310 The Philippine Journal of Science 1920 



KIBATALIA WIGMANI Koord. in Meded. Lands Plantent. 19 (1898) 521. 



Celebes, Koordei's 160^5! 



KIBATALIA ZENKERI (K. Schum.) comb. nov. 



Kickxia zenkeri K. Schum. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 3 (1900) 81. 

 Tropical Africa. 



PARSONSIA R. Brown 

 PARSONSIA PHILIPPINENSIS sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, partibus junioribus cinereo-pubescens ; foliis 

 oppositis, subcoriaceis, oblongo-ellipticis ad oblongo-ovatis, 8 ad 

 13 cm longis, basi leviter acuminatis, apice tenuiter acute acu- 

 minatis, nervis utrinque circiter 6, distinctis; inflorescentiis ter- 

 minalibus, anguste paniculatis, 10 ad 12 cm longis, floribus 

 umbellatim dispositis, extus pubescens, corollae tubo 5 mm longo, 

 filamentis villosis, baud contortis. 



A woody vine, the young branchlets and inflorescences spar- 

 ingly cinereous-pubescent, the branchlets terete, smooth, dark 

 reddish-brown when dry. Leaves subcoriaceous, oblong-elliptic 

 to oblong-ovate, 8 to 13 cm long, 3.5 to 6 cm wide, dark olivaceous 

 when dry, the base usually somewhat acuminate, apex sharply 

 and slenderly acuminate; lateral nerves about 6 on each side of 

 the midrib, distinct, the reticulations lax ; petioles 1 to 2 cm long. 

 Inflorescences terminal, paniculate, peduncled, 10 to 12 cm long, 

 more or less pubescent, the flowers subumbellately arranged at 

 the tips of the primary branches, the lower branches 2 cm long 

 or less. Flowers white, their pedicels about 5 mm long. Calyx- 

 lobes obtuse or rounded, 2 to 2.5 mm long. Corolla-tube about 

 5 mm long and 3 mm in diameter, somewhat angled, glabrous 

 below, pubescent above, the lobes oblong, 4 mm in length. Disk- 

 lobes broadly ovate, rounded, about 0.6 mm long. Anthers nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, 3.5 mm long, the filaments villous, not twisted. 



Mindanao, Surigao Province, Bur. ScL 34585 Ramos & Pas- 

 casio, April 25, 1919, at the iron deposit on the northeast coast 

 along streams at an altitude of about 500 meters. 



The distinguishing characters of the present species are its 

 narrowly paniculate inflorescences and its slenderly acuminate, 

 opposite leaves. 



ASCLEPIADACEAE 



HOY A R. Brown 

 HOY A CARDIOPHYLLA sp. nov. § Euhoya. 



Planta epiphytica, ramulis leviter pilosis, glabriscentibus ; fo- 

 liis oppositis, late ovatis, basi late rotundatis et perspicue cor- 

 datis, apice breviter acute acuminatis, 5 ad 7 cm longis, in 



