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ascending; petioles 2 to 1 cm. long, somewhat pubescent. Cymes many, 

 axillary. Long peduncled, lax. glabrous, the peduncles 12 cm. long or less, 

 slender, dichotomously branched above, the bracts and bracteoles linear 

 to lanceolate. 5 mm. long or less, the pedicels Blender, 1 cm. long or less. 

 Flowers pale blue, 1.5 em. in diameter. Calyx 5-cleft nearly to the base, 

 the lobes lineai', 3 to 3.5 mm. long, less than 1 mm. wide, glabrous. 

 Corolla 5-lobed, the lobes ovate, rounded, about I mm. long, the tube 

 short, broad. Stamens 2; filaments I mm. long; anthers 2 mm. long, 

 much broader than long. Ovary glabrous; style subcapitate. Capsule 

 glabrous, linear. 2 to 2.5 cm. long, dehiscing into I straight valves. 

 Seeds n iimerous, narrow, acute, brown, 0.1 mm. long. 



LUZON, Province of Cavite. Maratjondon" (417S ^[<•)^^ill) .luly SO, 1905. 

 Abundanl locally on cliffs in ravines 100 to 400 m. 



I have followed Ridley"' in retaining Paraboea as a genua distinct from 

 Didymooarpus Clarke (Roettlera Valil.). 



TRICHOSPORUM Don. 



Trichosporum littorale Merrill sp, nov. 



A scandeiit epiphyte, glabrous except the slightly pubescent branches 



and inflorescence, with opposite, orbicular-ovate to elliptical-ovate leaves, 

 .'! cm. long or less, and terminal flowers about 5 em. long. Branches 



gray, Blender, terete, somewhat pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, 2 to :i cm. 

 long, L.5 to 2.5 em. wide, entire, the base broad, rounded or slightly 

 cordate, the apex acute or obtuse; nerves obsolete; petioles slightly 

 pubescent, about 2 mm. long. Flowers purplish, several at the end of 

 each branchlet. the pedicels 1.5 to 2 cm. long, slightly pubescent. Calyx 

 nearly 3 cm. long, cylindrical, somewhat inflated, glabrous or slightly 

 ciliate at the apex. 5-toothed. the teeth ovate, acute or obtuse, about :'» mm. 

 long. Corolla about 5 cm. long, inflated at the base, then narrowed, and 

 inflated again above. Capsule unknown. 



Mindanao, District of Davao, Malita (047 Copeland) March 26, 1904. Grow- 

 ing on tree trunks over the beach along the seashore, characterized by its short. 

 broad, somewhat cordate leaves and relatively large calyx. 



Trichosporum ovatum Merrill sp. nov. 



A Bcandent plant, apparently an epiphyte, with opposite, glabrous. 

 fleshy, coriaceous, ovate, acute leaves 3 cm. long or less, the flowers fas- 

 cicled at the apices of the branches. 3 to 3.5 cm. long. Branches slender, 

 gray, somewhat pubescent with weak scattered hairs, emitting rootlets. 

 Leaves opposite, 1.5 to .'! cm. long, 1.5 to 2 cm. wide, very thick, fleshy 

 when fresh, acute, the base broad, rounded, entire, the nerves obsolete: 

 petioles about 2 mm. long, slightly ciliate. Flowers fascicled. 5 or li at 

 the end of each branchlet, the pedicels, calyx, and corolla uniformly hir- 

 sute outside with scattered hairs, the pedicels slender, about *> mm. long. 

 Calyx glabrous inside, cylindrical, 1 cm. long, subequally 5-toothed^ 



-■./mini. Straits Branch A*. I. Soc. (1905), 43, (»:!. 



