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VITACEAE 



LEEA Royen 

 LEEA NITIDA sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra, 5 ad 6 m alta, ramis lenticellatis ; f oliis pinnatis, 

 circiter 30 cm longis, foliolis 5 ad 7, oblongo-ovatis ad late 

 oblongo-lanceolatis, chartaceis, nitidis, in siccitate brunneo- 

 olivaceis, 12 ad 18 cm longis, 4 ad 6 cm latis, caudato-acumina- 

 tis, basi acutis, margine repando-dentatis vel undulato-denticu- 

 latis, eglandulosis, nervis utrinque circiter 8, distinctis; cymis 

 5 ad 6 cm longis, pedunculatis, paucifloris; floribus albidis, 

 4-meris, breviter pedicellatis, calycis cupulatis, 4 ad 5 mm 

 longis, basi cuneatis, lobis late ovatis, obtusis vel subacutis, 

 usque ad 1.5 mm longis, corolla 6 mm longa, lobis patulis, 3 

 mm longis, intus ad apicem appendiculatis ; f ructibus obovoideis, 

 1 ad 1.5 cm diametro, seminibus plerumque 4. 



A glabrous tree 5 to 6 m high, the branches lenticellate, the 

 ultimate branchlets rugose, 2.5 to 3 mm in diameter. Leaves 

 pinnate, about 30 cm long, the leaflets 5 to 7, oblong-ovate to 

 broadly oblong-lanceolate, chartaceous, shining, when dry 

 brownish-olivaceous, eglandular, 12 to 18 cm long, 4 to 6 cm 

 wide, rather slenderly caudate-acuminate, the base acute, the 

 margins repand-dentate or undulate-denticulate; lateral nerves 

 about 8 on each side of the midrib, distinct, as are the reticula- 

 tions; petiolules 8 to 12 mm long. Cymes including the pedun- 

 cles 5 to 6 cm long, about as wide as long, few-flowered, the 

 flowers white, 4-merous, shortly pedicelled; calyx cup-shaped, 

 4 to 5 mm long, the base cuneate, the lobes broadly ovate, obtuse 

 to subacute, about 1.5 mm long. Corolla 6 mm long, the lobes 

 spreading, 3 mm long, appendiculate at the apex inside, the 

 staminal tube exserted, about 2 mm, 8-toothed; anthers 2 mm 

 long. Fruits obovoid, 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter, reddish. Seeds 

 usually 4. 



Luzon, Apayao Subprovince, Mount Sulu, Bur. Sci. 28Jf28 

 Fenix (type). May, 1917: Laguna Province, San Antonio, Bur. 

 Sci. 20W6 Ramos, February, 1913: Tayabas Province, Mount 

 Binuang, Bur. Sci. 28830 Ramos & Edano, May, 1917. In damp 

 forests along small streams at low and medium altitudes. 



A species apparently belonging in the group with Leea philip- 

 pinensis Merr., well characterized by its small, few-flowered, 

 rather lax cymes and its chartaceous, shining leaflets. 



