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flowers. It alliance is apparently with Salacia subscandens Elm. of Pa- 

 lawan. 



SALACIA WENZELII sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, glaber; foliis oppositis, coriaceis, oblongo- 

 ellipticis ad ellipticis, integris, usque ad 14 cm longis, obtuse 

 acuminatis, basi subrotundatis, nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, subtus 

 prominentibus, curvato-adscendentibus ; inflorescentiis breviter 

 pedunculatis, umbellatis vel depauperate umbellato-cymosis ; 

 floribus circiter 6.5 mm diametro, calycibus truncatis. 



A scandent glabrous shrub, the branches terete. Leaves op- 

 posite, coriaceous, oblong-elliptic to elliptic, brownish to olivaceous 

 when dry, somewhat shining, 10 to 14 cm long, 4.5 to 7 cm 

 wide, entire, apex rather prominently but obtusely acuminate, 

 base rounded to subacute; lateral nerves 5 or 6 on each side 

 of the midrib, prominent on the lower surface, curved-ascending, 

 anastomosing, the reticulations fine, rather close, distinct ; petioles 

 1 cm long or less. Inflorescences solitary, axillary, of short pe- 

 duncled umbels or of depauperate umbellate cymes, the peduncles 

 shorter than the petioles, the flowers green, numerous, crowded, 

 6 to 7 mm in diameter, their pedicels up to 8 mm in length, 

 grouped in fascicles on the peduncle or its very greatly reduced, 

 short, stout branchlets. Calyx somewhat saucer-shaped, trun- 

 cate, about 3 mm in diameter, not toothed. Petals 5, oblong- 

 ovate, obtuse, 3.5 to 4 mm long. Stamens 3, about 2 mm long. 

 Ovary and style slightly 3-angled. Disk very prominent. 



Leyte, Tigbao, near Tacloban, Wenzel 153 Jf, July 18, 1915, a vine reach- 

 ing a height of about 4 meters. 



Readily distinguished from the other Philippine forms by its densely 

 many-flowered, short-peduncled, umbellate or depauperate cymose-umbel- 

 late inflorescences, the peduncles shorter than the petioles, the flowers 

 arranged in fascicles on the peduncle or on its very short stout branchlets, 

 appearing like a true umbel. The very young fruits are ovoid. 



SAPINDACEAE 



NEPHELIUM Linnaeus 

 NEPHELIUM SCHNEIDERI sp. nov. 



Species N. mutabile et N. intermedio affinis, differt nervis late- 

 ralibus magis numerosis, utrinque circiter 18. Arbor usque ad 9 

 m alta, partibus junioribus et inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; 

 foliis 25 ad 35 cm longis, foliolis 5 vel 7, oblongis, chartaceis vel 

 subcoriaceis, usque ad 20 cm longis, nitidis, subtus subglauces- 

 centibus, nervis utrinque circiter 18, perspicuis; fructibus glo- 

 bosis, circiter 3 cm diametro, in siccitate castaneis, processibus 



