XIII. CI Merrill: Philippine Plants, XI 11 13 



axillaribus, tenuibus, parce ramosis, usque ad 20 cm longis; 

 fructibus longe pedicellatis, globosis, circiter 12 mm diametro. 

 A scandent glabrous shrub, the branches slender, terete, brown- 

 ish or olivaceous, the ultimate branchlets about 1 mm in diameter, 

 the stipular spines straight, usually about 2 mm long. Leaves 

 lanceolate, membranaceous to chartaceous, green or greenish- 

 olivaceous when dry, somewhat shining, 7 to 11 cm long, 2 to 3 

 cm wide, narrowed upward to the very slender apex, sharply 

 acute-acuminate, base acute ; lateral nerves about 15 on each side 

 of the midrib, slender, distinct on both surfaces, anastomosing, 

 the primary reticulations lax, the ultimate ones close, both dis- 

 tinct; petioles 2 to 3 mm long. Infructescences axillary, very 

 slender, sparingly branched, up to 20 cm in length, each branch 

 bearing a single fruit, its pedicel about 3 cm long. Fruit globose, 

 brown when dry, glabrous, about 12 mm in diameter. 



Luzon, Abra Province, Mount Posuey, Bur. Sci. 26980 Ramos, February 

 4, 1917, in forests along streams and on cliffs. 



A remarkable species on account of its greatly elongated, axillary, 

 very slender infructescences. Its alliance is with Capparis loheri Merr., 

 from which it is distinguished not only by its infructescence but also by 

 its much smaller, entirely glabrous leaves. 



CAPPARIS ILOCANA sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber, ut videtur scandens, ramis ramulisque tereti- 

 bus; foliis membranaceis vel chartaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, usque 

 ad 7 cm longis, apice brevite-r acuteque acuminatis, basi obtusis, 

 nervis utrinque circiter 10, tenuibus, distinctis; inflorescentiis 

 terminalibus, umbellatis, 5- vel 6-floris; floribus longe pedicella- 

 tis, pedicellis 2 ad 2.5 cm longis, alabastro globoso, 5 mm dia- 

 metro. 



A glabrous shrub, apparently scandent, the branches slender, 

 terete, brownish-black when dry, the stipular spines very short, 

 straight, about 1 mm long, the branchlets pale-greenish. Leaves 

 pale-greenish when dry, oblong-elliptic, membranaceous to char- 

 taceous, 5 to 7 cm long, 2.5 to 3.5 cm wide, slightly shining, the 

 apex shortly and acutely acuminate, base obtuse; lateral nerves 

 about 10 on each side of the midrib, slender, distinct, anas- 

 tomosing, the primary reticulations lax, the ultimate ones close, 

 indistinct; petioles 2 to 4 mm long. Inflorescence a simple 

 terminal, few-flowered umbel, the flowers usually 5 or 6, their 

 pedicels 2 to 2.5 cm long. Buds globose, about 5 mm in diameter. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Burgos, Bur Set. 27120 Ramos, March 

 18, 1917, in thickets near the sea. 



A species characterized by its terminal, simple, few-flowered umbels 



