ASCLEPIADACEAE 379 
1. T. merrillii Schltr. 
A slender, twining, glabrous, herbaceous vine 2 to 5 m in length. Leaves 
green, shining; oblong to oblong-ovate, 5 to 8 cm long, shortly and sharply 
acuminate, base broad, rounded or slightly cordate. Inflorescence terminal 
and axillary, simple or slightly branched, slender, 10 to 30 em long, the 
flowers numerous, in scattered, racemosely arranged fasicles, their pedicels 
7 mm long or less, few in each fascicle. Flowers dull-purple, 4 to 5 mm in 
diameter. Follicles lanceolate, green, about 5 cm long, 5 mm thick below 
the middle, narrowed upward to the acuminate apex. 
In thickets, Caloocan, Pasay, etc., fl. Oct—Nov.; known only from the 
vicinity of Manila. 
7. TELOSMA Coville 
Twining, soméwhat woody vines. Leaves opposite, ovate or oblong, cor- 
date, acuminate, thin, glandular at the base. Cymes axillary, umbelliform. 
Flowers greenish-yellow, of medium size, pedicellate. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 
rolla somewhat salver-shaped, the tube swollen below, sometimes constricted 
at the throat, the lobes oblong, overlapping to the right, spreading in flower. 
Column rather large, the coronal scales rather large, adnate to the back of 
the anthers, erect, flattened laterally, somewhat notched at the apex; pollen- 
masses one in each cell, erect. Stigma umbonate or capitate. Fruit a 
lanceolate, terete, rather turgid follicle. Seeds ovate, concave; coma ample, 
soft. (Greek “far” and “odor,” allusion to the fragrant flowers.) 
Species about 12, tropical Asia and Malaya, about 2 in the Philippines. 
Leaves small, deeply cordate at the base, 4 to 7 cm long, flowers fragrant; 
corolla-lobes 4 to 5 mm wide; a cultivated species...... 1. T. odoratissima 
Leaves ample, base truncate, rounded, or slightly cordate, about 10 cm 
long; flowers odorless or nearly so, the corolla-lobes less than 3 mm 
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*1. T. ODORATISSIMA (Lour.) Coville (Pergularia odoratissima Sm.). Mil 
leguas (Sp.-Fil.). 
A scandent vine, the branchlets slender, terete, somewhat pubescent. 
Leaves opposite, broadly ovate, thin, 4 to 7 cm long, apex sharply acuminate, 
the base prominently cordate, the sinus and lobes rounded, slightly pubes- 
cent on the nerves and margins. Cymes axillary, subumbellate, many- 
flowered, somewhat pubescent. Flowers fragrant, yellowish-green, more 
deeply colored inside, about 1.3 cm long, the throat villous within, not or but 
slightly contracted. 
Occasionally cultivated for its fragrant flowers, fl. July—Aug.; introduced 
from tropical Asia. 
2. T. procumbens (Blanco) Merr. Mil leguas (Sp.-Fil.). 
A woody vine, the branchlets slender, terete, glabrous or slightly pubes- 
cent. Leaves thin, ovate to oblong-ovate, 8 to 13 cm long, 3 to 8 cm wide, 
apex sharply acuminate, base rounded, truncate, or slightly cordate, slightly 
pubescent on the nerves beneath. Cymes axillary, umbelliform, many- 
flowered. Flowers greenish-yellow, odorless, about 1.5 cm long, the throat 
villous within, contracted. Follicles lanceolate, about 15 cm long. Seed 
flattened; coma white, soft, ample. (FI. Filip. pl. 397, Pergularia glabra.) 
In thickets, Masambong, Malinta, Pasay, etc., fl. July—Sept.; widely dis- 
tributed in the Philippines at low altitudes. Endemic. 
