248 The Philippine Journal of Science 1920 
the upper surface brownish-olivaceous, strongly shining, the 
lower surface dull, paler; lateral nerves about 5 on each side 
of the midrib, prominent; petioles about 1 cm long. Racemes 
solitary, lateral, in the axils of fallen leaves, about 20 cm long. 
Flowers white, solitary or paired, 2 cm long, their pedicels 2 
to 3 mm long, when in pairs free nearly to the base. Perianth 
lobes 4, the somewhat enlarged tips narrowly oblong, about 3 
mm long and 1.2 mm wide. Hypogynous scales more or less 
united into a prominent white disk about 1 mm high. 
Mindanao, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 34610 Ramos & Pas- 
casio, April 25, 1919, on river banks at the iron deposit on the 
northeast coast, altitude about 300 meters. 
A species closely allied to Helicia oligophlebia Merr. but with 
larger leaves and flowers. It is possible that Bur. Sci. 34-621 
Ramos & Pascasio from the same locality represents the same 
species. This specimen, however, is in fruit, and the leaves 
are relatively narrower and are wholly entire. 
ARISTOLOCHIACEAE 
BRAGANTIA Loureiro 
BRAGANTIA BREVIPES sp. nov. 
Suffrutex simplex, erectus, 0.5 m altus, leviter pubescens; 
foliis subcoriaceis, oblongo-ellipticis ad elliptico-ovatis, 11 ad 
17 cm longis, basi obtusis ad rotundatis, 3-nerviis, apice obtusis 
ad rotundatis, plerumque minute apiculatis, breviter petiolatis, 
petiolo 5 ad 8 mm longo; racemis basilaribus, solitariis, 4 ad 
12 cm longis, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis ; floribus circiter 12 mm 
diametro, hirsutis, lobis late ovatis, reticulatis; capsulis tenuis, 
leviter torulosis, circiter 4 cm longis et 4 mm diametro. 
An erect, small undershrub, up to 50 cm high, the stems 
sulcate when dry, grayish, 5 mm in diameter or less, solitary or 
2 or 3 from the same root, more or less cinereous-pubescent as 
are the leaves on the lower surface. Leaves subcoriaceous, 
grayish or olivaceous when dry, oblong-elliptic to elliptic-ovate, 
11 to 17 cm long, 6 to 10 cm wide, base rounded to obtuse, 3- 
nerved, the apex rounded or obtuse and usually minutely apic- 
ulate; lateral nerves above the basal pair about 5 on each side 
of the midrib, ascending, distinct on the lower surface as are 
the close reticulations ; petioles 5 to 8 mm long. Racemes basal, 
solitary, the rachis 4 to 12 cm long, the bracts linear-lanceolate, 
pubescent, about 7 mm in length. Flowers about 12 mm in diam- 
eter, somewhat hirsute, yellowish, the perianth tube broadly 
cup-shaped or ovoid, about 4 mm long, the limb spreading, the 
