The Philippine Journal op Science, C. Botany 
Vol. VIII, No. 3, May, 1913. 
THREE NEW SPECIES OF MENISPERMACEAE 
By L. Diels 
{Marhurg, Germany) 
PARABAENA Miers 
PARABAENA ECHINOCARPA Diels sp. nov. 
Rami glabri striati. Foliorum petiolus 10-15 cm longus basi 
geniculato-curvatus ; lamina membranacea, glaberrima, cordata, 
integra, apice acuminata, 8-25 cm longa, 11-12 cm lata; nervi 
basales circ. 7-palmati, subtus cum lateralibus 1-2 utrinque 
abeuntibus secundariisque subtus prominentes. Inflorescentiae 
S e ramis foliatis ortae, pedunculatae, paniculatae, 9-12 cm 
longae ; rami primarii patentes iterum ramulosi, ramuli bracteati 
bracteis pedicelli dimidium subaequantibus, pedicelli bracteaeque 
minute pilosuli. Sepala uninervia, ca. 2.5 mm longa, 3 exteriora 
a basi angustata 1.8-2 mm lata, 3 interiora 1.3-1. 5 mm lata; 
petala 6 obtriangulari-obovata vix 1 mm longa. Synandrium 
breviter stipitatum 0.7 mm diamet., apice (stylorum rudimento) 
appendiculatum. Drupae (siccae) 8-9 mm longae ; endocar- 
pium extus densissime echinatum, condylus faciei ventralis 
partem medianam occupans subconvexus, dentibus spiniformibus 
meatum obvallantibus. 
Camiguin de Mindanao, d' flor. et fruct. m. Mart, et Aprili, 1912, Bur. 
Sci. H722 Ramos. 
This new species is recognized by the leaves being totally glabrous, 
entire, cordate, and the endocarp being even more bristly than in Parabaena 
philippinensis. 
TINOMISCIUM Miers 
TINOMISCIUM MOLLE Diels sp. nov. 
Rami (sicci) sulcati pubescentes. Foliorum petiolus 12-15 
cm longus, et basi et apice geniculato-curvatus; lamina firme 
chartacea, supra glabra laevis, subtus dense pubescens mollis, e 
basi truncata vel emarginata subtriangulari-ovata, apice acute 
acuminata, ca. 20 cm longa, 12 cm lata, nervi primarii basales 
5 valid! subtus cum secundariis prominentes, praeterea laterales 
2-3 utrinque a costa anteriore abeuntes eodem modo subtus 
prominentes. Inflorescentiae $ ca. 20 cm longae, rhachis pedi- 
cellique rufo-puberuli ; bracteae angustissimae 1-1.5 mm longae ; 
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