466 The Philippine Journal of Science leia 
axillares solitarii robusti et ad cicatrices foliorum delapsorum 
aequilongi solitarii vel bini terni congesti, racemiformes, (fruc- 
tigeri) glabri; capsulae sat pedicellatae, obcordato-trilobae, in 
stipitem longiorem triquetrum attenuatae, abortu plerumque 
dispermae, glabratae, endocarpio glanduloso; semina elongato- 
ellipsoidea, e spadiceo nigro-fusca, splendida, arillo brevi crasso 
aurantiaco dorso depresso suifulta. 
Rami 4-6 mm crassi. Folia petiolo ad 8 cm longo adjecto 
ad 40 cm longa; foliola 12-18 cm longa, 4-6 cm lata, petiolulis 
ca. 1 cm longis. Capsulae stipite ad 1 cm longo incluso 2.5 cm 
altae, fere totidem latae. Semina 18 mm longa, 8 mm crassa. 
In Philippinarum insula Luzon; A. Loher n. 5882 (prov. Rizal, Montal- 
ban, m. Apr. 1906, fr. ; Hb. Kew., Monac.) 
29. RHYSOTOECHIA STRIATA Radik. 
Frutex(?) ; rami teretes, striati, atro-fusci, parum lenticellosi, 
glabrati; folia 2-4-juga, longiuscule petiolata, petiolo subtereti 
striato, rhachi supra ± bisulcata, subtus convexa striata ; foliola 
opposita vel subalterna, large elliptica, utrinque acuta, sat petio- 
lulata, petiolulis crassiusculis rugosis, subcoriacea, nervis later- 
alibus sat approximatis e patulo procurvis, subtus retique 
venarum laxiore prominulis, glabra, flavescentia, nitidula, sub- 
tus viridia opaca, cellulis secretoriis sat raris (in specim. n. 778 
perperam quaesitis) instructa, crystallis prope paginam supe- 
riorem baculiformibus crystallorumque concretionibus sat 
crebris persita, glandulis microscopicis cylindricis vel subcla- 
vatis interdum geminatim in epidermidis foveolas basi immersis 
sat crebris (sed plurimis decisis) utrinque ornata, epidermide 
paginae inferioris insigni cuticula granulata; thyrsi in foliorum 
axillis parvi vel in parte ramorum inferiore fasciculati majores, 
glabriusculi, cymularum loco flores singulos longuis pedicellatos 
gerentes; alabastra globosa; sepala 5, ciliata; petala 5, e late 
obovato in unguem brevem contracta, basi margine paullulum 
inflexo villoso subsquamulata ; stamina 8, filamentis praeter api- 
cem furfuraceo-villosis, antheris puberulis; germen (floris s) 
rudimentarium, 3-loculare, pilosum. Capsula obcordato-3-loba, 
sat stipitata, glabrata, endocarpio glanduloso. 
Rami ca. 4 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 5-10 cm longo adjecto 
30-40 cm el ultra longa; foliola ad 30 cm longa, 11.5 cm lata, 
petiolulis ca. 1 cm longis. Thyrsi 6-10 cm longi. Pedicelli ad 
5 mm longi, basi articulati. Alabastra diametro 3 mm. Flores 
expansi diametro 5 mm. Capsula 2.2 cm alta, totidem lata. 
