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at the base, urn-shaped above, the limb shortly 5-lobed. Stamens 6, 

 included, the filaments dilated at their concave bases and arched over the 

 ovary; disk large, culpular. Ovary 2-celled; ovules 4; style short. Fruit 

 a small, 4-valved capsule. (Greek "scale" and "filament," in reference to 

 the scale at the base of each stamen.) 



Species 3 in tropical Asia and Africa, 1 in the Philippines. 



1. L. binectarlferum (Wall.) 0. Ktze. (L. flavescens BL). 



An herbaceous twining vine, the stems villous. Leaves ovate, 5 to 12 cm 

 long, densely tomfentose on both surfaces, base deeply cordate, apex acute or 

 acuminate, margins entire or somewhat 3-lobed. Cymes axillary, dense, 

 globose, pubescent, 3 to 4 cm in diameter, few- to many-flowered. Sepals 

 strigose, acuminate. Corolla pale-yellow, slightly hairy outside, urn-shaped, 

 1 to 1.5 cm long. Capsule ovoid, glabrous, 2-celled, about 5 mm long. 



In dry thickets near Fort McKinley, Balicbalic, etc., fl. Jan.; widely 

 distributed in the Philippines. Assam to Java and Borneo. 



3. QUAMOCLIT Moench 



Annual, twining, glabrous, slender, herbaceous vines. Leaves ovate, cor- 

 date, angled, lobed or pinnately divided. Flowers red, in few-flowered 

 axillary, lax cymes. Sepa,ls small, their apices often "somewhat awned. 

 Corolla salver-shaped, regular or nearly so, the tube long, the limb spread- 

 ing, subentire or very slightly lobed. Stamens 5, exserted, filaments un- 

 equal. Ovary 4-celled, 4-ovuled. Fruit a 4-celled capsule. (Apparently 

 from an old Mexican name.) 



Species 7 in tropical America, S now widely distributed in the tropics of 

 the East. 



Leaves ovate, deeply cordate at the base, entire or broadly 3- to B- 



lobed _ 1. Q. phoenicea 



Leaves pinnately divided into numerous, linear segments 2. 0. pinnata 



1. Q. PHOENICEA (Roxb.) Choisy (Q. coccinea Auct.). Pula^(Tag. "red"). 

 A scandent; twining, slender vine reaching a length of several meters. 



Leaves ovate, broadly cordate, acute or acuminate, margins subentire or 

 angled, or broadly 3- to 5-lobed, 6 to 12 cm long. Cymes axillary, long- 

 peduncled, few-flowered, the peduncles up to 15 cm long. Flowers erect, 

 red. Sepals 5, -green, about 6 mm long, obtuse, slenderly spurred from, 

 the apex. Corolla deep-red, the tube slender, slightly enlarged upward, 

 2.5 cm long, the limb spreading, about 2 cm in diameter. Capsule subglobose 

 or ovoid, about 6 mm in diameter. (Fl. Filip. pi. 17.) 



In thickets, San Juan del Monte, fl. Nov.-Apr.; of local occurence in 

 the Philippines, but frequently very abundant, thoroughly naturalized. A 

 native of tropical America now found wild and cultivated in many other 

 tropical countries. 



2. Q. PINNATA (Lam.) Bojer (Q. vulgaris Choisy). Cabello del angel 



(Sp.-Fil.); Cypress Vine. 

 A slender, twining, glabrous vine reaching a height of 4 m or more. 

 Leaves ovate in outline, 4 to 7 cm long, pinnately divided into numerous, 

 linear, distant segments. Cymes axillary, few-flowered, the peduncles 4 to 

 9 cm long. Flowers erect. Sepals green, about 5 mm long, apiculate, 

 elliptic. Corolla deep-red, salver-shaped, the tube about 2 cm long, slightly 

 enlarged upward, the limb- spreading, 1.5 to 2 cm in diameter, distinctly 

 5-lobed. Capsule ovoid, 7 to 8 mm long. (Fl. Filip. pi. SS.) 



