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ovatis, obtusis vel acutis, obscure cucullatis, baud corniculatis, 2 

 mm longis, pubescens. 



A vine, the younger parts and inflorescences rather distinctly- 

 pubescent or puberulent, the branches terete, glabrous, about 3 

 mm in diameter, the younger ones more or less pubescent. 

 Leaves 3-foliolate, their petioles about 4 cm long and with 1- 

 to 2-cm long petiolules, somewhat pubescent ; leaflets chartaceous 

 when dry, olivaceous, elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 10 to 13 cm long, 

 5 to 7 cm wide, base rounded, often somewhat inequilateral, apex 

 abruptly acuminate, the margins distantly toothed, the teeth 

 rather coarsely apiculate; lateral nerves slender, distinct, about 

 8 on each side of the midrib. Inflorescences pubescent, about 10 

 cm long, the primary branches few, the secondary and tertiary 

 ones umbellately arranged, the flowers umbellate at the tips of 

 the ultimate branchlets, their pedicels 3 to 5 mm long, pubescent, 

 primary branches subtended by broadly ovate, pubescent bracts, 

 about 3 mm in length; petals 4, oblong-ovate, obtuse or acute, 

 obscurely cucullate at their apices but not at all corniculate, 

 about 2 mm long, pubescent externally. .Ovary glabrous, ovoid, 

 the stigma obscurely lobed. 



Mindanao, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 3^A63 Ramos & Pas- 

 casio, April, 1919, in damp forests at low altitudes. 



The alliance of this species is apparently with Tetrastigma 

 loheri Gagnep., but the inflorescences are much more ample, 

 while the leaflets are much broader and very differently shaped 

 than in Gagnepain's species. 



LEEA Royen 

 LEEA PLATYPHYLLA sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus, glaber; foliis pinnatis, circiter 70 cm longis, 

 plerumque 7-foliolatis, foliolis circiter 34 cm longis et 14 cm latis, 

 oblongis ad oblongo-ovatis, basi late acutis vel subrotundatis, 

 apice acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 18, perspicuis; inflo- 

 rescentiis sessilibus, ovoideis, densis, subcapitatis, circiter 2.5 

 cm longis; floribus numerosis, confertis, 4-meris, calycis 4 mm 

 longis, petalis (partibus liberis) 3.5 mm longis; fructibus glo- 

 bosis, carnosis, circiter 1.5 cm diametro. 



A glabrous shrub, the ultimate branches about 1.5 cm in diam- 

 eter. Leaves simply pinnate, about 70 cm long, usually 7- 

 f oliolate ; leaflets about 34 cm long and 14 cm wide, subcoriaceous, 

 brownish when dry, oblong to oblong-ovate, the base broadly 

 acute or somewhat rounded, the apex distinctly acuminate, 

 the margin rather coarsely toothed except near the base ; lateral 

 nerves about 18 on each side of the midrib, very prominent, the 



