ASCLEPIADACEAE 379 



1. T. merrlllil Schltr. 



A slender, twining, glabrous, herbaceous vine 2 to 5 m in length; Leaves 

 green, shining; oblong to oblong-ovate, 5 to 8 cm long, shortly and sharply 

 acuminate, base broad, rounded or slightly cordate. Inflorescence terminal 

 and axillary, simple or slightly branched, slender, 10 to 30 cm long, the 

 flowers numerous, in scattered, racemosely arranged f asicles, their pedicels 

 7 mm long or less, few in each fascicle. Flowers dull-purple, 4 to 5 mm in 

 diameter. Follicles lanceolate, green, about 5 cm long, 5 mm thick below 

 the middle, narrowed upward to the acuminate apex. 



In thickets, Caloocan, Pasay, etc., fl. Oct.-Nov.; known only from the 

 vicinity of Manila. 



7. TELOSMA Coville 



Twining, somewhat woody vines. Leaves opposite, ovate or oblong, cor- 

 date, acuminate, thin, glandular at the base. Cymes axillary, umbelliform. 

 Flowers greenish-yellow, of medium size, pedicellate. Calyx 6-parted. Co- 

 rolla somewhat salver-shaped, the tube swollen below, sometimes constricted 

 at the-throat, the lobes oblong, overlapping to the right, spreading in flower. 

 Column rather large, the coronal scales rather large, adnate to the back of 

 the anthers, erect, flattened laterally, somewhat notched at the apex; pollen- 

 masses one in each cell, erect. Stigma umbonate or capitate. Fruit a 

 lanceolate, terete, rather turgid follicle. Seeds ovate, concave; coma ample, 

 soft. (Greek "far" and "odor," allusion to the fragrant flowers.) 



Species about 12, tropical Asia and Malaya, about 2 in the Philippines. 



Leaves small, deeply cordate at the base, 4 to 7 cm long, flowers fragrant; 

 corolla-lobes 4 to 5 mm wide; a cultivated species 1. T. odioratiitiviw, 



Leaves ample, base truncate, rounded, or slightly cordate, about 10 cm 

 long; flowers odorless or nearly so, the corolla-lob^s less than 3 mm 

 wide 2. 2*. procMmbems 



* 1. T. ODORATissiMA (Lour.) Coville (Pergularia odoratiasima Sm.). Mil 

 leguas (Sp.-Fil.). 



A scandent vine, the branchlets slender, terete, somewhat pubescent.' 

 Leaves opposite, broadly ovate, thin, 4 to 7 cm long, apex sharply acuminate, 

 the base prominently cordate, the sinus and lobes rounded, slightly pubes- 

 cent on the nerves and margins. Cymes axillary, subumbellate, many- 

 flowered, somewhat pubescent. Flowers fragrant, yellowish-green, more 

 deeply colored inside, about 1.3 cm loftg, the throat villous within, not or but 

 slightly contracted. 



Occasionally cultivated for its fragrant flowers, fl. July-Aug. ; introduced 

 from tropical Asia. 



2. T. procumbens (Blanco) Merr. Mil leguas (Sp.-Fil.). 



A woody vine, the branchlets slender, terete, glabrous or slightly pubes- 

 cent. Leaves thin, ovate to oblong-ovate, 8 to 13 cm long, 3 to 8 cm wide, 

 apex sharply acuminate, base rounded, truncate, or slightly cordate, slightly 

 pubescent on the nerves beneath. Cymes axillary, umbelliform, many- 

 flowered. Flowers greenish-yellow, odorless, about i.5 cm long, the throat 

 villous within, contracted. Follicles lanceolate, about 15 cm long. Seed 

 flattened; coma white, soft, ample. (Fl. Filip. pi. S97, Pergularia glabra.) 



In thickets, Masambong, Malinta, Pasay, etc., fl. July-Sept.; widely dis- 

 tributed in the Philippines at low altitudes. Endemic, 



