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which it is readily distinguished by its much larger and fewer- 

 nerved leaflets which are broadly rounded at the base; it 

 is distinguished from Leea platyphylla especially by its fewer, dif- 

 ferently shaped, relatively much narrower leaflets. 



LEEA LONGIPETIOLATA sp. nov. 



Frutex, circiter 1 m altus, glaber; foliis unifoliolatis, longe 

 petiolatis, chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, oblongis ad oblongo-ellip- 

 ticis, utrinque acutis, usque ad 30 cm longis, margine grosse 

 sinuato-dentatis, nervis utrinque circiter 11, subtus perspicuis, 

 curvatis; petiolo circiter 9 cm longo; infructescentiis in axillis 

 superioribus, circiter 4 cm longis, sparce ramosis ; f ructibus car- 

 nosis, subglobosis, circiter 1.5 cm diametro, seminibus 2 vel 3. 



An erect shrub, about 1 m high, glabrous throughout, the ul- 

 timate branches terete, dark brown, nearly smooth, about 4 mm 

 in diameter. Leaves simple, oblong to oblong-elliptic, charta- 

 ceous to subcoriaceous, olivaceous and somewhat shining when 

 dry, the lower surface paler than the upper, 22 to 30 cm long, 

 about 11 cm wide, base and apex acute, margins rather coarsely 

 sinuate-dentate; lateral nerves about 11 on each side of the mid- 

 rib, prominent on the lower surface, curved, anastomosing close 

 to the margin, the reticulations subparallel, distinct; petioles 

 about 9 cm long. Infructescences in the upper axils, about 4 cm 

 long, sparingly branched. Fruits fleshy, globose or subglobose, 

 reddish when fresh, dark brown when dry, each with 2 or 3 

 globose seeds. 



Luzon, Camarines Province, Paracale, Bur. Sci. 33633 Ramos 

 & Edafio, December 11, 1918, in damp forests at low altitudes. 



This species belongs in the group with Leea acuminatissima 

 Merr. and L. unifoliolata Merr. and is closely allied to both of 

 these, from which it is readily distinguished by its larger leaves 

 and very much longer petioles. 



LEEA RAMOSII sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus, inflorescentiis laxis, cinereo-pubescens ; foliis 

 circiter 60 cm longis, bipinnatis, pinnis paucis, plerumque 

 5-f oliolatis ; foliis chartaceis, ellipticis ad oblongo-ellipticis; 12 

 ad 22 cm longis, basi plerumque late rotundatis, apice subabrupte 

 tenuiter acuminalis, nervis utrinque circiter 12, perspicuis, sub- 

 tus ad costa leviter fasciculato-ciliatis ; inflorescentiis usque ad 

 20 cm longis; floribus 5-meris, subalbidis, sessilibus, 5-meris, 

 circiter 5.5 mm longis; f ructibus depresso-globosis, 6 ad 8 mm 

 diametro. 



