NEW PHILIPPINE ASCLEPIADACE/£. 
By R. SCHLECHTEE. 
(Berlin, Germany.) 
TOXOCARPUS W. et A. 
Toxocarpus Merrillii Schltr. sp. nov. 
TerrestriSj ramosa, alte scandens; ramis ranmlisque filiformibus elon- 
gatis, flexuosis, minute puberulis vel subglabris, bene foliatis; foliis 
petiolatis, patentibns patulisve late oblongis, a2)icnlatis, snperne Incidis, 
glabris, subtus palliclioribus, brevissime et molliter ferrugineo-pubes- 
centibus, 6-8 cm. longis, medio fere 4-6.3 cm. latis, petiolo minute 
pubei’ulo, circ. 1.5 cm. longo; cymis ramosis sublaxae multifloris, breviter 
ferrugineo tomentosulis j^etiolo fere duplo longioribus; floribus in 
genere mediocribus; calycis segmentis ovatis, obtusis, ferrugineo-tomen- 
tosulis, circ. 0.3 cm. longis; corollae tubo campanulato, extus glabro, 
intus sparsim puberulo, fauce barbato, calycem vix excedente, lobis 
linearibus, obtusiusculis, utrinque glabris, circ. 0.5 cm. longis; coronae 
foliolis rhomboideo-laneeolatis, subacutis, glabris, antlieram cpiarto parte 
fere superantibus; antlieris oblongo-quadratis, marginibus cartilagineis 
valde angustis, appendice liyalina ovata, subacuta. Stigmatis capite alte 
rostrato, rostro cylindrico subacuto, in tubo corollae incluso. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, ]5osoboso (2810 Merrill) July, 1903. 
Readily distinguislied from all other Philippine species of this genus by its 
broad leaves, wliieh are glabrous above, and by its flower characters. 
GYMNEMA R. Br. 
Gymnema pachyglossum Schltr. sp. nov. 
Volubile, alte scandens, ramosum; ramis rainulisque elongatis, tlex- 
uosis, teretibus, primum minute puberulis, demum glabratis, bene folia- 
tis ; foliis petiolatis ovatis vel ovato-ellipticis, acuminatis, utrinque 
glabris, 5-7 cm. longis, medio vel infra medium 2. 3-4. 6 cm. latis, petiolo 
1-1.5 cm. longo; cymis subaxillaribus, vulgo oppositis, l)reviter pedun- 
culatis, umbelliformibus, densifloris, vulgo petiolo aequilongis nunc paullo 
longioribus; floribus in genere inter minores, illis G. Schlechteriani 
Warb. siniilibus et fere aequimagnis, flavis, odoratis; pedicellis brevibus 
circ. 0.2 cm. longis, minute puberulis ; calycis segmentis suborbicularibus 
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