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the teeth sliort. l)rna(1. obtuse, l.T) mm. loiiii' or less. Corolla a])])ar- 

 eiitlv |)iii-|)le, tuhiilar. curved, slightly inflated above, contracted some- 

 what at the throat, about ;> cm. lon,u-. the lobes ovate, rounded. 5 to 

 (i mm. lonji'. Stamens 4. slightly exserted, the anthers 2.5 mm. long. 

 Ovarv glabrous; style slightly pubescent below the stigma. Fruit un- 

 known. 



:\[IXDAXA0, Lake Laiiao. Camp Keitlilcy (310 Mrs. Clemenfi) Fol)ninry. lOOfi. 

 Altitiule about SOO in. A species ]nol)al)ly of tlie section Holncali/.r. 



Trichosporum copelandi ^tcrrill s]). nov. 



A scandent epiphyte, glabrous except the inflorescence, with opposite, 

 oblong leaves 5 to T cm. in length, and axillary and terminal inflorescence, 

 the flowers (piite the same as in TrlcJiosiioruni ordtiim. Branches 

 slender, gray, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, 1.5 to 2.6 cm. loijg, the base 

 rounded or obtuse, the apex acute, ])ale, somewhat shining, the nerves 

 obsolete; i)etioles I'ugose, -t to 5 mm. long. Peduncles axillary and ter- 

 minal, solitary or fascicled, somewhat })ilose, two or more flowered. 

 Flowers purple, in size, shape, and ])ubescence quite the same as in 

 TricJiosponiiii ovafuni. Capsules linear, 10 cm. long. Seeds wanting. 



Mindanao, District of Zanilioanoa, San Ramon (1619 Copeland) February 5. 

 1005. An epiphytic vine in forests along the river at about 200 m. A species 

 api)arently closely related to the precedino-, similar in floral characters, but 

 dirt'ering in its much larger, very differently shaped leaves, longer petioles, and 

 glabrous branches, the inflorescence being also lateral as well as terminal. 



Trichosporum rubrum ^Merrill sp. nov. 



A scandent epiphyte reaching a length of from 4 to (i m., rather 

 strongly hirsute pilose with pale often appressed hairs, the leaves lan- 

 ceolate to oblanceolate, the flowers red. Branches gray, the older ones 

 glabrous, the young(>r branchlets densely appressed hirsute-pilose. Leaves 

 subcoriaceous, 4 to (S cm. long, 1.5 to 2 cm. wide, pale beneath, the upper 

 surface rather densely appressed hirsute-]ulose, the lower surface densely 

 so on the midrib and nerves, gradually narrowed below to the slender 

 acute base, more abruptly narrowed above to the acute apex, the margins 

 entire, hirsute; nerves about 4 on each side of the midrib, ascending; 

 petioles 1 to 4 cm. long, densely appressed hirsute. Flowers fascicled in 

 the upper axils, the pedicels hirsute, 2 cm. long or less. Calyx hirsute, 

 deeply 5-cleft nearly to the base, the lobes liiieai'. al)out (i mm. long, 

 1.5 mm. wide. Idunt. Corolla nearly o cm. long, bright red, tubular, 

 slightly curved, densely uniformly hirsute pilose with pale 2 mm. long 

 hairs, the lobes elliptical-ovate, rounded, 4 to 5 nnn. long. Filanumts 

 glabrous; anthers broad, 2 mm. long. Disk truncate or obscurely toothed, 

 glabrous, cup-shaped, 2 mm. long. Ovary glabrous. Old capsules pale, 

 glabi-ous. linear, 8 cm. long, the seeds not seen. 



Luzon, District of Lejianto. IVtount Data (45S1 Merrill) Xoveml)er 4, 100."). 

 On mossv tree truid<s in ravines at about 2.200 m. 



