374 A FLORA OP MANILA 



lobes 5, produced into very long, slender, pendulous tails. Stamens included, 

 the anthers surrounding and adhering to the stigma, their tips filiform. 

 Disk none. Carpels 2, free, many-ovuled. Follicles large, woody, oblong, 

 seeds beaked, with a feathery tail or sessile coma of long, soft, white hairs. 

 (Greek "a turning" and "flower.") 



Species 35, tropical Asia, Africa, and Malaya, 1 or 2 in the Philippines. 



1. S. cumlngii A. DC. (£1. erectus Merr.). 



A stout, high-climbing woody vine or at first erect and shrub-like, gla- 

 brous. Leaves elliptic-ovate to oblong-ovate, 8 to 13 cm long, shortly acu- 

 minate. Cymes terminal, glabrous, few-fiowered. Calyx-lobes slender, 7 

 to 9 mm long. Corolla-tube white, 2 cm long, the lobes 8 mm wide at the 

 base, attenuate into long, slender, drooping tips about 13 cm long, the ap- 

 pendages cleft, about 1 cm long. Apical awns of the anthers up to 15 mm 

 in length. Follicles woody, oblong-ovoid, about 16 cm long and 7 cm in 

 diameter. 



Rare in cultivation, Singalon, fl. most of the year; widely distributed in 

 the Philippines. Endemic. 



11. PARSONSIA R. Brown 



Slender or stout, woody, climbing vines. Leaves opposite. Flowers 

 small, in axillary or terminal corymbose cymes. Calyx 5-partite, within 

 naked, glandular; or with 5 scales. Corolla salver-shaped, the tube short, 

 cylindric or globose, the throat naked. Stamens inserted in the corolla- 

 tube; filaments twisted; anthers half-exserted, surrounding and adhering to 

 the stigma. Disk of 5 lobes or scales. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit of 2, nearly 

 free, lanceolate-cylindric follicles. Seeds linear to oblong, the tip narrowed 

 and with a coma of soft silky hairs at the summit. (In honor of J. Parsons, 

 an English physician.) 



Species about 12, tropical Asia to Australia and New Zealand, 2 in the 

 Philippines. 



1. P. cumingiana A. DC. 



A glabrous, scandent, woody vine, reaching a height of about 5 m. Leaves 

 elliptic to elliptic-ovate, shortly acuminate, 5 to 8 cm long. Cymes axillary, 

 trichotomous, less than one-half as long as the leaves. Flowers yellowish- 

 green, 7 mm long. Follicles lanceolate, 7 to 9 cm long, about 1 cm in 

 diameter. Seeds about 1 cm long, the coma copious, soft, 1.5 cm long. 



In thickets near the beach, Pasay, fl. June-Sept.; rather widely distrib- 

 uted in Luzon. Endemic. 



12. AGANOSMA G. Don 



Climbing shrubs, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves oblong, acuminate, 

 opposite. Cymes terminal and axillary, small or medium in size. Flowers 

 white. Sepals acuminate. Corolla salver-shaped, the tube short, the lobes 

 lanceolate, much longer than the tube. Stamens included, the anthers 

 meeting over the stigma and adnate to it. Disk 5-lobed. Ovary of 2, 

 distinct, many-ovuled carpels. Follicles cylindric, elongated, straight or 

 curved, linear. Seeds ovate or oblong. (Greek "desirable.") 



Species about 5, India to Malaya, 2 in the Philippines. 



1. A. acuminata (Roxb.) G. Don (A. marginata G. Don). 



A woody vine reaching a height of 10 m Or less, slightly pubescent or 

 nearly glabrous. Leaves oblong, acuminate, base acute or obtuse, 6 -to 12 



