22C) 
ascending; petioles 2 to 7 cm. long, somewhat pubescent. C3mies many, 
axillary, long pedmicled, lax, glabrous, the peduncles 12 cm. long or less, 
slender, dichotomously branched above, tlie bracts and bracteoles linear 
to lanceolate, 5 mm. long or less, the pedicels slender, 1 cm. long or less. 
Flowers pale blue, 1.5 cm. in diameter. Calyx 5-cleft nearly to the base, 
the lobes linear, 3 to 3.5 mm. long, less than 1 mm. wide, glabrous. 
Corolla 5-lobed, the lobes ovate, rounded, about d mm. long, the tube 
short, broad. Stamens 2; filaments 4 mm. long; anthers 2 mm. long, 
much broader than long. Ovary glalmous; sOde subcapitate. Capsule 
glabrous, linear, 2 to 2.5 cm. long, dehiscing into 4 straight valves. 
Seeds numerous, narrow, acute, brown, 0.4 ]nni. long. 
Luzon, Province of Cavite, Maragondong (4178 Merrill) July 30, 1005. 
Al)uudant locally on dill's in ravines 100 to 400 ni. 
I liave followed Ridley-^ in retaining Parahoca as a genus distinct from 
Didymocarpns Clarke (Roettlera ValiL). 
TRICHOSPORUM Don. 
Trichosporum littorale Merrill sp. nov. 
A scandent epiphyte, glabrous except the slightly j^ulmscent l)ranches 
and inflorescence, with opposite, orbicular-ovate to elliptical-ovate leaves, 
3 cm. long or less, and terminal flowers about 5 cm. long. Branches 
gra}g slender, terete, somewhat pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, 2 to 3 cm. 
long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm. wide, entire, the liase l)road, rounded or slightly 
cordate, the apex acute or olituse ; nerves obsolete; petioles slightly 
})ubescent, about 2 mm. long. Flowers purplish, several at the end of 
each branchlet, the pedicels 1.5 to 2 cm. long, slightly pubescent. Calyx 
nearly 3 cm. long, cylindrical, somewhat inflated, glabrous or slightly 
ciliate at the apex, 5-toothed, the teetli ovate, acute or obtuse, about 3 mm. 
long. Corolla about 5 cm. long, inflated at the base, then narrowed, and 
inflated again above. Capsule unknown. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Malita (647 Copeland) Marcli 26, 1904. Grow- 
ing on tree trunks over the beach along the seashore, characterized hy its short, 
broad, somewhat cordate leaves and relatively large calyx. 
Trichosporum ovatum IMerrill sp. nov. 
A scandent plant, apparently an epiphyte, with opposite, glabrous, 
fleshy, coriaceous, ovate, acute leaves 3 cm. long or less, the flowers fas- 
cicled at the apices of the branches, 3 to 3.5 cm. long. Branches slender, 
gray, somewhat puliescent with weak scattered hairs, emitting rootlets. 
Leaves opposite, 1.5 to 3 cm. long, 1.5 to 2 cm. wide, very thick, fleshy 
when fresh, acute, the liase liroad, rounded, entire, the nerves obsolete; 
petioles about 2 mm. long, slightly ciliate. Flowers fascicled, 5 or G at 
the end of each branchlet, the pedicels, calyx, and corolla uniformly hir- 
sute outside with scattered hairs, the pedicels slender, about 7 mm. long, 
(ialyx glaln’ous inside, cylindrical, l^cni. long, snbecpially 5-toothed, 
-■PJonni. iSlrails Itraiicli 11. .1. Hoc. (1905), 43, (i.'i. 
