428 MERRILL. 
APOCYNACE^. 
LOCH N ERA Reichb. 
L. rosea (Linn.) Eeichb. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3135, 3196 Mearns. 
Common, especially along the seashore, throughout the Philippines; a native of 
tropical America, now widely distributed in the tropics of the World. 
TABERNAEMONTANA Linn. 
T. pandacaqui Poir. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3669 Fenico. 
Common and widely distributed in the Philippines; endemic. 
T. cumingiana A. DC. 
Camigui.v, 399S F4nix. 
Common and widely distributed in the Philippines; Formosia and ( ?) Java. 
PARSONSIA R. Br. 
P. confusa -Merr. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3626 Fenix. N. v., Devas, 
Known only from the Philippines. 
CERBERA Linn. 
C. odollam Gaertn. 
Camiguin, 4007 Fenix. 
Along the seashore throughout the Philippines; seashores, India to Formosa, 
Malaya, Australia, and Polynesia. 
ASCLEPIADACE^. 
ASCLEPIAS Linn. 
A. curassavica Linn. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3512 F4nix. N. v., Daldal. 
Throughout the Philippines; a native of tropical America, now distributed 
throughout the warmer parts of the World. 
GYMNEMA R. Br. 
G. pachyglossum Schltr. 
Babuyan, 3901/ F4nix, along the seashore. 
Known only from the Philippines. 
TYLOPHORA R. Br. 
T. sp. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3835 Fenix, with fruits only, and impo^si!>Ie 
to determine to the species at the present time. 
DISCHIDIA R. Br. 
D. oiantha Schltr. 
Camiguin, 39t8 Fcnix, on trees near the seashore. 
Known only from the Philippines. 
D. myrtillus Schltr. . 
CAiiiGUiN, .'{128 Fenix, on trees at the summit of the volcano. 
Known only from the Philippines. 
