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MERRILL. 
CAMPANULACEiE. 
PENTAPHRAGMA Wall. 
Pentaphragrria ph i I ippi nensis Merril n. sp. 
Foliis amplis, membranaceis ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, acuminatis, 
basi acutis inaequilateralibus, 20 ad 30 cm. longis, 10 ad 22 cm. latis, 
supra glabris, subtus plus minus tomentellis; fioribus ad 4 cm. longis 
5-meris ; calycis lobis ovatis, 1.5 ad 2 cm. longis, tubo 5-angulato. 
An erect unbranched suffrutescent herb 1 m. high or less, the stems 
thick, glabrous or nearly so, yellowish when dry. Leaves ovate or oblong- 
ovate, membranous, 20 to 30 cm. long, 10 to 22 cm. wide, glabrous 
above, beneath paler and somewhat tomentose, the margins rather finely 
crenate-dentate, the apex acuminate, base inequilateral, acute; nerves 5 
to 6 on each side of the midrib, prominent, ascending, the reticulations 
lax; petioles 5 to 10 cm. long. Eacemes axillary, few or many flowered, 
not unilateral, the peduncles short, the bracts membranous about 2 cm. 
long. Flowers white or greenish white when fresh, yellowish when dry, 
5-merous, the pedicels 2 to 3.5 cm. long. Calyx tube 1.5 to 2 cm. long, 
oblong, narrowed below, 5-angled, glabrous, the lobes 5, ovate, acute, 
two nearly 2 cm. long and 1.3 cm. wide, three 1.5 cm. long and 0.7 
mm. wide. Corolla lobes 5, glabrous, equal, oblong-ovate, acute, about 
1 cm. long, 0.5 cm. wide, the tube short. Stamens 5, filaments 2 mm. 
long, the anthers about the same length. Ovary 5-celled, ovules very 
numerous; style 5 to 6 mm. long; stigma oblong-ovoid, 5-ridged. 
In forests along the Alag River at 100 m. alt. (No. 6136), ascending to 1,500 
m. alt.; also collected by Merritt, in June, 1906 (No. 4333). In addition to the 
above specimen, the following are referable here, all from Mindanao : Province of 
Misamis, Mount Malindang (4702 M earns & Hutchinson.) May, 1906; Province 
of Surigao (354 Bolster) May, 1906; Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley (229 Mrs. 
Clemens) February, 1906. 
Apparently most closely related to P. macropliylla Oliv., from New Guinea, 
differing from that species, as described in its smaller leaves, longer bracts and 5- 
angled, not terete, calyx tube. 
The genus is new to the Philippines, the known species ^being P. begoniae- 
folium Wall., from Burma and the Malayan Peninsula, P. scortechinii King & 
Gamb., and P. ridleyi King & Gamb., from the Malayan Peninsula and Singapore, 
P. aurantiaca Stapf, from Mount Kinabalu, North Borneo, P. macrophylla Oliv., 
from New Guinea and P. grandiflorum Kurz from the Moluccas. 
COMPOSITE. 
Ml KAN I A Willd. 
Mikania scandens (Linn.) Willd. Sp. PI. 3 (1800) 1743. Willugbaeya 
scandens O. Kunze. 
In thickets at 100 m. alt. (No. 5699). 
Throughout the Philippines. 
Cosmopolitan in the Tropics. 
