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petioles about 5 min. long, rugose, sparingly hirsute, heeoming glabrous. 
Flowers white, turning yellowisli in age, faintly odoi'oiis, in pairs in 
the u|)|.)er axils, nearly sessile. Calyx 4 luru. long, oxoiil, glabrous, the 
teeth ovate, acute, o nuu. long, slightly hirsute-ciliate, the bract linear, 
glabrous or nearly so, aliout mm. long. Corolla glabi'ous outside, hir- 
sute inside, the tube about 7 mm. long. Anthers ohlong, 4 mm. long: 
lilaments hirsute. Ovary 3-celled ; style about 13 uim. long, slender, 
hirsute except just below the stigma. Fruit suliglobose oi' ovoid, glabrous, 
black when mature, 5 to (i mm. in diameter; seeds few, 2 or 3, about 
4 mm. long. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Pauai (4775 3IcrrilI) NovemiH'r S, 1005. In 
tliickets, l)Oi'(ler of mossy forest at about 2.200 ni. 
.V .species of the § JS/iiiloou, subsect. Brevi/lorae, a])pareutly most closely related 
to Loiiicera (jhiljrala IMill., of the Itiuialayaii region, ami (|uite ilistinct from 
the only other known Philippine species of the genus, L. rehdcri 4terr., which 
is also known only from the same [)rovince as is the present species. 
CUCUUmTACEAA 
ZANONIA Linn. 
Zanonia philippinensis ^Merrill s]i. nov. 
Scandent in large trees reaching a height of from 30 to 50 m. 
Branches rather slender, striate, glabrous, grayish Itrown. Tendrils gla- 
brous 8 to 10 cm. long or more. Leaves ovate, the base broad, somewhat 
cordate, coriaceous, glabrous, shining on both surfaces, paler beneath, 
the apex acute, 15 to 5 l cm. long, 10 to 13 cm. wide, 3-nerved from the 
ba.se, the lateral nerves prominent, few, distant; i)etioles 2 to 3.5 cm. 
long. Flowers unknown. Fruit subglobose, brown, glabrous, somewhat 
shining, the pericarp brittle when dry, aljout 21 ) cm. in diameter. Seeds 
indefinite, elliptical, flattened. 3.5 can. long, 1.5 cm. wide, cvings mem- 
branous, surrounding the seed, each aljout G cm. long, 4 cm. wide, the base 
entire, curved, the apex irregularly lobed or toothed. 
IMindanao, Lake Laiiao. Camp Kcithley (324 JI/js. Clemens) February. 1005. 
A .s])ecies evidently related to the Malayan Zanonia mucrocai jia Plume, differing 
from the latter in its cordate leaves, smaller seeds which have much wider and 
somewhat longer wings than in Plume’s s])ccies. Of this genus, Zanonia iniliea 
Linn.,, has been I'eported from the Philippines by F.-Villar, bul his I'ccord has 
never been verilied. 
('A.MrANITLA(’E.E. 
PR AT I A Gaud. 
Pratia begonifolia l.indh Pot. Peg. /. 1373; Claike in Hook. f. FI, Prit. Ind. 3 
(1S81) 422; Forbes &. llemsl. Journ. Linn. Soe. Pot. 26 (ISSO) 2. 
Luzon. Piovince of Benguet, Salilan (0201 Elmer) .April. 1004; Baguio to 
Ambuklao (4309 Merrill) October 24. 1905. Growing on steep damp banks in 
ravines. Japan to Centi'al and iSouthern China. Formosa. Eastern India, and 
.Malaya. 
.\o species of the genns previously reported from Ihe Philippiiu‘s. 
