Tylophora perrottetiana Decne.

TYLOPHORA R. "Brown
Cynanchum tenellum Blanco FI. Filip. (1887) 204. ed. 2 (1M5 ed
TETIAnI kne	"•	Eiedcl = TYLOPHORA PERROT-
^Oxyst^lma bifid urn Uaijps Frae. PI Filin	Ra t
& Naves in Blane“pi. Ffflp ed ^4» «88« la P»' w’ ’ F'm
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piuZi^UriltrTfUni Was reduced by Femandez-Villar to the
TpZZet^ n ™ Vepr^UUam Dcn«-> b“t whether or not
form " "r- VS ?• m?t from r‘	Sehltr., the
",at BIanco described is certainly the latter. The species
is not uncommon in and about Manila, and is the only one of
he genus te be found in the vicinity of the city. Blanco’s de
»'	ScX wh hhTy Sh°ri aDd imperfect- aPP^S to T. mer-
bchltr., which I consider to be the same as Tvlovhorn
SITS®. bfter,thr to any 0ther known Philippine
species of the entire family Asclepiadaceae. Llanos’s descrin
ferred it T* 7° ¿S*"* I Vefy P°°r- Feraandez-Villar trans-
Tylophera as a valid species. .If a Tylophora it is
probably a form of T. perrottetiana Dcrie. The petals of this
species, however, are never more than very sligMy refuse and
can hardly be described as bifid as Llanos indicated for the form
he described. Llanos’s species is not represented among hS
specimens m the de Candolle herbarium - ' ' ?
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province Luzon
November, 1914 (Merrill:'Species Blancoanae No. 192)
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