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side of the midrib, somewhat spreading. Umbels many-flowered, 

 their peduncles 2 to 10 cm in length, the somewhat thickened 

 parts marked with scars of fallen pedicels, 1 to 6 cm in length, 

 the pedicels 1.5 to 2 cm long, slightly pubescent. Flowers rotate, 

 glabrous, about 1 cm in diameter, yellowish-white. Calyx-lobes 

 ovate, acute, about 1 mm long. Corolla lobes 4 to 4.5 mm long, 

 about 3.5 mm wide, rhomboid-ovate, acute, spreading, glabrous. 

 Coronal processes crustaceous, the lower lobes turgid, oblong- 

 ovate, acute, about 2.5 mm long, the upper surface flat. 

 Staminal column short, sessile. Follicles slender, cylindric, some- 

 what acuminate, 9 to 11 cm long, up to 4 mm in diameter, the 

 seeds terete, about 3 mm long. 



Mindanao, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 3Jf530 Ramos & Pas- 

 casio, April 17, 1919, in swampy thickets at low altitudes. 



This species is manifestly allied to Hoya cardiophylla de- 

 scribed above but is readily distinguished by its differently 

 shaped, slenderly acuminate leaves which are broadly rounded 

 but not cordate at the base, its pubescent pedicels, and other 

 characters. 



TELOSMA Coville 

 TELOSMA PARVI FLORA sp. nov. 



Planta scandens, glabra; foliis membranaceis, ovatis, 15 ad 

 18 cm longis, perspicue cordatis, apice tenuiter acuminatis ; in- 

 florescentiis laxis, calycis lobis 2 mm longis ; coroUae tubo cupu- 

 lato, 3 mm longo, lobis anguste lanceolatis, acuminatis, circiter 

 6 mm longis; folliculis acuminatis, usque ad 15 cm longis. 



A glabrous vine, the branches up to 5 mm in diameter. 

 Leaves membranaceous, ovate, olivaceous, 15 to 17 cm long, 9 

 to 12 cm wide, the base prominently cordate, the apex rather 

 abruptly and slenderly acuminate ; lateral nerves about 5 on each 

 side of the midrib, prominent, the reticulations lax, distinct. 

 Inflorescences axillary, lax, the flowers greenish-yellow, their 

 pedicels 5 to 7 mm long. Calyx-lobes oblong, membranaceous, 



2 mm long. Corolla glabrous, the tube cup-shaped, about 3 mm 

 long, wider than long, the lobes narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, 

 about 6 mm in length. Ovary, stamens and corona about 2 mm 

 long and wide, the free tips of the coronal processes ovate, acute 

 or slightly acuminate, about 0.5 mm long. Follicles lanceolate in 

 outline, acuminate, narrowed below to the acute or abruptly 

 obtuse base, 13 to 15 cm long, when dry and somewhat flattened 



3 to 4 cm wide. Seeds thin, brownish, ovate, about 1.2 cm long, 

 rounded, the coma copious. Peduncles of the infructescences 

 elongated, including the few branches up to 15 cm in length. 



