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lobes 5, produced into very long, slender, pendulous tails. Stamens included, 
the anthers surrounding and adhering to the stigma, their tips filiform. 
Disk none. Carpels 2, free, many-ovuled. Follicles large, woody, oblong, 
seeds beaked, with a feathery tail or sessile coma of long, soft, white hairs. 
(Greek “a turning” and “flower.”’) 
Species 35, tropical Asia, Africa, and Malaya, 1 or 2 in the Philippines. 
1. S. cumingii A. DC. (S. erectus Merr.). 
A stout, high-climbing woody vine or at first erect and shrub-like, gla- 
brous. Leaves elliptic-ovate to oblong-ovate, 8 to 13 cm long, shortly acu- 
minate. Cymes terminal, glabrous, few-flowered. Calyx-lobes slender, 7 
to 9 mm long. Corolla-tube white, 2 cm long, the lobes 8 mm wide at the 
base, attenuate into long, slender, drooping tips about 138 cm long, the ap- 
pendages cleft, about 1 cm long. Apical awns of the anthers up to 15 mm 
in length. Follicles woody, oblong-ovoid, about 16 cm long and 7 ecm in 
diameter. . 
Rare in cultivation, Singalon, fl. most of the year; widely distributed in 
the Philippines. Endemic. 
11. PARSONSIA R. Brown 
Slender or stout, woody, climbing vines. Leaves opposite. Flowers 
small, in axillary or terminal corymbose cymes. Calyx 5-partite, within 
naked, glandular, or with 5 scales. Corolla salver-shaped, the tube short, 
cylindric or globose, the throat naked. Stamens inserted in the corolla- 
tube; filaments twisted; anthers half-exserted, surrounding and adhering to 
the stigma. Disk of 5 lobes or scales. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit of 2, nearly 
free, lanceolate-cylindric follicles. Seeds linear to oblong, the tip narrowed 
and with a coma of soft silky hairs at the summit. (In honor of J. Parsons, 
an English physician.) 
Species about 12, tropical Asia to Australia and New Zealand, 2 in the 
Philippines. 
1. P. cumingiana A. DC. 
- A glabrous, scandent, woody vine, reaching a height of about 5m. Leaves 
elliptic to elliptic-ovate, shortly acuminate, 5 to 8 cm long. Cymes axillary, 
trichotomous, less than one-half as long as the leaves. Flowers yellowish- 
green, 7 mm long. Follicles lanceolate, 7 to 9 cm long, about 1 cm in 
diameter. Seeds about 1 cm long, the coma copious, soft, 1.5 em long. 
In thickets near the beach, Pasay, fl. June-Sept.; rather widely distrib- 
uted in Luzon. Endemic. 
12. AGANOSMA G. Don 
Climbing shrubs, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves oblong, acuminate, 
opposite. Cymes terminal and axillary, small or medium in size. Flowers 
white. Sepals acuminate. Corolla salver-shaped, the tube short, the lobes 
lanceolate, much longer than the tube. Stamens included, the anthers 
meeting over the stigma and adnate to it. Disk 5-lobed. Ovary of 2, 
distinct, many-ovuled carpels. Follicles cylindric, elongated, straight or 
curved, linear. Seeds ovate or oblong. (Greek “desirable.”) 
Species about 5, India to Malaya, 2 in the Philippines. 
1. A. acuminata (Roxb.) G. Don (A. marginata G. Don). 
A woody vine reaching a height of 10 m or less, slightly pubescent or 
nearly glabrous. Leaves oblong, acuminate, base acute or obtuse, 6 to 12 
