E. ScHLECHTER AND 0. AVakbukg: Asclepiadaceae. 119 



2. Parinariiim miiidaiiaciisc Perk. n. sp. Tree; branches dark- 

 colored, glabrous, striate. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, rather 

 likmtly acuminate, the base rounded, eglandular, densely reticu- 

 lated, upper surface glabrous, shining, the lower slightly dull 

 and paler, glabrous with a few scattered hairs on the midrib and 

 nerves; main nerves about 15 pairs, spreading, interarching at 

 the edge, prominent beneath; length 17— 35cm; width 8 — 

 10 cm; petiole 1 cm long, thickened. Spikes axillary, solitary 

 or sometimes 2 together, 4 — 12 cm long, minutely rusty-tomen- 

 tose, pedunculate; bracts 2 at the base of each flower, lanceo- 

 late, acute, 6 mm long, rusty -tomentose on both surfaces; the 

 flowers about 1,5 cm long, sessile. Calyx- tube funnel-shaped, 

 adpressed- tomentose outside, internally hirsute -pubescent with 

 a broad belt of deflexed silky hair at the throat; lobes unequal, 

 ovate or oblong, acute, adpressed -tomentose on both surfaces. 

 Petals as long as the calyx -lobes, ovate or oblong, apex obtuse 

 (flower young), not clawed, glabrous on both sides. Stamens 

 about 18, all fertile, on one side of the calyx -tube, somewhat 

 united at the dilated bases with a line of triangular glabrous 

 processes on the opposite side; filaments slightly hairy at the 

 base. Ovary densely woolly, obliquely inserted on one side the 

 calyx-tube; style long, slender, glabrous. 



Mindanao Island, Davao, Mt. Dagatpan, on the edge of 

 the forest (Warburg no. 14481). 



Asclepiadaceae^ 



E. ScHLECHTER AND 0. WaRBURG. 



Streptocaulon Wight et Arn. 



1. Streptocaulon Cumiiigii F. Vill. 



Luzon Isl., Prov. Rizal, Antipolo (Mkkkili, no. 1302; in flower 

 in February 1903). , 



1) Several diaguoses of new species wore kindly given me for publication 

 by Prof. 0. Warburg. — J. Perkins. 



