470 The Philippine Journal of Science 1922 



OPHIORRHIZA Linnaeus 

 0PHI0RRHI2A DOLICHOPHYLLA sp. nov. 



Planta suffruticosa, erecta, simplex, usque ad 50 cm alta, in- 

 florescentiis leviter pubescentibus exceptis glabra; foliis mem- 

 branaceis, utrinque olivaceis, nitidis, lineari-lanceolatis, 20 ad 

 25 cm longis, 7 ad 10 mm latis, sursum sensim angustatis, ten- 

 uiter caudato-acuminatis, basi decurrentibus, nervis obscuris; 

 cymis sessilibus, leviter ferrugineo-pubescentibus, 3 cm longis; 

 fructibus 7 mm latis, 3 ad 4 mm longis, subtruncatis. 



An erect, unbranched, suffrutescent plant, 40 to 50 cm long, 

 glabrous except the sparingly pubescent inflorescences, the stems 

 about 3 mm in diameter. Leaves linear-lanceolate, membrana- 

 ceous, olivaceous and shining on both surfaces, 20 to 25 cm long, 

 7 to 10 mm wide, entire, narrowed upward to the very slenderly 

 caudate-acuminate apex and below to the decurrent base, the 

 midrib rather prominent on both surfaces, the lateral nerves dis- 

 tant, obscure; petioles 1 cm long or less; stipules 5 to 7 mm 

 long, divided into from 3 to 5 linear segments. Cymes terminal, 

 sessile, sparingly ferruginous-pubescent, in fruit up to 3 cm 

 long, the fruits subtruncate, compressed, about 7 mm wide, 3 to 

 4 mm long, glabrous or nearly so. 



Mindanao, Zamboanga District, Mount Tubuan, Bur. Sci. 

 S6565 Ramos & Edano, October, 1919. On bowlders along small 

 streams at low altitudes. 



A remarkable species, strongly characterized by its greatly 

 elongated, linear-lanceolate, narrow, slenderly caudate-acuminate 

 leaves. 



CUCURBITACEAE 



ALSOMITRA M. Roemer 

 AL80MITRA SIMPLICIFOLIA sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, glaber; foliis ellipticis, integris, 10 ad 18 

 cm longis, apice breviter obtuse acuminatis apiculatisque, basi 

 cordatis; inflorescentiis solitariis, 20 ad 30 cm longis, depau- 

 perato-paniculatis, ramis paucis, inferioribus usque ad 2 cm 

 longis; fructibus sessilibus, truncatis, 3.5 cm longis, circiter 

 1.5 cm latis, basi acutis, in siccitate brunneis. 



A scandent, somewhat woody, glabrous vine, the branches 

 lenticellate, up to 5 mm in diameter. Leaves simple, firmly 

 chartaceous, elliptic, entire, 10 to 18 cm long, 4.5 to 10 cm 

 wide, the apex bluntly acuminate and minutely apiculate, the 

 base 3-nerved, cordate, the sinus up to 1.5 cm wide, rather 



