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primary reticulations distinct, subparallel; petiolules stout, 1 

 to 1.5 cm long. Inflorescences dense, ovoid, sessile, about 2.5 

 cm long-, the flowers greenish-yellow, 4-merous, their petals up 

 to 5 mm in length. Calyx about 5 mm long, cup-shaped, broadly 

 4-lobed. Petals oblong-ovate, about 3.5 mm long and 3 mm wide, 

 the tube extended 2.5 to 3 mm above the attachment of the petals, 

 the anthers narrowly oblong, 2 to 2.5 mm long. Fruit fleshy, 

 globose, glabrous, red, about 1.5 cm in diameter, 1- or 2-seeded, 

 the seeds subglobose, about 7 mm thick. 



Mindanao, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 3^397 Ramos & Pas- 

 casio, April 30, 1919, in damp forests at low altitudes. 



A species belonging in the group with Leea congesta Elm., but 

 with very much larger, more-numerously nerved leaflets. 



LEEA CAPITATA sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus, glaber; foliis pinnatis, usque ad 90 cm longis, 

 plerumque 11-foliolatis, foliolis oblongis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 coriaceis, 23 ad 36 cm longis, 5 ad 10 cm latis, basi late rotun- 

 datis, apice tenuiter acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 16, 

 perspicuis; inflorescentiis ovoideis vel subglobosis, densis capi- 

 tatis, 3 ad 4 cm diametro; floribus confertis, 4-meris, calycis 

 circiter 5 mm longis, petalis (partibus liberis) circiter 4 mm 

 longis. 



An erect, glabrous shrub, 1 to 2 m high, the ultimate branches 

 up to 1.5 cm in diameter. Leaves simply pinnate, up to 90 cm 

 long, usually 11-foliolate; leaflets oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 

 coriaceous, 23 to 36 cm long, 5 to 10 cm wide, olivaceous when 

 dry, the base rather broadly rounded, the apex slenderly acu- 

 minate, the acumen up to 2.5 cm long, margins rather coarsely 

 toothed; lateral nerves about 16 on each side of the midrib, 

 prominent, the reticulations subparallel; petiolules stout, 1 to 4 

 cm long. Inflorescences sessile, ovoid or subglobose, very dense, 

 3 to 4 cm in diameter. Flowers numerous, crowded, white, 4- 

 merous, their pedicels up to 5 mm in length. Calyx cup-shaped, 

 about 5 mm long, irregularly 3- or 4-lobed. Petals oblong-ovate, 

 about 4 mm long, 2 to 3 mm wide, reflexed, the tube projecting 

 about 3 mm above the insertion of the petals. Anthers 4, 

 elliptic, about 2 mm long. 



Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Cadig, Mount Pular, and 

 Mount Binuan, three localities on the east coast. Bur. Sci. 19430 

 Ramos, Bur. Sci. 28506 Ramos & Edano, Bur. Sci. 25502 Yates, 

 in flower December to May. In damp forests along small streams 

 at low and medium altitudes. 



The alliance of this species is with Leea congesta Elm., from 



