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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 Hort. Calc. (1845) 58. 
Modecca ? bracteata Lam. Encycl. 4 (1798) 410. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Bangui, Bur-. Sci. 27^15 Ramos, March, 
1917: Cavite Province, Alfonso, Bur. Sci. 22505 Ramos & Deroy, May, 1915. 
The two specimens cited above apparently represent forms of this some- 
what polymorphous species, which other than F.-Villar’s previously unveri- 
fied record of Trichosanthes palmata 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 ; panieulis axillaribus, diffusis, 
muitifloris, usque ad 20 cm longis, fioribus 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 length ; 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, the 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. 263^6 Mabesa (type), January 23, 1917, in thickets, altitude 30 
to 50 meters, flowers yellow; Baker UU71, January, 1917, “a large vine.” 
