m;\\' oi! xoTHWoirrnv i'iiimpi'im; n.AX'is, vi. 207 



riKlTKIMTACILi:. 



GYNOSTEMMA I'.luiiic 



Gynostemma elongatum sj). nov. 



Foliis pcdatiiii r)-r()li()lalis ; Inliolis siiluiiciiilii-jiiinccis, iiile^Tis, ^■|i^l»l•is, 

 ac-uininatis, basi acutis iiiae(]iiilat('ralil)iis ; llorihus all)is, dioicis, IViiiineis 

 (S ad 10 mm longis. 



Scandciil, glabrous tlirouglioiii, cxt-ept tlic infioi-escencc. Stems 

 slender, brownish. Leaves pedately •")- folio! ate, the })etioles 2 cm long, 

 petiolules about .") mm long; leaflets elliptical-ovate, 4 to 6 cm long, 2 to 

 3.0 cm wide, submembranaceous, glahrous, entire, base inequilateral, acute, 

 apex sliort acuminate and sliai-ply apiculate; nerves about 4 on each 

 side of the midi'ib, distant, curved, reticulations very few; tendrils simple, 

 10 cm long or moj-e. Panicles about 15 cm long, narrow, the branchlets 

 slightly pubescent. Pistillate flowers white, 8 to 10 mm long, the calyx 

 tube narrowly oblong, densely fei-ruginous-pubei'uleiit, 2 mm thick, the 

 lobes spreading, 1.5 mm long. Corolla rotate, the lobes ovate, acute, 

 2.5 mm long, veined. Ovary 3-celled; styles 3, free, cleft. Immature 

 fniit oblong, 2 cm long, 4 mm thick,' truncate. Staminate flowers 

 not seen. 



Llzox, Province of Bataan, near Laniao, For. Jim: 5)1 'i Curran, November 23, 

 1900, climbing on trees in clearings. 



A curious species, the leaves nearly identical with tliose of (hjnoslciniiiii, 

 intefjrifoliohim Cogn.. hut well characterized by its elongated ovary; possihiy a 

 new genus, hut difficult to determine this with certainty without staminate 

 flowers and mature fruit. 



Gynostemma pedatum Jiiume J'.ijdr. (182.5) 23; t'ogii. in DC. Monog. Than. 

 3 (1881) !)13. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio, Elmer 60SS, March, 1904: Province of 

 Bataan, Lamao River, Whitford s. n., June, 1904. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp 

 Keithley, Mm. Clemen.s .s. ;/., Noveml)er, 1900, and March, 1907. 



British India to .lapan to Sumatra, Borneo and -Java; new to tiic i'hilippiues. 



