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obtusis, margine minute ciliatis, extus sparsissime pubernlis, 0.1 can. 
longis; corollae tiibo late campanulato, cal3^ci aeqnilongo, extus glabro, 
intus minute et sparsim puberulo, lol)is ol)longis oljtusis utrinque glabris, 
patentibus, tube vix longioribus; coronae i'oliolis in sinubus corollae 
carnosis, facie oblongis apice uncinato incurvulis; gynostegio in tubo 
corollae incluso; antlreris oblongis, appendice liyalina semiorbiculari, 
ol)tusissima ; pollinii oblique oblongoideis, subsessilibus, retinaculo oblong- 
oideo, polliniis plus duplo minore; stigmatis capite obtuso. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Lainao River (3291 Merrill) October, 1903; Prov- 
ince of Rizal, Bosoboso (1898 Ahern’s collector) October, 1904. 
Allied to Gymnerna Schlechteriammi Warb., but well distinguislied by its 
corona. 
TYLOPHORA R. Br. 
Tylophora Elmeri Scbltr. sp. nov. 
Volubilis, alte scandens, ramosa, ramis ramulisque liliformibus elon- 
gatis, teretibus, subglabris, laxe foliatis, flexuosis; foliis petiolatis erecto- 
patentibus, lanceolatis vel anguste oiilongis, acuminatis vel apiculatis, 
utrinque glabris, textura coriaceis, subtus reticula to-nervosis, 3-6 cm. 
longis, infra medium 0.8-2. 2 cm. latis, petiolo teretiusculo 0.3-1 cm. 
longo; cymis perlaxis, plurifloris, usque ad 8 cm. longis, pedicellis 
gracillimis tiliformibus, glabris, circ. 0.8 cm. longis; floribus illis T. 
silvaticae Dene, fere aequimagnis, ut videtur purpureis; calycis segmentis 
ovatis acutiusculis, glabris, 0.1 cm. longis; corolla subrotata, alte 5- 
lobata, lobis oblongis extusis, extus glabris, intus minutissime papillosis, 
0.2 cm. longis; coronae foliolis carnosis, tubo gynostegii usque ad apicem 
adnatis late ovoideis, obtusis, basi truncato-ol)tusatis, basin antherarum 
attingentibus ; antlieris quadratis, marginilnis cartilagineis bene cons- 
picuis utrinque truncatis, appendice liyalina semiorliiculari ; polliniis late 
ol)longoideis oldiquis, translatoribus tenuibus duplo brevioribus retinaculo 
oblongoideo fere aequilongis. 
Luzon, Province of Bengnet, Baguio (5980 Elmer) March, 1904. 
Tlie aflinity of tliis species is witli Tylophora tennis BL, but the leaves are 
longer and narrower and the flowers larger. Externally it closely resembles 
7'. luzonica iScbltr. 
Tylophora luzonica Scbltr. sp. nov. 
Volubilis, scandens, ramosa, ramis ranudisque tiliformibus elongatis, 
flexuosis, glalu’is vel subglal>ris, laxe foliatis; foliis petiolatis patentibus 
vel erecto-patentil)US lanceolato-ol)longis, apiculatis vel breviter acumin- 
atis, glabris, textura coriaceis, 2. 4-4.5 cm. longis, infra medium 0.9-1. 7 
cm. latis, petiolo 0.3-0. 8 cm. longo; ci'inis elongatis, perla.xe plurifloris 
usque ad 13 cm. longis, pedicellis gracillimis tiliformibus, sparsim 
pilosulis, 0.4 cm. longis; floribus illis T. Elmeri Scbltr. simillimis 
aequimagnisque; calycis segmentis minute et sparsim pilosulis, margine 
ciliatis, ovatis, obtusiusculis, corollae fere duplo brevioribus; corolla sub- 
rotata alte 5-flda, lobis oblongis obtusis apice minute excisis, utrinque 
