Bar IX, ©, 5 Merrill: Sertulum Bontocense, II 459 é "4 
e oblong-ovate, slightly acuminate, 4.5 mm long. Petals oblong- a 
i lanceolate, acuminate, the fimbriae slender, up to 15 mm long. i‘ 
ey Anthers 3.5 mm long, inserted near the apex of the tube, in- % 
i cluded. Female flowers in axillary, solitary spikes 5 to 7 cm in 4 
| length, the flowers somewhat crowded toward the apex of the ¥ 
peduncle, in general similar to the staminate ones, each sub- cs 
tended by a persistent oblong-obovate to obovate bract 8 to 12 a 
mm in length, entire or coarsely toothed, subpersistent. Fruits 
ovoid, about 3.5 cm long, glabrous. Seeds obovoid, turgid, about 
6 mm long, nearly as wide, very slightly compressed, apex 
rounded, base narrowed, with a prominent longitudinal zone, the 
sides broadly rounded, obtuse, not with subacute appendages. 
Luzon, Subprovince of Bontoc, Bauco, Vanoverbergh 1262, June, 1911, "y 
male flowers, 3662 bis (type), June, 1918, with female flowers and fruits. Pe 
A species manifestly allied to Trichosanthes himalensis Clarke, of India, . 
differing in the shape of its fruits, its different seeds, and its oblong- 
spatulate to oblong-obovate, mostly entire bracts. 
