540 R. Schlechter. 
drato-oblongis, appendice hyalina ovali obtusa, erectis; polliniis oblique 
oblongoideis, erectis, translatoribus per brevibus retinaculo plus duplo 
minori oblongoideo basi affixis; stigmatis capite oblongoideo, obtuso, 
antheras paulo superante. 
Mindanao: Mayo Bay, District of Davao, C. V. Piper, no. 485, 
flowering in May 1911. 
One of the allies of G. tingens W. & Arn. but specifically well 
distinguished by the flowers and the narrow linear elevated corona-keels, 
6. Gymnema calycinum Schltr., spec. nov. 
Volubile, alte scandens, ramosa; ramis filiformibus, elongatis, laxe 
foliatis, minutissime bifariam pu berulis; foliis petiolatis, oblongis vel 
ovalibus, acuminatis, basi subcordatis, utrinque glabratis, 6,5—8 cm 
longis, medio fere 3,5—4 cm latis, petiolo gracili c. 2 cm longo; cymis 
umbelliformi abbrevitatis, nunc brevissime bibrachiatis, pedunculo c. 
3 cm longo, pedicellis c. 1,5 em longis, glabris; floribus in genere inter 
majores, erecto-patentibus; calycis foliolis oblongo-ligulatis obtusis, 
margine sparsim ciliolatis, c. 5—6 mm longis; corolla campanulata usque 
supra medium 5-fida, extus glabra, intus «carinis coronae 5 anguste 
linearibus, apice obtuso liberis, lateribus pilis erectis dense ciliato-barbatis 
cum lobis alternantibus ornata, caeterum glabra, c. 8 mm longa, lobis 
oblongo-quadratis, apice subtruncato-obtusissimis; gynostegio cylindraceo 
e. 4 mm alto; antheris oblongis, appendice hyalina rotundata obtusissima, 
erecta; polliniis oblique oblongoideis, erectis, translatoribus perbrevibus, 
retinaculo oblongoideo polliniis fere duplo minori basi affixis; stigmatis 
capite oblongoideo, obtuso, antheras paulo excedente. 
Luzon: Climbing up to 5 m high, in Bontoe Subprovince c. 650 m 
alt, Father M. Vanoverbergh, no. 1214, flowering May-June 1911. 
This species is nearest to G. Piperii Schltr. but well distingued by 
the larger calyx with outside glabrous lobes, the larger corolla and the 
corona. The flowers are said to be yellow. 
7. Gymnema Mariae Schltr., spec. nov. 
Volubile, alte scandens, ramosa; ramis ramulisque flexuosis elongatis, 
hirtis, bene foliatis; foliis petiolatis, patentibus patulisve, ovalibus, acu- 
minatis, utrinque breviter hispidulis, 4—8 cm longis, medio fere 
2,5—4,5 cm latis, petiolo dense hirto 1,5—2,5 cm longo; cymis umbelli- 
formi abbreviatis nunc brevissime bibrachiatis, dense multifloris, pedunculo 
pedieellisque dense puberulis, 1—1,5 em longis; floribus in genere inter 
minores; calycis foliolis ovalibus, obtusis, dense puberulis, 1,25 mm longis; 
corolla campanulata, c. 2,5 mm longa, usque supra medium 5-fida, extus 
glaberrima, intus tubo carinis 5 coronae linearibus bifariam villoso-ciliatis 
ornata, tubo caeterum glabro, lobis oblique oblongis, intus dense et 
minutissime puberulis; gynostegio eylindraceo, c. 1,5 mm longo; antheris 
oblongis, appendice hyalina rotundata, erecta; polliniis oblongoideis erectis, 
translatoribus brevibus retinaculo multo minori basi affixis; stigmatis 
capite altius conieo subacuto antheras subduplo superante. 
