xiii, c, 5 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants 307 
Catanduanes, Mount Mariguidon, Bur. Sci. 80580 Ramos, November 30, 
1917, on forested slopes. 
This is the third species of the genus to be found in the Philippines, 
and is most closely allied to Microtropis platyphylla Merr., from which it 
is distinguished by its smaller, differently shaped, and f ewer-nerved leaves; 
and by its short-peduncled, few-flowered cymes. 
VITACEAE 
LEE A Linnaeus 
LEEA PAPILLOSA sp. nov. 
Frutex circiter 2 m altus, ramis et petiolis et rhachibus et 
inflorescentiis perspicue firmiter papillosis, papillis rigidis, sim- 
plicibus vel furcatis, usque ad 2 mm longis; foliis tripinnatis, 
usque ad 60 cm longis, foliolis chartaceis ad subcoriaceis, oblon- 
gis, usque ad 18 cm longis, subabrupte caudato-acuminatis, mar- 
gine perspicue serratis; infructescentiis amplis, laxis, diffusis, 
usque ad 25 cm longis, pedunculatis ; fructibus globosis, glabris, 
in siccitate nigris, plus minusve rugosis, circiter 8 mm diametro, 
calycis lobis 5, subpersistentibus. 
A shrub about 2 m high, the branches, branchlets, petioles, 
rachises and secondary rachises of the leaves, and the inflores- 
cences conspicuously papillate, the papillae numerous, stiff, rigid, 
simple or forked, up to 2 mm long, all these parts dark-brown 
when dry, the ultimate branches about 5 mm in diameter. 
Leaves tripinnate, up to 60 cm long, the primary pinnae few, 
usually 4 or 5, the lower ones up to 35 cm in length. Leaflets 
in general oblong, firmly chartaceous to subcoriaceous, 9 to 18 
cm long, 4 to 6 cm wide, glabrous except the midrib beneath, 
which is usually supplied with scattered tufts of short hairs and 
with small papillae, rather pale-olivaceous, shining, the apex 
rather abruptly caudate-acuminate, the acumen slender, blunt, 
1.5 to 2 cm long, the base usually rounded; lateral nerves 8 to 
12 on each side of the midrib, prominent, anastomosing, the 
reticulations prominent. Infructescences diffuse, lax, up to 25 
cm in length, their peduncles about 5 cm long, all parts papillate 
with processes similar to those on the petioles and branches. 
Fruits globose, glabrous, black and somewhat rugose when dry, 
about 8 mm in diameter, the subpersistent calyx-lobes 5. 
Catanduanes, Bur. Sci. 20338 Ramos, December 8, 1917, along small 
streams in forests back of Calolbong at low altitudes. 
This species is remarkable for the numerous, short, simple or forked, 
stiff, rigid papillae or papilla-like protuberances on the branches, branchlets, 
leaves, and inflorescences, in this particular character differing from all 
other described species of the genus known to me. 
