Vo1 - 3 ASCLEPIADACEAE 355 



25. HETEROSTEMMA Wight and Arnott 



HETEROSTEMMA ANGUSTILOBU M Schltr. in Fedde Repert. 13 (1915) 

 565. 

 Mindanao (Davao), Elmer 10814. In thickets or forests. Endemic. 

 Local name: Totatot (Bag.). 



HETEROSTEMMA CUSPIDATUM Decne. in DC. Prodr. 8 (1844) 630; 



Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 505; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 



134; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 127, Rev. PL Vase. 



Filip. (1886) 189; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918)' 319. 



Stapelia quadrangula Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 202, ed. 2 (1845) 142, 



ed. 3, 1 (1877) 255, non Forsk. 

 ? Heterostemma manilense Schauer in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 1 9 

 (1843) Suppl. 1: 363; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 134. 

 Luzon (Rizal, Laguna, Cavite, Batangas), Busuanga, Cuming 144-9, Mer- 

 rill Sp. Blancoanae 807, Baker 154, B. S. 13535, 41232 Ramos. In secondary 

 forests and thickets at low altitudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Biniguasan (Tag.) ; buyok-buyok (Tag.). 



HETEROSTEMMA HERBERTII Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8 (1919) 3074. 



Luzon (Laguna), Elmer 17661, 18247. In primary forests, altitude 

 about 450 m. Endemic. 



26. TELOSMA Coville 



(Pergularia auct., non Linnaeus) 



TELOSMA ANGUSTILOBA (Warb.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) 

 Bot. 243. 

 Pergularia angustiloba Warb. in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 134. 

 Pergularia accedens Decne. in DC. Prodr. 8 (1844) 619, quoad Cuming 

 1334; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 134; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 

 (1885) 127, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 189. 

 Luzon (Cagayan), {Cuming 1334). Probably from thickets at low al- 

 titudes and scarcely distinguishable from T. procumbens Merr. Endemic. 



TELOSMA CORDATA (Burm. f.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 19 (1921) 



372. 

 Asclepias cordata Burm. f. FL Ind. (1768) 72, t. 27, f. 2. 

 Cynanchum odoratissimum Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 166. 

 Pergularia odoratissima Sm. Ic. Pict. (1790-93) t. 16; Decne. in 



DC. Prodr. 8 (1844) 618; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 134. 

 Pergularia minor Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 184, Bot. Mag. t. 755; F.-Vill. 



Novis. App. (1880) 134. 

 Telosma odoratissima Coville in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 9 (1905) 



384; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 379. 



Cultivated in the larger towns here and there for its fragrant flowers, 

 but nowhere spontaneous; introduced from tropical Asia. 

 Local names: Mil leguas (Sp.) ; miniguas (Bik.). 



TELOSMA PARVI FLORA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 17 (1920) 312. 



Luzon (Tayabas), Siargao, B. S. 35011 Ramos & Pascasio, Elmer 9101. 

 In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



