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UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE 



LABORATOIRE DE ROTANIQUE 



Prof. R. CHODAT 



3nie Série. — IV»« Fascicule. 



POLYGALACE^ 



NOViE VEL PARUM GOGNIT^E 



AUCTORE 



R. CHODAT 



Y 



Securidaca philippinensis Chod,, nov, spec. 



Scandens. Rami puberuli; folia ovalo-lanceolata vel lanceolata. obtusius- 

 cula nervis inconspicuis, in sicco marginibus revolulis, glabra, 60/25- 

 70/30 mm., petiolo puberulo, 4-5 mm. longo. Paniculee floribundee, 

 racemis rachi puberula bracteis parvis la te ovato-aculis puberulis, pedi- 

 cellis puberulis 5-6 mm. longis. Flores 6-7 mm. longi; sepala obtusa pu- 

 berula; alœ ellipticse ciliato crassiusculee; carinœ limbus sensim in 

 unguem desinens; crisia parva in carina summa decumbens; androceum 

 parte superiore diadelphum, antheris basi connatis; ovarium longe 

 appendiculatum, glabrum. 



Habitat in Philippinis, insula Luzon, Warburgno 16715; Cuming 1852, 

 Gd. of Bohol. (Hb. Berol.). 



