300 MERUILL. 
Solanum nigrum Linn. Sp. PI. {\75'S) 329. 
In old clearings at 900 m. alt. (No. 5571). 
Widely distrilmted in the Pliilippines; a weed. 
Tropical and temperate regions generally. 
SCROniULAlIIACE.E. 
VANDELLIA Linn. 
Vandellia grandiflora Murr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (190G) Suppl. 237. 
In forests at 1,500 m. alt. (No. 4401 Merritt) June, 1900. 
Previously known only from the highhinds of northern Luzon. 
TORENIA Linn. 
Torenia polygonoides Benth. Scroph. Ind. (1S35) 39. 
In an old clearing at 1,050 ni. alt. (No. 5495). 
Widely distributed in the Pliilippines but nowhere abundant. 
British India to the Malayan Peninsula and Borneo. 
GESNEIUACE.il 
TRiCHOSPORUM Don. 
Trichosporum philippinense (Clarke) O. Ktz. Rev. Gen. PI. (1S91) 478. 
In forests at 1,300 m. alt. (No. 6141), ascending to 2,200 m.; also collected 
by Merritt in June, 1906, at 1,300 m. alt. (No. 4370). 
^ Previously knowa only from Luzon. 
Trichosporum rubrum ilerr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 227. 
In forests at 1,400 m. alt. (No. 5709) ; also collected by Merritt in June, 1906, 
at 2,200 m. alt. (No. 4450). 
Previously known only from northern Luzon, with a closely related if not 
identical form from Canlaon Volcano, Negros. 
DICHROTRICHUM Roinw. 
J 
y DIchrotrichum ciiorisepaium Clarke in DC. Monog. Phan. 5 (1883) 53. 
In forests at 1,800 m. alt. (No. 6142). 
Previously known from the mountains of Luzon, Negros and ^lindanao. 
CYRTANDRA Forst. 
Cyrtandra cumingii Clarke in DC. Monog. Phan. 5 (1883) 203. 
In forests at 1,500 m. alt. (No. 5578). 
Widely distributed in the Philippines. Endemic. 
Cyrtandra parvifolia Iferrill n. sp. 
l^amis gracilibus, glabris, jimioribus plus minus fcrrugineo-hirsutis; 
foliis oppositis, laneeolatis vel oblongo-laneeolatis, basi aeutis, plus minus 
repando-eronatis vel subintegris, 2 ad 4.5 cm. lohgis; pedicolUs axil- 
laribus, solitariis, elongatis, medio bibraeteolatis bsracteolis minutis; 
calyce peiriisteiite ; corolla circa l.o cm. longa. 
A slender shrub 1 to 3 ni. liigh. Brandies light gray or brownish, 
glabrous, slender, terete, the younger ones more or less ferruginous- 
hir;?ute. Leaves opposite, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 2 to 4.5 cm. 
