FLORA OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 2l>9 



in the Philippines. Rhododendron javanicum, Blume, Andrachne 

 australis, Zoll., Antidesma montanum, Blume, Phyllanthm buxi- 

 folius, Muell. Arg., Conocephalus ovatus, Trtcul, Asplenium aniso- 

 dontum, Presl, A. woodwardioides, Baker, Polypodium papillosum, 

 Blume, and Helionitis Zollinger i, Kurz, are at present only known 

 from Java and the Philippines ; the last-named, if correctly loca- 

 lized, is from the island of Panay. Again, Aglceonema simplex, 

 Blume, occurs in Java, and again in the small island ofMalamaui, 

 close to Basilan Island, south of Mindanao in the Sulu Archi- 

 pelago. 



Sumatra has a considerable number of Philippine plants which 

 occur over a limited area, besides which Pothos incequilaterus, 

 Presl, Pinus Merkusii, Jungh., and Davallia decurrens, Hook., 

 are at present only knowm from Sumatra and the Philippines ; 

 while Octomeles sumatrana, Miq., from Sumatra, Borneo, and the 

 Philippines, has not yet been found in Java. 



Litsea cinnamomea, Blume, originally described from Ternate 

 in the Moluccas, has now been found in Luzon; Procris grandis, 

 Wedd., from Samar*, has been found in Buru; Cyathea Integra, 

 J. Sm., is peculiar to the Philippines and Amboyna; Nephro- 

 dium obscurum, Hook., to the Philippines and Tavoy ; Poly- 

 podium splendens, Hook., to the Philippines and Singapore ; and 

 Lygodium hastatum, Desv., to the Philippines and Marianne 

 Islands. 



Several species appear to be peculiar to the Philippines and the 

 Malay Peninsula, as: — Lindsaya scandens, Hook., Pterin ludens, 

 Wall., Neplirodium crassifolium, Hook., Polypodium sessili folium, 

 Hook., P. stenophyllum, Blume, P. longifolium, Mett , P. palmatum, 

 Blume, and Nephrodium gigantenm, Baker ; while Asplenium sor- 

 sogonense, Presl, and Polypodium flaccigerum, Mett., extend to the 

 Himalayas. The Indian connection is also seen in Asplenium 

 Wightianum, Wall., Nephrodium recedens, Hook., and N. Otaria, 

 Baker, which at present are only known from the Philippines, 



* Weddell (Monogr. Urtic. p. 337) says :— " Hab. In Nova Guinea?— (▼. s. 

 in Herb Hook.)". The only specimen in Herb. Hook, is Cuming n. 1730, 

 lrom the island of Samar ; on this sheet Weddell himself has written "Procris 

 grandis, Wedd. ;" consequently it is the type. I cannot account for the locality 

 given unless Weddell accidentally omitted to copy it at the time, and supplied 

 it from memory (with the "?") afterwards, when he had not the sheet to refer 

 to. A plant collected by Riedel at Buru, in the Moluccas, appears to be ihe 

 same species, though the cyme is a little more pubescent. 



