THE FLOIU OF MOUNT IIALCON. 307 
HYDNOPHYTUM Jack. ^ 
Hydnophytum formicarium Jack in Trans. Linn. Soc. 14 (1823) 124. 
Epiphytic, in forests along the Alag River below 100 m. alt. (Xo. 01R2). 
Malayan Peninsula, Cocliin China, Sumatra and Burnco. 
Hydnophytum nitidum Merrill n. sp. 
Tuber tliametro ad 25 cm.; cuales ramiqiie lignescontL'S teretcs vol 
ramiili jnniores leviter comprossi^ foliis oblongo-ollijxticis, coriaoois^ 
nitidis, obtiusis, 3 ad G cm. longis, subsessilibus; flores breviter tnbn- 
losi, sessiles^ ad articulationes faseiculat* ; corolla 3.5 mm. longa. 
Tuber about 25 cm. in diameter, glabrous; the stems glabrous, brawn 
or gray, terete, the younger brancblets reddish-brown and sliglitly com- 
pressed, GO to 80 cm. long, branched. Leaves oblong-ellipLieal, 3 to 
cm. long, 1 to 2.5 cm. wide, coriaceous, glabrous, the upjior surface 
shining, the lower dull, margins slightly recurved, the apex rounded, 
the base subacute or rounded, the midrib prominent, the lateral nerves 
three or four on each side of the midrib, obscure or nearly obsolete; 
petiole very short or wanting. Flowers fasciculate, sessile at the nodes, 
few, while. Calyx truncate, glabrous. Corolla 3.5 mm. long, the tube 
cylindrical 2 mm. long, barbulate with tufts or hairs at the throat between 
the insertion of the stamens, the lobes 4, narrowly ovate, acute, 1.5 mm. 
long. Stamens 4, filaments wanting; anthers 0.8 mm. long. Style 3 
mm. long, slightly cleft at the apex. 
Epiphytic in the mossy forest at 1,400 ni. alt. (No, G181); also collected hy 
Merritt at an altitude of about 800 m. (No. 4358). 
A apecies characterized by its coriaceous shininj^ elliptical-oblong leaves and 
small flowers, apparently belonging in the group with //. formicnrum Jack, fol- 
lowing Becoari's classifiaition." 
NERTERA Banks & Soland. 
Nertera depressa Banks & Soland. ex Gaertn. Fruct. 1 (1788) 124 /. 26. 
On bowlders along shaded streams at 700 m. alt. (No. .5014) ; also collected 
by Mcrriit on exposed ridges at 2,250 m. alt. (No. 4450). 
On many of the liigher mountains of the Philippines. 
Widely distributed in Malaya, Australia and South America, 
CArniFOLIACEili:. 
SAMBUCUS l.inn. 
Sambucus javanica Beinw. ex Blmne Bijdr. {lS2fi) fi57. 
In old clearings at 900 m. alt. (No. 5572). 
Widely distributed in the Pliilippines. 
British India to Japan and Malaya. 
"Malesia 2 (1884-85), 123-175. 
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