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A small tree, the trunk about 4 cm in diameter. Branches reddish- 
brown, glabrous, the branehlets, especially the growing shoots, densely 
ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves oblong-elliptic or ovate-elliptic, subco- 
riaceous, 10 to 14 cm long, 5 to 6 cm wide, entire, the apex acuminate, 
the base broad, rounded or subcordate, very minutely subpeltate, shining, 
the upper surface glabrous, or the midrib and nerves minutely pubescent, 
beneath pubescent on the midrib and lateral nerves; nerves 7 or 8 on 
each side of the midrib, prominent, distant, curved, anastomosing, the 
reticulations lax, distinct; petioles pubescent, 3 to 4 mm long, jointed 
with the leaflet. Follicle densely ferruginous-pubescent, 3 cm long, 2 cm 
wide, compressed, subfalcate, base acute, apex acuminate-rostrate, the 
stalk 1.5 cm long. Seed subellipsoid, somewhat compressed, dark- 
colored, shining, 2.3 cm long, the aril very short. 
Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Port Banga, For. Bar. 9276 Whitford <£ 
Hutchinson, January, 1908. 
A species allied to Ellipanthus luzoniensis Vid. but readily distinguished by 
its very short petioles, subpeltate, broad, rounded or cordate leaf-base, prominent 
reticulations, and larger follicles. 
3. ROUREA Aubl. 
1. Leaflets 1 to 5 1. R.volubilis 
1. Leaflets 11 to 15 2. Ii.erecta 
1. Rourea volubilis (Blanco) Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 
36; Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 61. 
Gnestis volubilis Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 385. 
Gnestis trifolia Blanco 1. c. ed. 2 (1845) 270, ed. 3, 2: 136, non Lam. 
Rourea heterophylla Planch, in Linnaea 23 (1850) 419; Walp. Ann. 2 (1851) 
297; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. I 2 (1859) 658; Vid. Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 106, 
Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 103. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, For. Bur. 14129 Merritt & Darling: Province of 
Tayabas, Cuming 752, type collection of Rourea heterophylla Planch.: Province of 
Zambales, Bur. Sci. 5064 Ramos : Province of Rizal, Merrill 1678, Loher 5139, Bur. 
Sci. 2657 Ramos: Province of Bataan, For. Bur. 1967 Borden. Mindoko, For. Bur. 
4118 Merritt. Balabac, Bur. Sci. 450 Mangubat. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, 
Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 280: District of Zamboanga, For. Bur. 9307 Whit- 
ford & Hutchinson. 
In vegetative characters this species is exceedingly variable, the leaflets varying 
from one to seven, and on some specimens the same branches bearing 1-3- and 
5-foliolate leaves. The flower and fruit characters appear to be rather constant. 
This species has been reported from the Feejee Islands by A. Gray, 8 but possibly 
on an erroneous identification, or on a wrongly localized plant. Otherwise not 
reported from outside the Philippines. 
2. Rourea erecta (Blanco) comb. nov. 
Gnestis erecta Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 387. 
Omphalobium pictum Blanco 1. c. ed. 2 (1845) 271; ed. 3, 2: 139. 
Gnestis glabra Blanco 1. cc. 387, 271, 138, non Lam. 
Rourea multiflora Planch, in Linnaea 23 (1850) 418; Walp. Ann. 2 (1851) 
297; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. I 2 (1859) 658; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 56; Naves in 
Bot. Wilkes’ U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 375. 
