xni, c, 6 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants 333 
fimbriatis; fructibus junioribus ellipsoideis, seminibus com- 
pressis, oblongo-lanceolatis, circiter 1.3 cm longis. 
A scandent, glabrous, slender, herbaceous plant, the branches 
terete, slightly sulcate. Leaves chartaceous, oblong-ovate, 11 to 
14 cm long, about 7 cm wide, olivaceous, shining, the upper 
surface somewhat scabrid by the whitish-punctate dots, the lower 
verruculose, the apex rather slenderly acuminate, base deeply 
cordate, the sinus narrow, the basal lobes somewhat angular or 
repand, the margins otherwise entire or very obscurely undulate, 
the nerves and reticulations prominent; petioles about 3.5 cm 
long ; tendrils up to at least 15 cm in length, glabrous. Pistillate 
flowers solitary, axillary, ebracteate, their pedicels 1.5 to 3 cm 
long, the tube slender, cylindric, including the ovarian part 6 to 
7 cm long. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 6 to 7 mm long. 
Petals obovate, puberulent, about 3 cm long, white, split to the 
middle or beyond into numerous very slender fimbriae. Imma- 
ture fruits ellipsoid, about 5 cm long, deeply wrinkled when dry, 
glabrous, castaneous when dry. Seeds oblong-lanceolate, com- 
pressed, about 1.3 cm long. 
Catanduanes, Bur. Sci. 30364 Ramos, November 27, 1917, border of 
forests near abaca (Manila hemp) plantations, slopes of Mount Mari- 
guidon. 
This species is well characterized by its oblong-ovate, deeply cordate 
leaves, which are entire or slightly undulate, not at all lobed, and its 
ellipsoid fruits. 
[Vol. XIII, Sec. C, No. 3, including pages 123 to 200, was issued July 16, 
1918; and No. 4, including pages 201 to 262, was issued September 
21, 1918.] 
