PHILIPPINE CONNARACEJE. 
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A seandent shrub, glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches dark- 
brown or grayish, somewhat lenticellate. Leaves alternate, odd-pinnate, 
15 to 25 cm long, the rachis swollen at the base; leaflets 5, the lateral ones 
opposite and smaller than the terminal one, subcoriaceous, glabrous, 
shining, ovate-elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 6 to 11 cm long, 2.5 to 5 cm 
wide, base acute or subacute, rarely somewhat rounded, margins entire, 
sometimes recurved, apex strongly acuminate, the acumen blunt; nerves 
4 or 5 on each side of the midrib, ascending, curved, laxly anastomosing, 
prominent beneath, the reticulations very lax, the finer ones obsolete; 
petiolules about 4 mm long. Panicles terminal and axillary, as long as 
the leaves, densely ferruginous-pubescent, many-flowered. Sepals free, 
oblong, obtuse or acute, pubescent, distinctly glandular-punctate, 4 to 5 
mm long. Petals about the same length as the sepals, glabrous or sub- 
glabrous, glandular-punctate, elliptic-ovate, obtuse. Stamens 10, alter- 
nating long and short, glabrous, the longer filaments 1.5 mm in length. 
Carpels 1, narrowly ovoid, densely pubescent; style very short, 0.5 mm 
long, glabrous or nearly so. Follicles orange-yellow, somewhat obovoid, 
2.5 cm long, inflated, firmly coriaceous, obtuse, the stipe short, outside 
shining, glabrous, not striate, inside somewhat tomentose. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 754, September-October, 
1906, and without number (type), March, 1907. 
9. Connarus whitfordii sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, inflorescentiis exceptis glaber; foliis imparipinnatis, 
10 ad 15 cm longis, foliolis 5, lateralibus suboppositis vel alternis, 
oblongo-ellipticis vel oblongo-ovatis, firmiter membranaceis, nitidis, apice 
sensim acuminatis, obtusis, basi subrotundatis, nervis utrinque 3 ad 5 ; 
paniculis axillaribus terminalibusque, folia aequantibus vel multo longio- 
ribus, dense brunneo-pubescentibus ; sepalis coriaceis, arcuatis, dense 
pubescentibus ; petalis oblongo-linearibus, utrinque plus minus pubes- 
centibus; glanduloso-punctatis ; staminibus 10, inaequalibus, filamentis 
pubescentibus; carpellis ovoideis, pubescentibus; folliculis 2.5 cm longis, 
inflatis, ellipsoideis, extus glabris, obscure reticulato-striatis, intus pubes- 
centibus. 
A seandent shrub, glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches grayish- 
brown, terete, lenticellate. Leaves alternate, 10 to 15 cm long, the 
leaflets 5, the lateral ones subopposite or alternate, oblong-elliptic or 
oblong-ovate, firmly membranaceous, shining, 4 to 7 cm long, 2 to 3 cm 
wide, base usually rounded, apex gradually and prominently acuminate, 
acumen obtuse, margins entire, recurved ; nerves 3 to 5 on each side, of the 
midrib, rather distinct beneath, the reticulations faint; petiolules about 
2 mm long. Panicles axillary and terminal, equaling or much exceeding 
the leaves, densely brown-pubescent, the buds densely congested on the 
ultimate branchlets. Sepals coriaceous, arched, oblong, 3 mm long, 
pubescent, opaque. Petals linear-oblong, obtuse, somewhat pubescent on 
both surfaces, glandular-punctate, 5.5 to 6 mm long, 1.2 mm wide, the 
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