470 The Philippine Journal of Seience 1922 
OPHIORRHIZA Linnaeus 
OPHIORRHIZA DOLICHOPHYLLA Sp. Nov. 
Planta suffruticosa, erecta, simplex, usque ad 50 cm alta, in- 
florescentiis leviter pubescentibus exceptis glabra; foliis mem- 
branaceis, utrinque olivaceis, nitidis, lineari-lanceolatis, 20 ad 
25 cm longis, 7 ad 10 mm latis, sursum sensim angustatis, ten- 
uiter caudato-acuminatis, basi decurrentibus, nervis obscuris; 
cymis sessilibus, leviter ferrugineo-pubescentibus, 3 cm longis; 
fructibus 7 mm latis, 3 ad 4 mm longis, subtruncatis. 
An erect, unbranched, suffrutescent plant, 40 to 50 cm long, 
glabrous except the sparingly pubescent inflorescences, the stems 
about 3 mm in diameter. Leaves linear-lanceolate, membrana- 
ceous, olivaceous and shining on both surfaces, 20 to 25 cm long, 
7 to 10 mm wide, entire, narrowed upward to the very slenderly 
caudate-acuminate apex and below to the decurrent base, the 
midrib rather prominent on both surfaces, the lateral nerves dis- 
tant, obscure; petioles 1 em long or less; stipules 5 to 7 mm 
long, divided into from 8 to 5 linear segments. Cymes terminal, 
sessile, sparingly ferruginous-pubescent, in fruit up to 3 cm 
long, the fruits subtruncate, compressed, about 7 mm wide, 3 to 
4 mm long, glabrous or nearly so. 
MINDANAO, Zamboanga District, Mount Tubuan, Bur. Sci. 
36565 Ramos & Edafio, October, 1919. On bowlders along small 
streams at low altitudes. 
A remarkable species, strongly characterized by its greatly 
eee, linear-lanceolate, narrow, slenderly caudate-acuminate 
eaves, 
CUCURBITACEAE 
ALSOMITRA M. Roemer 
ALSOMITRA SIMPLICIFOLIA sp. Nov. 
Frutex scandens, glaber; foliis ellipticis, integris, 10 ad 18 
cm longis, apice breviter obtuse acuminatis apiculatisque, basi 
cordatis; inflorescentiis solitariis, 20 ad 30 cm longis, depau- 
perato-paniculatis, ramis paucis, inferioribus usque ad 2 cm 
longis; fructibus Sessilibus, truncatis, 3.5 cm longis, circiter 
1.5 cm latis, basi acutis, in siccitate brunneis. 
A scandent, somewhat woody, glabrous vine, the branches 
lenticellate, up to 5 mm in diameter. Leaves simple, firmly 
chartaceous, elliptic, entire, 10 to 18 cm long, 4.5 to 10 em 
wide, the apex bluntly acuminate and minutely apiculate, the 
base 3-nerved, cordate, the sinus up to 1.5 cm wide, rather 
