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flowers. It alliance is apparently with Salacia subscandens Elm. of Pa- 
lawan. 
SALACIA WENZELII sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, glaber; foliis oppositis, coriaceis, oblongo- 
ellipticis ad ellipticis, integris, usque ad 14 cm longis, obtuse 
acuminatis, basi subrotundatis, nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, subtus 
prominentibus, curvato-adscendentibus ; inflorescentiis breviter 
pedunculatis, umbellatis vel depauperato umbellato-cymosis ; 
floribus circiter 6.5 mm diametro, calycibus truncatis. 
A scandent glabrous shrub, the branches terete. Leaves op- 
posite, coriaceous, oblong-elliptic to elliptic, brownish to olivaceous 
when dry, somewhat shining, 10 to 14 cm long, 4.5 to 7 cm 
wide, entire, apex rather prominently but obtusely acuminate, 
base rounded to subacute; lateral nerves 5 or 6 on each side 
of the midrib, prominent on the lower surface, curved-ascending, 
anastomosing, the reticulations fine, rather close, distinct ; petioles 
1 cm long or less. Inflorescences solitary, axillary, of short pe- 
duncled umbels or of depauperate umbellate cymes, the peduncles 
shorter than the petioles, the flowers green, numerous, crowded, 
6 to 7 mm in diameter, their pedicels up to 8 mm in length, 
grouped in fascicles on the peduncle or its very greatly reduced, 
short, stout branchlets. Calyx somewhat saucer-shaped, trun- 
cate, about 3 mm in diameter, not toothed. Petals 5, oblong- 
ovate, obtuse, 3.5 to 4 mm long. Stamens 3, about 2 mm long. 
Ovary and style slightly 3-angled. Disk very prominent. 
Leyte, Tigbao, near Tacloban, Wenzel 153h, July 18, 1915, a vine reach- 
ing a height of about 4 meters. 
Readily distinguished from the other Philippine forms by its densely 
many-flowered, short-peduncled, umbellate or depauperate cymose-umbel- 
late inflorescences, the peduncles shorter than the petioles, the flowers 
arranged in fascicles on the peduncle or on its very short stout branchlets, 
appearing like a true umbel. The very young fruits are ovoid. 
SAPINDACEAE 
NEPHELIUM Linnaeus 
N EPH ELI U M SCH N El DERI sp. nov. 
Species N. mutabile et N. intermedio affinis, differt nervis late- 
ralibus magis numerosis, utrinque circiter 18. Arbor usque ad 9 
m alta, partibus junioribus et inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; 
foliis 25 ad 35 cm longis, foliolis 5 vel 7, oblongis, chartaceis vel 
subcoriaeeis, usque ad 20 cm longis, nitidis, subtus subglauces- 
centibus, nervis utrinque circiter 18, perspicuis; fructibus glo- 
bosis, circiter 3 cm diametro, in siccitate castaneis, processibus 
