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not prominent, the reticulations lax, faint ; petiolules 5 to 8 mm 
long. Inflorescence axillary and terminal, lax, the axillary ones 
in fruit up to 20 cm long, the terminal ones sometimes 30 cm 
in length, divaricately branched. Flowers unknown. Fruit nar- 
rowly obovoid, about 1 cm long, 5 to 7 mm wide, smooth, nar- 
rowed below to the acute base, the apex blunt, tipped by the 
remains of the stigma, the pericarp thin, brown when dry, show- 
ing the rugosities of the seed which is about 8 mm long, slightly 
compressed, subelliptic in outline. 
Basilan, Bur. Sci. 16178 Reillo, September, 1912. 
A species greatly resembling Tetrastigma laxum Merr., and unquestion- 
ably closely allied to that form; different, however, in its much larger 
leaflets, the rachis of the leaves much extended beyond the lateral leaflets. 
TETRASTIGMA EVERETTII sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens inflorescentiis exceptis glaber ; foliis longe pe- 
tiolatis, pedatim 5- ad 7-foliolatis, foliolis oblongis ad oblongo- 
obovatis, usque ad 20 cm longis, acuminatis, basi acutis, margine 
grosse irregulariter acute sinuato-serratis, nervis utrinque 7 ad 
10, curvatis, subtus distinctis; inflorescentiis axillaribus, longe 
pedunculatis, 2- vel 3-pinnatim umbellatis, pubescentibus ; floribus 
S 4-meris, umbellatis, petalis extus pubescentibus, oblongis, 
acutis, intus cucullatis, 3.5 ad 4 mm longis. 
A scandent vine, glabrous except the inflorescence, the branches 
terete, striate, dark-brown when dry. Leaves long-petioled, ped- 
ately 5- or 7-foliolate, the petioles 13 to 16 cm long, the leaflets 
oblong to oblong-obovate, 12 to 20 cm long, 4 to 8 cm wide, slightly 
shining, of about the same color on both surfaces when dry, the 
base acute, apex sharply acuminate, the margins in the upper two- 
thirds prominently and coarsely sinuate-serrate, the teeth irreg- 
ular in size, acute; nerves 6 to 10 on each side of the midrib, 
distinct beneath, curved, the reticulations subobsolete; petiolule 
of the middle leaflet up to 4 cm in length, those of the lateral ones 
much shorter. Inflorescence axillary, pubescent, solitary, 2- or 
3-pinnately umbellate, 10 to 12 cm long, the peduncle longer than 
the floriferous portion, bearing at its apex 3 to 5, elongated, 
primary branches. Flowers white, 4-merous, umbellately ar- 
ranged at the tips of the ultimate branchlets, their pedicels 
pubescent, 5 to 8 mm long. Calyx disklike, truncate, 1.2 mm 
in diameter. Petals 4, oblong-ovate, acute or obtuse, prominently 
cucullate at the apex inside, 3.5 to 4 mm long, not at all cornic- 
ulate. Disk prominent in the staminate flowers, glabrous, 2 mm 
in diameter. Filaments 2 mm long; anthers orbicular-elliptic, 
1 mm long. Female flowers nor seen. 
