.5 cm wide, the base somewhat inequilateral, the 

 apex rather sharply acuminate, the upper surface brownish when 

 dry, glabrous, shining, the lower surface glaucous and sparingly 

 pubescent with short, widely scattered hairs ; lateral nerves about 

 9 on each side of the midrib, distinct, the reticulations not prom- 

 inent; petiolules up to 1 cm in length, their bases much thick- 

 ened. Panicles axillary, up to 15 cm long, branched from the 

 base, very slightly pubescent. Flowers white, numerous ; sepals 

 unequal, 2 to 2.5 mm long. Petals narrowly obovate, 1.5 mm 

 long, their margins slightly ciliate, the villous scales about as 

 long as the petals. 



Mindanao, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 3U87 Ramos & Pas- 

 casio, April 25, 1919, at the iron deposit on the northeast coast, 

 on ridges, altitude about 780 meters. 



This species is rather radically difi'erent from the previously 

 described Philippine representatives of the genus in its thickly 

 coriaceous leaflets which are glaucous on the lower surface. 



VITACEAE 



TETRASTIGMA Planchon 

 TETRASTIGMA M INDANAENSE sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque pubes- 

 cens ; foliis 3-foliolatis, foliolis chartaceis, ellipticis ad ovato- 

 ellipticis, 10 ad 13 cm longis, usque ad 7 cm latis, basi rotundatis, 

 apice abrupte acuminatis, marginae distanter dentatis, dentibus 

 apiculatis ; inflorescentiis pubescens, circiter 10 cm longis, ramis 

 primariis paucis, floribus umbellatim dispositis; petalis oblongo- 



