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cence. Leaves green, membranaceous, of the same color and 
shining on both surfaces when dry, oblong to oblong-ovate, 10 
to 20 cm long, 3 to 8 cm wide, the upper ones usually smaller 
or at least narrower than the lower ones, the apex shortly 
acuminate, the base truncate, rarely subacute, never cordate, the 
margins with distant minute teeth opposite the excurrent ends 
of the primary and secondary nerves; nerves about 6 on each 
side of the midrib, rather prominent, the reticulations lax; 
petioles about 3 cm long. Tendrils leaf-opposed, entire, up to 
20 cm long. Cymes axillary and terminal, lax, up to 10 cm long, 
peduncled. Flowers 4-merous, greenish-white, 4 mm long, the 
buds narrowly ovoid. Calyx cup-shaped, truncate. Petals oblong- 
ovate, 3 to 4 mm long, 2 mm wide, acute, glabrous. Anthers 
1 mm long, longer than wide. Fruit dark-purple when mature, 
fleshy, ovoid, 1.2 to 1.5 cm long, when young oblong-ovoid and 
somewhat rostrate. Seed smooth, ovoid, base somewhat rostrate. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Lamao River, For. Bur. 2122 (type), 
1927 Borden, October, 1904, altitude about 130 meters, Whitford 1056, 
Williams 248, 586, Merrill 3793, Elmer 6669, For. Bur. 2193 Meyer: Prov- 
ince of Laguna, Los Banos, Bur. Sci. 6611 Robinson, February, 1909. In 
thickets and forests, at low altitudes. 
I originally wrote the description of this species in 1904, but later 
considered it to be the same as Cissus rostrata Korth., and so recorded it. 1 
After an examination of the material in the Kew Herbarium, I came to the 
conclusion that Cissus rostrata Korth., was a different species, as yet not 
found in the Philippines, from which Cissus oblongifolia differs in its 
broader leaves which are not rostrate-acuminate at the apex. The present 
species is manifestly allied to Cissus repens Lam., but is distinguished by 
its quite differently shaped leaves and much larger flowers. 
CISSUS QUADRANGULAR IS L. Mant. 1 (1767) 39; Planch, in DC. Monog. 
Phan. 5 (1887) 510. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, For. Bur. 16871 Bacani, February, 909: 
Province of Batangas, Cuzner 41 , December, 1907: Manila, Merrill s. n. 
September, 1909. Cebu, Barrow 25, June, 1904. Negros, Piper 50, May, 
1911. Siquijor, Piper 395, May, 1911. 
A species found in the drier parts of the Archipelago, with the appear- 
ance of having been introduced. It is well characterized by its stout, 
green, very fleshy, 4-angled stems, which shrink much in drying. 
Tropical Africa and tropical Asia to Malaya. 
CISSUS REPENS Lam. Encycl. 1 (1783) 31; Planch, in DC. Monog. Phan. 
5 (1887) 504. 
This species is based on Neriam Pulli Rheede Hort. Malabar. 7 : t. 48, 
for Lamarck in his original description cites no specimen, giving only the 
reference to Rheede cited above and a reference to Ray’s Historia Plan- 
tarum. Rheede’s figure is an excellent one, but represents a plant with 
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