',VM) MEBBILL. 



TRICHOSANTHES Linn. 



Trichosanthes villosa Blunie Bijdr. (18'2(i) 934; t'ogn. in DC ^lonog. Phan. 

 3 (1881) 888. 



Lrzo.w Province of Rizal, Bofloboso, Bur. Sot. 1087 Ramos, July, 190(5, with 

 staminate flowers. Mindanao, District of Davao, Today*, Oopeland hiOl, April, 

 1!)04. with mature fruit 



Previously known only from .lava. 



MELOTHRIA Linn. 

 Melothria scaberrima sq. nov. S Eumcloliiria. 



Plants monoica, floribus masculinis Bolitariie vel binis, breviter pedi- 



cellatis; foliis lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, chartaceis, apice acu- 

 minatis, basi hastatis, margine integris vel leviter dentieulatis, utrinque 

 ficaberrimis, subtus ad nervos hispido-aculeatis, usque ad <J cm Longis; 

 fructibus ovoideis vel oblongo-ovoideis, glabris. basi acutis. apioe acu- 

 niinato-rostratis. 



Monoecious. Branches slender, striate-sulcate, glabrous or nearly so. 

 Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 4 to 9 em long, 1 to 3.5 cm wide. 

 chartaceous, the base hastate, truncate, the basal lobes short, spreading 

 or slightly reflexed, the margins aculeate, entire, or in the lower part 

 denticulate, gradually narrowed upward to the sharply acuminate apex, 

 green or olivaceous when dry, of about the same color on both surfaces, 

 the upper surface strongly white-glandular-scabrous, the midrib Setose, 

 the lower surface less scabrid than the upper, the midrib and nerves 

 aculeate-hispid; basal nerves 5 to 7, the inner longer pair reaching at 

 least to the middle of the leaf, ascending, anastomosing with the primary 

 lateral nerves, the reticulations very lax. obscure; petioles 0.5 to 2 cm 

 long, tendrils simple, leaf-opposed or from the axils below the leaves. 

 Flowers white, solitary or two in an axil: staminate short-pedicolled, 

 solitary or paired; calyx-lobes linear, 1 mm long: corolla lobes ovate, 

 shorter; stamens 3, subsessile: pistillate flowers long-pedieelled ; calyx 

 teeth minute; corolla-lobes ovate, acuminate 3.5 mm long: stigma 2 nun 

 in diameter. Fruit ovoid or oblong-ovoid, terete, glabrous, about .'5 cm 

 long, the base acute, the apex strongly acuminate-rostrate; seeds narrowly 

 elliptic, compressed, 5 mm long, the base appendiculate-winged. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Elmer 5862; Williams 1055; Merrill J/657 ; Tapp- 

 ing S,i; Pond s. n.; For. Bur. 15970 Baea-ni. 



A species widely distributed in the pine region of Benguet Province, well 

 characterized by its lanceolate, hastate, very scabrous leaves, and ovoid or oblong- 

 ovoid rostrate fruits. Probably most closely allied to Melothria zeylaniea Clarke, 

 but very different from that species. 



