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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 Hopt. Calc. (1845) 58. 

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



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Bangui, Bur. Sci. 27Jtl5 Ramos, March, 

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



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

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

 fied record of Trichosanthes palviata Roxb., a synonym, 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 S 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 leng-th ; 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, th6 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. 26SJ,0 Mahesa (type), January 23, 1917, in thickets, altitude 30 

 to 50 meters, flowers yellow; Baker J»h71, January, 1917, "a large vine." 



