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MENISPERMACEAE 



HAEMATOCARPUS Miers 

 HAEMATOCARPUS SUBPELTATUS sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, glaber; foliis coriaceis, basi rotundatis et 

 leviter peltatis, oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis, 9 ad 14 cm longis, 

 apice tenuiter acuminatis ; inflorescentiis $ axillaribus, racemosis 

 vel depauperato-paniculatis, 3 ad 8 cm longis; floribus circiter 



8 mm diametro, sepalis plerumque 12, lineolatis, exterioribus 

 minoribus; petalis 6, quam sepalis interioribus minoribus, basi 

 inflexo-auriculatis. 



A scandent woody vine, glabrous except the very slightly pu- 

 bescent sepals, the branches up to 4 mm in diameter. Leaves 

 coriaceous, oblong to oblong-elliptic, pale and shining when dry, 



9 to 14 cm long, 3.5 to 5.5 cm wide, base rounded and slightly 

 peltate, the petiole inserted 1 to 2 mm from the margin, the apex 

 rather slenderly acuminate; basal nerves 2 on each side of the 

 midrib, nearly as prominent as the midrib and extending nearly 

 to the apex, the secondary nerves slender, spreading at nearly 

 right angles and with the reticulations distinct on both surfaces ; 

 petioles about 2 cm long. Staminate inflorescences axillary, sol- 

 itary, racemose or depauperate-paniculate, 3 to 8 cm long. Stam- 

 inate flowers yellow, about 6 mm in diameter, their pedicels 2 

 to 5 mm long. Outer 2 or 3 sepals less than 1 mm. long, broadly 

 ovate, the next three sepals ovate, obtuse, about 1.2 mm long, the 

 inner six elliptic, rounded, 3 to 3.5 mm long, all of the sepals 

 prominently lineolate, their margins slightly ciliate. Petals 6, 

 somewhat thicker than the sepals, broadly elliptic to elliptic- 

 obovate, rounded, 2.5 to 3 mm long, base inflexed-auriculate, sta- 

 mens 6, free, their filaments 1 mm long; anthers broadly ovate, 

 acuminate, 1 to 1.2 mm long, the connectives broad, produced. 



Luzon, Camarines Province, Paracale, Bur. Sci. 33750 Ranios 

 & Edafio, December 22, 1918, in forests along streams at low 

 altitudes. 



This is the first representative of this small genus to be found 

 in the Philippines ; its alliance is with Haematocarpus comvtus 

 Miers, from which it is distinguished by its much shorter race- 

 mose, axillary inflorescences, and its smaller leaves which are 

 rounded and slightly peltate at the base. 



ANNONACEAE 



ARTABOTRYS R. Brown 

 ARTABOTRYS MONOGYNUS sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, inflorescentiis exceptis glaber; foliis subco- 

 riaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, nitidis, usque ad 18 cm longis, obtuse 



