NOTES OX I'HILUTINE llOTANY. 97 
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cm long, most of them, liu\vc\er, varying from 1 to 2.5 cm in length, 
tlie ax iUary. spines nonrly straiglit, 5 to 7 mm long. 
Luzox, Province of Boiionot, Tilad, Lohcr 192S, di-stributtMl as A. nurwofnts. 
The genus is now to the rhilipijiues, the species extending from Japan jind 
Korea to Formosa and souttiern Cliina. 
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ARENARIA Linn. 
Arenaria serpyliifolia Linn. 8p. 1*1. (1753) 423; DC. i'rodr. 1 (1S24) 411; 
Edgw. in Hook. f. ¥1 Brit. Jnd. 1 (1874) 239; Eorhos & Hemsl. in Jonrn. Linn. 
Soc. Bot. 23 (1880) 70. 
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Luzo.x, rrovlnce of Benguet, Ix>o, Lohcr 16.il, 
A widely distributed species in trnipernte aiid subtenipcrate regions, the first 
represontative of the genus to he found in the !*liilippines, appareiitly inth'-^cnons. 
SAGINA Linn. 
Sagina procumbens Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 128; Ldgw. in Ilook. f. IT. Brit. 
Ind. 1 (1874) 242. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Loher 1622. 
Widely distributed in the north and south temperate zones, in Asia sontliward 
to western Tibet and Slkkim; the first representali\c of the genus to be found 
in the Philippines. 
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POLYGONUM Linn. 
Polygonum alatum TTamilt. in D. Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. (1823) 72; Ilook. 
f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1886) 39; Forbes & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 
(1891) 340. 
Polygonum tiepalense Me'isn. in DC, Prodr. 14 (1850) 128. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Loher 5201. 
Afghanistan to Ceylon, China, Japan and the Malay ArchijMilago; new to the 
Philippines. 
Polygonum glabrum Willd. Sp. PI. 2 (1799) 447; :Mrisn. in DC. Prodr. 14 
(1850) 114; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1886) 34; Forbes & lIcnisL in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1891) 340. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Elmer 6910; Lohcr J-7.9.J. 
Tropical and subtropical regions (if Asia, Africa and Aincric-a; new to the 
Philippines. 
Polygonum Hydropiper Linn. Sp. Pi. (1753) 361; Meisn. in J)C. Prodr. 14 
(1856) 109; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Tnd. 5 (18S6) 39; Forbes & Hemsl. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1891) 340; Walp. in Xov. Act. Xat. Cur. 19 (1843) SuppL 
1: 407. 
Luzon, Meyen in Herb. Berol.; Province of Benguet, Kahayan, Mrrrifl .^//28, 
October, 1905. 
Western Europe and northern Africa to China, Japan, and Java, also in North 
America. 
Walpers* identification of Jleyen's specimen appears fo be correct, it havinj 
been examined in the Berlin Herbarium in January, 1908, but the specimen 
collected by ]Vb'ven in Luzon, and reported by Wali>ers I. c. aa Polygonum 
Persicaria Linn., is not that species, but P. harhatum Linn. 
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