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FOXWORTHY. 
probably not found in the Philippines, if indeed, it is distinct from this 
species. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, For. Bur. 7081 Klemme: Snbprovince of Benguet, 
Elmer 8711/, Bur. Sci. '12681 Fenix: Province of Tarlac, Loher 7135: Province 
of Pampanga, Merrill 11/58 Garcia: Province of Zambales, Hallier s. n., For. 
Bur. 8158 Curran & Merritt: Province of Bataan, Williams 27, 51/3, Merrill 3158, 
For. Bur. 161 Barnes, For. Bur. 1805 Borden, Whitford 1236, For. Bur. 51/61/, 
7371/, t 7 37 5 Curran: Province of Rizal, Warhurg 131/91, Guerrero 29, Dec. Phil. 
For. FI. 120 Ahern’s coll., For. Bur. 2876 Ahern’s coll., Bur. Sci. 100 Foxworthy: 
Province of Batangas, Cuming 151/9: Province of Tayabas, For. Bur. 15055 
Curran. Polillo, Bur. Sci. 1031/1 McGregor. Mindoro, For. Bur. 1/117, 111/83 
Merritt. Leyte, Elmer 731/6, For. Bur. 12793 Rosenhluth. Mindanao, District 
of Butuan, Merrill 7301/: District of Davao, Williams s. n. : District of Lanao, 
Mrs. Clemens 1/12, s. n., 691. Palawan, Merrill 71/7. 
Native name culiat. This same name is applied to this plant in various parts 
of the Netherlands Indies. 
Distribution: British India and Burma, Cochin China, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, 
Celebes, the Moluccas, New Guinea. 
4. Gnetum minus sp. nov. Plate XXXIII. 
Scandens. G. scandenti (ex descr.) simile sed minus. Folia elliptica 
vel oblonga, 4.5-9 cm longa, 3-4 cm lata ; amentis masculis 1-3, fascicu- 
latis, cylindraceis, 6-14 mm longis, 3-4 mm latis. Amenta feminea 
ignota. 
With rather slender twigs. Leaves elliptic or oblong, tapering to both 
ends, acute or obtuse at apex and more or less cuneate at' base, tapering 
into the slightly winged petiole, which is sometimes canaliculate above ; 
dark-green above, slightly lighter beneath, becoming very much darker, 
but not black, in drying, 4.5-9 cm long, 3-4 cm wide; secondary veins 
5-8 pairs. 'Venation as in G. latifolium ; margin of leaf slightly thick- 
ened or inrolled. Staminate flower-clusters terminal on short lateral 
branches, 1-3 in a cluster, each one 6-14 mm long and 3-4 mm in 
diameter, of 5-10 whorls. Peduncle 1-9 mm long. Pistillate flower- 
clusters and fruit not seen. 
Collected by Dr. E. A. Mearns near Baguio, Subprovince of Benguet, Luzon, 
in April 1907, Bur. Sci. 2513. 
Possibly only a small form of G. latifolium. 
