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The alliance of this species is manifestly with Alsomitra integrifoliola 

 (Cogn.) Hayata, which it rather closely resembles in appearance. It is 

 easily distinguished by its 3-foliolate leaves and its indumentum. 



ILOCANIA genus novum 



(Plagiospermeae, Cucumerineae) 



Flores monoici, fasciculati. Masculi : Calycis tubus campanu- 

 latus, limbus 5-dentatus, lobi anguste lanceolati, erecti. Corolla 

 campanulata, infra medium 5-lobata, lobi ovati, obtusi. Stam- 

 ina 3, libera, tubo calycis inserta, filamentis brevis; antherae 

 bilocularis, loculis longitudinaliter triplicatis, connective angusto, 

 ultra loculos non producto. Pollen globosum, laeve. Pistillo- 

 dium nullum. Flores $ : Corolla maris. Staminodia 3, linearia. 

 Ovarium globosum vel ovoideum, 3-loculare; ovula in loculis 3 

 vel 4, horizontalia ; stylus erectus, trifidus, stigmatibus crassis, 

 furcatis. Fructus globosis vel ovoideis, laevis, baccatis, parvis, 

 indehiscens, circiter 12-spermus. Semina baud compressa, mar- 

 ginata, tumida, corrugata. — Herba scandens, annua, tenuis, 

 glabra; foliis anguste pedato-lobatis, lobis 5 vel 7 linearis ad 

 anguste oblanceolatis, apiculatis, margine obscure denticulatis, 

 chartaceis vel membranaceis ; cirrhis bifidis; floribus parvis, 

 flavido-viridis ; fructibus. parvis, laevis. 



ILOCANIA PEDATA sp. nov. 



Herba scandens, glabra vel floribus extus parcissime pubescen- 

 tibus, ramis longitudinaliter sulcatis, tenuibus; foliis in ambitu 

 late ovatis, cordatis, profunde 5- vel 7-lobatis, lobis usque ad 

 7 cm longis, exterioribus minoribus; petiolo leviter aculeato- 

 denticulato; floribus 5-meri3, axillaribus, fasciculatis, breviter 

 pedicellatis, circiter 10 mm longis, campanulatis ; fructibus glo- 

 bosis vel ovoideis, circiter 1.5 cm diametro; seminibus circiter 

 5 mm longis. 



A glabrous, monoecious, slender, apparently annual vine, the 

 branches about 1.5 mm in diameter, smooth, sulcate. Leaves 

 broadly ovate in outline, cordate, pedately divided into 5 or 7 

 narrow lobes which extend almost to the base, the lobes char- 

 taceous or membranaceous, dark-olivaceous, linear to narrowly 

 oblanceolate, 5 to 7 cm long, 2 to 7 mm wide, usually narrowed 

 at both ends, sinuses acute to rounded, tips apiculate-acuminate, 

 margins distantly denticulate, the upper surface, in mature 

 leaves, with numerous, rather prominent, scabrid, minute white 

 spots; petioles usually somewhat aculeate-denticulate, about 3 

 cm long. Tendrils bifid, slender, at least 10 cm long. Flowers 

 axillary, fascicled, greenish-yellow, campanulate, about 10 mm 



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