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2 cm in len^h, glabrous or nearly so. Calyx somewhat inflated, 

 1.2 to 1.4 cm long, 5-lobed, the lobes oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 about 6 mm long. 



Catanduanes, Bur. Sci. 30353 Ramos, December 10, 1917, climbing on 

 tree trunks in forests at low altitudes, near Calolbong. 



This species, among numerous other distinctive characters, can readily 

 be recogrnized by its very greatly elongated petioles. 



CYRTANDRA TEN U I PES nom. nov. 



Cyrtandra longipedunculata Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) 

 Bot. 77, non Rechinger, 1908. 

 A new name is necessary for the Luzon form I described in 1915, as 

 the specific name had already been utilized by Rechinger in 1908 for a 

 Samoan species. 



ASCLEPIADACEAE 



DISCHIDIA R. Brown 



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DISCHIDIA LANCIFOLIA sp. nov. 



Species D. merrillii affinis, differt foliis lanceolatis, usque ad 

 8 cm longis et 1 cm latis, tenuiter acuminatis, in siccitate utrin- 

 que rugosis sed baud reticulatis. 



A slender glabrous vine, the branches terete, grayish, about 1 

 mm in diameter. Leaves lanceolate, apparently fleshy when 

 fresh, when dry coriaceous, pale-greenish, somewhat shining, 

 wrinkled on both surfaces but not reticulate, the lateral nerves 

 obsolete, 5 to 8 cm long, 8 to 10 mm wide, narrowed below to the 

 acute or somewhat obtuse base and above to the slenderly acu- 

 minate apex; petioles about 5 mm long. Peduncles axillary, 

 solitary, 1 cm long or less, few-flowered, the flowers subumbel- 

 lately arranged at the apex of the peduncle, reddish, about 7 mm 

 long, their pedicels 2 to 3 mm in length. Corolla-tube somewhat 

 inflated below, narrowed above, at the most 3 mm wide when 

 flattened. Follicles slender, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, about 



3 mm long and 3 mm in diameter. 



Catanduanes, back of Calolbong, Bur. Sci. S0S7Ji. Ramos, December 10, 

 1917, on tree trunks in damp forests at low altitudes. 



A species well characterized by its lanceolate leaves, manifestly allied 

 to Dischidia merrillii Schltr., but at once distinguished by the characters 

 indicated in the diagnosis. 



HOYA R. Brown. 

 HOYA PENTAPHLEBIA sp. nov. § Euhoya. 



Species H. fischerianae Warb. affinis, diflPert foliis late ovatis 

 ad ellipticis. Ramis teretibus; foliis crasse coriaceis, 8 ad 16 

 cm longis, 6 ad 9 cm latis, pallidis, nitidis, distincte acuminatis, 

 basi rotundatis, perspicue 5-nerviis, nervis interioribus apicem 



