X, C, 5 
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A scandent, glabrous, herbaceous vine, the branches pale, 
striate, terete, 2 to 3 mm thick. Leaves chartaceous or sub- 
coriaceous, pale when dry, slightly shining and of the same color 
on both surfaces, the base very broadly truncate or abruptly 
acute, subauriculate-glandular, 3- or obscurely 5-plinerved, the 
lamina up to 23 cm long, subreniform in outline, very deeply 
palmately 5-lobed, the lobes lanceolate, straight or somewhat 
falcate, entire, sharply acuminate, 8 to 20 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 
cm wide, the sinuses obtuse or acute, each with a prominent 
gland on the lower surface of the leaf, each lobe with a prom- 
inent midrib, the nerves slender, distinct, spreading at right 
angles, anastomosing; petioles 2.5 to 4 cm long. Peduncles up 
to 15 cm long, the tendril part short. Flowers not seen. Im- 
mature fruits apparently obovoid, about 6 cm long, shining, 
yellowish-brown when dry, the pericarp thin, brittle. 
Luzon, Subprovince of Benguet, Sablan, Elmer 6262, April, 1904 (type), 
Bur. Sci. 12577 Fenix, December, 1910, in forests and thickets. 
The specimens, or at least those of the last number cited, were distrib- 
uted as Modecca parviflora Blanco, but that species is described as having 
3-lobed leaves, while the present form has constantly 5-lobed leaves. It is 
suspected that Modecca triloba Blanco and M. parviflora Blanco are the 
same species, and moreover that they are only forms of Adenia coccinea 
(Blanco) Merr. ( Modecca coccinea Blanco). There are several specimens 
in the herbarium of the Bureau of Science that present entire ovate leaves 
on the same branches with prominently 3-lobed ones. Modecca saponaria 
Blanco is a species of Momordica, and does not belong to the Passifloraceae. 
Adenia palmatifolia is well characterized by its deeply palmately 5-lobed 
leaves and its narrow, straight or falcate lobes. 
ADENIA CRASSA sp. nov. 
Scandens, glabra; foliis integris, ovatis, circiter 10 cm longis, 
basi late rotundatis, cordatis, auriculatis, apice acute acuminatis, 
chartaceis vel submembranaceis ; fructibus ellipsoideis vel ovoi- 
deis, circiter 8 cm longis, pericarpio crassissimo ; seminibus inae- 
quilateraliter obovatis, compressis, foveolatis, 8 mm longis. 
A scandent, glabrous, apparently herbaceous vine, the stems 
slender, pale, striate, terete. Leaves ovate, chartaceous or sub- 
membranaceous, 8 to 10 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide, entire, base 
broadly rounded, prominently cordate, and biauriculate, the 
apex rather slenderly and sharply acuminate, both surfaces some- 
what shining, the lower a little paler then the upper; base 5- 
nerved or somewhat 5-plinerved, the lateral nerves above the 
base one or two pairs, distinct, reticulations lax; petioles 1.5 
to 2.5 cm long; peduncles axillary, solitary, slender, about 3 cm 
long, the cymes apparently few-flowered, the tendril-parts short. 
Flowers unknown. Fruit when fully mature about 8 cm long, 
