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1915 
The Philippine Journal of Science 
STRONGYLODON Vogel 
STRONGYLODON PAUC1NERVIS sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens glaber; foliis 3-foliolatis, foliolis chartaceis, 
ovatis, obscure latissime obtuse acuminatis, usque ad 12 cm 
longis, nervis utrinque circiter 5; racemis ut videtur caulinis, 
fasciculatis, circiter 20 cm longis, multifloris, floribus azureo- 
violaceis ad nodos leviter elongatis subracemose dispositis, cur- 
vatis, circiter 3 cm longis. 
A scandent glabrous vine of large size, the branchlets terete, 
brownish, 3 to 4 mm in diameter. Leaves 3-foliolate, their pe- 
tioles 6 to 9 cm long, the stipules oblong, obtuse, strongly nerved, 
about 4 mm long, deciduous, the stipels linear, about 3 mm long ; 
leaflets chartaceous, the terminal one equilateral, the lateral ones 
strongly inequilateral, ovate, 10 to 12 cm long, 5 to 6 cm wide, 
obscurely, very broadly, and bluntly acuminate, base rounded, 
shining, subolivaceous ; lateral nerves about 5 on each side of the 
midrib, prominent; petiolules about 8 mm long. Racemes ap- 
parently from the trunk, at least three in a fascicle, about 20 cm 
long, many flowered, the peduncles 4 to 6 cm long. Flowers 
bluish-violet, about 3 cm long, corolla upcurved at nearly right 
angles at about the middle, in bud nearly straight or only 
slightly falcate, the nodes produced as short, about 5 mm long, 
branchlets, the flowers racemosely arranged on the produced 
nodes. Pedicels 1 cm long or less. Calyx cup-shaped, about 
fi mm long, margins wavy. Standard about 3 cm long, when 
spread nearly 2 cm wide, curved upward at about the middle, 
rostrate-acuminate. Wings slightly falcate, the claw about 8 
mm long, the lamina oblong, rounded, 1.5 cm long, 6 mm wide. 
Keel strongly curved upward, 4 cm long, when spread 2 cm wide, 
rostrate-acuminate. Ovary long stipitate, the ovules about 5. 
Biliran, Bur. Sci. 18858 McGregor, June 22, 1914, a very large vine 
in forests, altitude about 300 meters. 
Among the Philippine species with short racemes well characterized 
by its fascicled racemes, its produced nodes, its numerous flowers, and its 
few-nerved leaflets. 
STRONGYLODON MEGAPHYLLUS sp. nov. 
Scandens, ramulis junioribus exceptis glaber; foliolis oblongo- 
ovatis, coriaceis, in siccitate brunneis, usque ad 28 cm longis, 
basi subacutis, apice obtusis vel retusis, nervis utrinque circiter 
8, subtus prominentibus ; inflorescentiis angustissime paniculatis, 
30 ad 40 cm longis, ut videtur multifloris; floribus azureo- 
violaceis, 5 vel 6 cm longis. 
A scandent plant, apparently of large size, quite glabrous 
