Asclepiadaceae Philippinenses. 555 
multifloris, pedunculo 1,3—2,5 cm longo, glabro; floribus breviter pedi- 
cellatis; pedicello sparsim pilosulo; calycis foliolis 1,5 mm longis; corolla 
1 cm longa, lobis c. 1 mm longis, tubo supra basin intus minutissime 
puberulo, parce barbellato; gynostegio generis, c. 4 mm alto, 
Bohol: Without mention of the exact locality. R. C. Mc. Gregor 
no. 1693 (typus), flowering in July 1906. 
I have shortened the specific description as all the details of the 
flower can be taken from the generic diagnosis. 
14. Dischidia gibbifera Schltr. spec. nov. 
Epiphytica, volubilis, ramosa; ramis flexuosis, laxe foliatis, carnosulis, 
glabris; foliis petiolatis rhombeo-ovalibus, apiculatis, 1,5—2 cm longis, 
medio 1—1,3 cm latis, utrinque glabris, carnosis, petiolo 4—6 mm longo; 
inflorescentiis sessilibus vel subsessilibus, rhachi incrassatula sensim 
evoluta, dense pauciflora; floribus in genere inter minores, subsessilibus; 
calycis foliolis corolla fere 4-plo brevioribus, suborbicularibus, obtusissimis, 
margine minutissime ciliolatis, caeterum glabris; corolla ovoidea, tertia 
parte apicali 5-fida, 2,75 mm longa, tubo gibbis 5 amplis obtusis extus 
supra basin donato utrinque glabro, fauce squamis 5  triangulis 
breviter bilobulatis deflexis, puberulis antheris oppositis ornata, lobis 
erecto-patentibus, ovato-lanceolatis, acutis, intus apice incrassata, 
puberulis; gynostegio cylindraceo-conico, c. 2 mm alto; coronae foliolis 
e basi lineari apice anchoriformi-bicruribus, cruribus decurvulis apice 
oblique ovalibus, apiculatis, foliolis gynostegio duplo brevioribus glabris; 
antheris quadratis, appendice hyalina rotundata; polliniis ellipsoideis, 
translatoribus erectis oblique lanceolatis sublongioribus, retinaculo anguste 
oblongoideo polliniis aequilongo infra medium affixis; stigmatis capite 
subrostrato-conico antheras distinete excedente. 
Luzon: San Antonio, Province of Laguna, Maximo Ramo s, no. 12011, 
flowering in August 1910. 
Allied to D. oiantha Schltr,, but with smaller leaves and very 
distinct floral characters. 
15. Dischidia brachystele Schltr., spec. nov. 
Epiphytica, volubilis, ramosa; ramis ramulisque filiformibus, elongatis, 
glabris, laxe foliatis; foliis patentibus patulisve, elliptico-lanceolatis, acu- 
minatis, basi rotundatis, utrinque glabris, lucidis. 5,5—7,5 cm longis, 
medio vel infra medium 2,2—2,8 cm latis, petiolo 6—8 mm longo; inflo- 
rescentiis pedunculatis, glabris, rhachi abbreviata, pauciflora, pedunculo 
1,5—2 em longo; floribus subsessilibus in genere inter minores; calycis 
foliolis late ovatis, obtusis, corolla e. 6-plo brevioribus; corolla e basi 
ovoidea subcylindracea, 3,5 mm longa, quinta parte apicali 5-fida, extus 
glabra, intus tubo glabra et laevi, lobis oblongis, acutis, apice incrassatis, 
basi pilis deflexis barbellatis; gynostegio c. 1,5 mm alto, conico; coronae 
foliolis dup!o brevioribus e basi ligulata apice in laminam semilunatam 
recurvam cum apicibus acutis extensis; antheris trapezoideis, apendice 
hyalina oblonga, acuminata; polliniis oblique oblongoideis, translatoribus 
