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by its small size; in being herbaceous; in its ovate, much shorter leaves; 

 and in its narrow, merely pubescent and not lanate-ciliate bracts. 



CUCURBITACEAE 

 TRICHOSANTHES Linnaeus 



TRICHOSANTHES BRACTEATA (Lam.) Voigt Hort. Calc. (1845) 58. 

 Modecca ? bracteata Lam. Encycl. 4 (1798) 410. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Bangui, Bur. Set. 27^15 Ramos, March, 

 1917: Cavite Province, Alfonso, Bur. Sci. 22505 Ramos & Deroy, May, 1915. 



The two specimens cited above apparently represent forms of this some- 

 what polymorphous species, which other than F.-Villar's previously unveri- 

 fied record of Trichosanthes palmata Roxb., a synonjrm, has not been re- 

 ported from the Philippines. The identification has been made wholly 

 from the published descriptions; both specimens present only male flowers. 



India and Ceylon to Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and Timor. 



ALSOMITRA M. Roemer 

 ALSOMITRA PUBESCENS sp. nov. 



Scandens, omnibus partibus sordide breviter pubescentibus ; 

 foliis 3-foliolatis, foliolis ovatis ad elliptico-ovatis, membrana- 

 ceis, obscure olivaceis, usque ad 14 cm longis, integris, vel late- 

 ralibus ad basi lobato-auriculatis ; paniculis axillaribus, diffusis, 

 multifloris, usque ad 20 cm longis, floribus 6 circiter 6 mm 

 diametro. 



Scandent, all parts more or less pubescent with short, dirty- 

 brown hairs, those on the stems and branches minutely capitate- 

 glandular. Leaves 3-foliolate, the petioles usually about 3 cm 

 long, the petiolules about 1 cm in length ; leaflets ovate to ovate- 

 elliptic, membranaceous, when dry dark-olivaceous, dull, entire, 

 acuminate, base usually acute, 8 to 14 cm long, 4 to 7 cm wide, 

 the terminal one usually larger than the lateral ones, the latter 

 often with a short, oblong lobe on the margin near the base; 

 lateral nerves about 6 on each side of the midrib, distinct, ten- 

 drils slender, forked, up to 20 cm in length. Panicles axillary, 

 slender, peduncled, up to 20 cm long, many-flowered, the bracts 

 and bracteoles linear. Staminate flowers rotate, about 6 mm in 

 diameter, their pedicels up to 1 cm in length,' slender. Sepals 

 oblong, apiculate, 1.5 mm long, somewhat gibbous at the base, 

 sparingly pubescent. Petals elliptic, rounded or apiculate, min- 

 utely pubescent with short scattered hairs, about 3 mm long. 

 Stamens 5, the filaments free, nearly 1 mm long. Pistillate 

 flowers and fruits not seen. 



Luzon, Laguna Province, Mount Maquiling, trail to Dampalit Falls, 

 For. Bur. 263^6 Mabesa (type), January 23, 1917, in thickets, altitude 30 

 to 50 meters, flowers yellow; Baker JfJf71, January, 1917, "a large vine." 



