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side of the midrib, somewhat spreading. Umbels many-flowered, 
their peduncles 2 to 10 cm in length, the somewhat thickened 
parts marked with scars of fallen pedicels, 1 to 6 cm in length, 
the pedicels 1.5 to 2 cm long, slightly pubescent. Flowers rotate, 
glabrous, about 1 cm in diameter, yellowish-white. Calyx-lobes 
ovate, acute, about 1 mm long. Corolla lobes 4 to 4.5 mm long, 
about 3.5 mm wide, rhomboid-ovate, acute, spreading, glabrous. 
Coronal processes crustaceous, the lower lobes turgid, oblong- 
ovate, acute, about 2.5 mm long, the upper surface flat. 
Staminal column short, sessile. Follicles slender, cylindric, some- 
what acuminate, 9 to 11 cm long, up to 4 mm in diameter, the 
seeds terete, about 3 mm long. 
MINDANAO, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 34530 Ramos & Pas- 
casio, April 17, 1919, in swampy thickets at low altitudes. 
This species is manifestly allied to Hoya cardiophylla de- 
scribed above but is readily distinguished by its differently 
shaped, slenderly acuminate leaves which are broadly rounded 
but not cordate at the base, its pubescent pedicels, and other 
characters. 
TELOSMA Coville 
TELOSMA PARVIFLORA sp. nov. 
Planta scandens, glabra; foliis membranaceis, ovatis, 15 ad 
18 cm longis, perspicue cordatis, apice tenuiter acuminatis; in- 
florescentiis laxis, calycis lobis 2 mm longis; corollae tubo cupu- 
lato, 3 mm longo, lobis anguste lanceolatis, acuminatis, circiter 
6 mm longis; folliculis acuminatis, usque ad 15 cm longis. 
A glabrous vine, the branches up to 5 mm in diameter. 
Leaves membranaceous, ovate, olivaceous, 15 to 17 cm long, 9 
to 12 cm wide, the base prominently cordate, the apex rather 
abruptly and slenderly acuminate; lateral nerves about 5 on each 
side of the midrib, prominent, the reticulations lax, distinct. 
Inflorescences axillary, lax, the flowers greenish-yellow, their 
pedicels 5 to 7 mm long. Calyx-lobes oblong, membranaceous, 
2mm long. Corolla glabrous, the tube cup-shaped, about 3 mm 
long, wider than long, the lobes narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, 
about 6 mm in length. Ovary, stamens and corona about 2 mm 
long and wide, the free tips of the coronal processes ovate, acute 
or slightly acuminate, about 0.5 mm long. Follicles lanceolate in 
outline, acuminate, narrowed below to the acute or abruptly 
obtuse base, 13 to 15 em long, when dry and somewhat flattened 
3 to 4cm wide. Seeds thin, brownish, ovate, about 1.2 cm long, 
rounded, the coma copious. Peduncles of the infructescences 
elongated, including the few branches up to 15 cm in length. 
