298 



marginibus cartilagineis utrinque truncatis/ appendice hyalina semi- 

 orbiculari, obtusissima ; stigmatis capite depresso. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Gumaca (898 Whitford) September, 1!)04. In the 

 Nipa formation al sea level. 

 An ally of Tylophora tenuis Blume. Unfortunately the material is rather 



scanty and not in good slate of preservation, no pollinia being found. 



CONCHOPHYLLUM K. Sell. 

 Conchophyllum Copelandii Schltr. Bp. nov. 



Epiphyticum, scandens ramosum; caule ramisque elongatia flexuosis, 

 laxe foliatis, teretibus, glabris; foliis petiolatis oblongo-ellipticis, obtusis, 

 basi cuneatis glabris, textura crasse coriaceis, 5-7 cm. Longis, L.8— 2.'3 cm. 

 medio fere latis, petiolo carnoso L— 1.5 cm. . Iongo ; cymis pedunculitis 

 vulgo dichotomis, rhachi incrassata demum cylindrica, pedunculo petiolo 

 fere aequilongo vel paullo longiore; floribus in seriebua umbellatis illis 

 ('. imbricati Bl., similibus et aequimagnis, breviter pedicellatis \ calycis 

 segmentis ovatis, obtusis, glabris, circ. o.l cm. longis; corolla ampullacea 

 circ. 0.1 cm. longa, tubo subgloboso circ. 0.3 cm. diametiente glabro, 

 intus fauce lamella annulari quinquelobata donato, e buccis 5 obtusis basi 

 puberulis cum lobis corollae alternantibus ornato; corollae lobis ovato 

 oblongis obtusiusculis glabris, intus medio carinato-incrassatis ; gynos- 

 tegio conicoj antheris dorso medio vesicato, vesiculo basi bilobato, 

 appendice hyalina oblonga, obtuso; poliniis oblique oblongoideis, trans- 

 latoribus clavatis poliniis fere duplo brevioribus, retinaculo rhomboideo 

 translatoribus Longiore. 



Mindanao. Davao (337, :»40, 388 Copeland) March. 1 ( .H)4. epiphytic and sym- 

 biotic with ants. 



A very distinct species, differing from all the others in the genus by its leaves 

 and anthers. The latter are thickened in the middle at the back into a bilobed 

 bladder-like callosity. 



DISCHIDIA It. Br. 



Dischidia Copelandii Schltr. sp. nov. 



Epiphytica, dependens, gracilis, ramosa; caule ramisque elongatis, 

 filiformibus, flexuosis, glabris. Item 1 foliatis, radicantibus : foliis patent- 

 ibus breviter petiolatis ovato-orbicularibus vel ovatis, breviter acutis vel 

 apiculatis, glabris, textura carnosis, 0.8-1.2 cm. longis, medio fere 0.(!-l 

 cm. latis, petiolo perbrevi; cymis subsessilibus plurifloris; floribus brev- 

 iter pedicellatis illis D. Ridleyanae Schltr. similibus et fere aequimagnis; 

 calycis segmentis ovato-oblongis, obtusis, glabris, o.. r ) mm. longis; corolla 

 subglobosa, circ. 0.2 cm. diametiente apice breviotor 5-lobulata, tubo 

 globoso fauce barbellato excepto glabro, intus nudo, lobulis erectis ovato- 

 triangulis acutis intus incrassatis glabris; coronae foliolis linearibus 

 erectis tertia. parte apicali bibrachiat is, braebiis divergentibus falcato 

 deflexis, linearibus, obtusis; gynostegio conico foliola coronae paulo exee- 

 dente; antherarum appendice hyalino oblongo obtuso; poliniis oblique 



