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4 mm longis; corollae lobis late triangularibus, acuminatis, cir- 

 citer 6 mm longis, alte connatis, indus dense papillosis, apice 

 leviter reflexis; coronae lobis coriaceis, oblongo-ovatis, 5 mm 

 longis, acuminatis vel acutis, patentibus, apice leviter retusis, 

 subplanis. 



A scandent shrub, entirely glabrous except the inflorescence, 

 the branches subterete, rather pale when dry, about 3 mm in dia- 

 meter, the internodes up to 20 cm in length. Leaves opposite, 

 fleshy, when dry coriaceous, pale and shining on both surfaces 

 and more or less wrinkled, oblong to oblong-obovate, 10 to 14 cm 

 long, 3 to 5 cm wide, base obtuse, apex distinctly acuminate; 

 lateral nerves pinnately arranged, indistinct, about 6 on each 

 side of the midrib, ascending, scarcely more evident than are the 

 lax, indistinct reticulations; petioles about 1 cm long. Umbels 

 many-flowered, 8 to 9 cm in diameter, the thickened rachis about 

 4 mm in diameter above, the pedicels spreading, slender, about 

 3.5 cm long, sparingly appressed-pubescent. Flowers fragrant, 

 about 1.8 cm in diameter, brown when dry. Calyx-segments 

 oblong-ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute or subacute, externally 

 somewhat pubescent, about 4 mm long. Corolla-lobes broadly 

 triangular, about 6 mm long and wide, spreading, rotate, exter- 

 nally glabrous, internally densely papillose, the acuminate apex 

 somewhat recurved. Corona 10 to 12 mm in diameter, stellate, 

 the lobes spreading, coriaceous, brown, shining, oblong-ovate to 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, about 5 mm long, the external tip 

 slightly retuse, the internal one ascending, the upper surface 

 plano-convex and somewhat keeled in the median portion. 



tJ^V^XS" Province ' Mauban > Bur - Sd. 19m Ramos & Edano, 

 January 24, 1913, on trees along streams in damp forests 



The alliance of this species is with Hoya Inzonica Schltr., from which 



tZl /■??%*? h V tS larger fl0Wers ' its Pubescent pedicels and 

 sepals, and xts differently shaped, longer, acuminate, and slightly retuse 

 corona-segments. 6 ' 



CUCURBITACEAE 



TRICHOSANTHES Linnaeus 

 TR.CHOSANTHES ELLIPSOIDEA sp. nov. § Eutrickosanthes. 



Herbacea, scandens, glaberrima, caulis tenuibus. Foliis char- 

 taceis, oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 14 cm longis, integris vel 

 obscure repandis, apice acuminatis, basi profunde cordatis, supra 

 albido-punctatis, subtus verruculosis, nervis reticulisque per- 

 spicuis; flonbus $ axillaribus, solitariis, pedicellatis, ebracteo- 

 latis tubo 6 ad 7 cm longo; calycis lobis lanceolatis, acuminatis, 

 b ad 7 mm longis ; petalis puberulis, obovatis, circiter 3 cm longis, 



