PHILIPPINE ERICACE.T:. 
381 
7 R. spectabile Merr. in Covt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 29 (1905) 42. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Apo, Copcland 1J,38; DeVorc <t Hoover 
369, in part, altitude about 2,500 m. 
A species apparently allied to Rhododendron javanicum Blume, known only 
from tliis locality. 
8 R. dementis Merr. in Philip. Joum. Scl. 3 (1908) Bot. 160. 
MINDANAO, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemcm 732, September-October 
1906, and three unnumbered sheets from the same locality, a species closely allied 
to R. xanthopetalum, but with larger flowers. 
9. R. vidalii Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 24 (1886) 348; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 
(Philip) 29 (1905) 43; Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Siippl. 111. 
R. verticUlatum Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 171; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. 
Manila (1892) 106, non Low. 
R lussonieme Eendle in Journ. Bot. 34 (1896) 356; Merr. 1. c, 43. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Caua Volcano, R. N. Clark s. n., altitude 930 ra : 
Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Merrill 3743, 3S08 ; For. Bur. im Border; 
Whitford J,52, altitude 1,000 to 1,200 ni : Province of Tayabas, Mount Banajao, 
Elmer 7^75; Mount Malaraya, For. Bnr. 7839 Curran & Merritt, altitude 1,000 m 
A shrub, usually of snmll size and epiphytic, the flowers white. The type of 
the species was from the District of Bontoc, while the type of «. lu..omense 
Rendle in Herb. Mus. Brit., is labeled Bagnen, Mount Pohs, which ,s also in the 
same district. The species is somewhat variable in the form of its leaves. 
10 R. mindanaense Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 29 (1905) 41. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Apo, Copeland 10^2; DeVore ct- Hoover ,3, 
altitude about 3,000 m. 
A species known only from Mount Apo. 
11 R. copelandi Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 29 (Philip.) (1905) f- 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Apo, Copeland 103J,, HSO; De\ ore d 
Hoover 292, 382; Williams 2681, altitude 2,500 to 3,100 m. _ 
Also known only from ilount Apo. 
12. R. curran ii Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 2.55 
Luzon Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, For. Bur. S061 Curran A 
Merritt ■ 'Bur. Sci. J,9S8 Ramos, December, 1907, altitude 2,000 m. 
T p;cfes allied more closely to R. .kltcncadii Eendle than to «. lusso,nense 
Rendle! but with longer and relatively narrower, quite differently shaped leaves 
Additional material may prove the two species too closely allied to be kept 
separate. 
13. R. whiteheadii Rendle in Journ. Bot. 34 (1896) 356; Merr. L e 43. 
Luzon District of Bontoc, Mount Polls, Whitehead, m Herb. Mus. Brit. 
I have' seen only the type of this species, which is from Mount Pohs, according 
to the label. 
14 R malindangense Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 266. 
inNulNAO, Province of Misamis, Mount MalinJang, For. Bur. J,W5 Mear,^ A 
Hutchinson: Mav, 1906, altitude about 1,800 m. 
;„ the original description of this species the leaves are erroneously described 
as oblong-ovaU-, which shmild be corrected to oblong-obovate. 
