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PENTAPHRAGMA Wall. 



Pentaphragma philippinensis .Moiril 71. sp. 



Foliis ;iiii])lis, iii('iiil)f;Hiac('is ovntis ncI oMoiiLi'o-oxalis. ;u-ninii);>tis, 

 Itasi aciilis inacciuilalcralilms. "id nd ;!() cni. loiiuis. lu ad 'I'i iiii. latis, 

 supra _ii'lal)ris. sul)tus ])liis iiiimis toiiiciilcllis : IIoimWus ad I cm. loiiLi'is 

 • ."i-iiicris ; (.-alvc-is ]ol)is ovati.-, l.T) ad '1 cm. loiiu'is. tuho .^-iinoulati). 



An erect unbraiichcd sidl'mtesoent licrl) 1 m. liii^li oi' less, tlic stems 

 thick, glabrous or nearly so. yellowish when dry. Leaves ovate oi' ohlono-- 

 ovate, membranous, 20 to ;](» em. \ou^^. 10 to 'i'i em. wide. <:lah]'ous 

 above, beneath ]ialer and somewhat tomentose. the margins rather finely 

 crenate-dentate. the ajiex acuminate, base inc(iuilatci-al. acute; nerves 5 

 to (i on each side of the midrib, ])i'ominent, ascending, tlie, reticuUitions 

 lax; ])etioles o to 10 cm. long. TJaeemes axillary, few or inany flowered, 

 not unilateraK the jieiUinclcs short, the bracts niend)i-anous about 2 em. 

 long. Flowers white oi' greenish white when fresh, yellowisli when dry, 

 5-nierous, tlic ])cdicels "2 to I] J) cm. h)ng. Calyx tube 1..") to "i cm. long, 

 oblong, nan-owed below, ^-angled, glabrous, the lobes 5, ovate, acute, 

 two iieai'ly '2 em. long and l.'A em. wide, three 1.5 cm. long and O.T 

 mm. wide. Corolla lol)es o, glabrous, e(|ual, oblong-ovate, aciile. about 

 1 cm. long. ()..") cm. wide, the tube short. Stamens ."). (ilaments 'i mm. 

 long, the anthers about the same leiigth. Ovary ."i-celled. ovules very 

 numerous; stvlo 5 to 6 mm. long; stigma oblong-ovoid, a-ridged. 



Ill forests idoii.L' the .\]n<i River at 100 111. alt. ( \o. (il:!()|. asceiuliiiii- Id 1..")0() 

 m. alt.; also collected by Mcrritt, in .June, 1!»()(; ( Xo. 4:5;5;n . In addition to the 

 al)o\e .specimen, the followinjf are referahk- lu re, all from Mindanao: Province of 

 Misamis, INIount Maliiidan<i- (4702 Mcarns <C- Hutchinson) J\Iay, l!)0(i; Province 

 of Surigao (354 Holster) May. 1!)0(); T.ake Lanao. Camp Keithley (22!) Mrs. 

 Clemens) February, litOO. 



Apparently most closely related to /'. nKH-rojihjilld Oliv.. from New (Juinea. 

 difforinfj from that s])ecies, as deserihed in its smaller leaves, lonyci- hracts and .">- 

 anjifled, not terete, ealxx tid)e. 



'I'lie uciiiis is new to tlic Pliili|i])iiies, the know 11 species hciiiL;' /'. txiiaiiidC- 

 foliinn Wall., from Purma and the .Malayan Peninsula, /'. scorlrrfiinii \\'\\\<x & 

 (lamh.. and /'. riilli'i/i Kinji' & (iand)., from the Malayan Peninsula and Sini^apore. 

 /'. inirdiitiaca Stapf. from Mount Kinahalu. Xorth P.orneo. /'. ntdrniptiiilld (>liv.. 

 ticiiii Xew (ininea and /'. firdiKli/loiinn Kur/, from the Moluccas. 



co.mi'osi'im:. 



MIKANIA Willd. 



Mikania scandens (Linn.) Willd. Sp. PI. 3 lisuu) 171.'!. W'illinihdn/d 

 sctindciis < ). Kunze. 



In (hickcts al luo ni. all. ( Xo. .")(if»!t ) . 



■riuii\iijlHiut llic Pliilippincs. 

 { 'osiiiopolit an in t lie 'I rojiies. 



