290 The Philippine Journal of Science me 



throw additional light on the exact status of Restiaria nigra, but from 

 the evidence and data at present available it seems best to consider it 

 under Columbia subobovata Hochr. 



TRIUMFETTA Linnaeus 



TRIUMFETTA REPENS (Blume) Merr. & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 

 (1908) 111. 

 Porpa repens Blume Bijdr. (1825) 198. 

 Triumfetta radieans Boj. in Ann. Sci. Nat. II 20 (1843) 103; Gagnep. 



in Not. Syst. 1 (1910) 172. 

 Triumfetta subpalmata Soland. ex Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. 28 (1890) 

 2, t. 293, f. I. 

 Amboina, Hitoe lama, Rel. Robins. 1806, November 5, 1913, on sandy 

 beaches. 



Madagascar, the Seychelles, Borneo, Java, the Philippines, Keeling 

 Islands, small islands in the Gulf of Siam, and those off the northeastern 

 coast of Australia. 



MALVACEAE 



HIBISCUS Linnaeus 



HIBISCUS VITIFOLIUS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 696. 



Boeton, Baoe baoe, Rel. Robins. 2478, July 23, 1913. 

 India and Ceylon to tropical Australia. 



HIBISCUS SCHIZOPETALUS Hook. f. in Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 652b. 

 Amboina, cultivated, Rel. Robins. 2006, August 9, 1913. 

 A native of tropical Africa, now cultivated in most tropical countries. 



SI DA Linnaeus 



SIDA JAVENS1S Cav. Diss. 5 (1788) 10, t. 134, f. 2. 



Boeton, Baoe baoe, Rel. Robins. 2482, July 13, 1913. Bali, Boeleleng, 

 Rel. Robins, 2517, July 7, 1913. 



Widely distributed in the tropics of the Old World. 



SIDA CORYLI FOLIA Wall. Cat. (1829) no. 1865. 



Boeton, Baoe baoe, Rel. Robins. 2479, July 13, 1913. 

 Burma, Indo-China, the Philippines, Java, and Madura. 



SIDA RHOMBI FOLIA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 684. 



Amboina, Lateri, Rel. Robins. 1695, August, 1913, along roadsides. Bali, 

 Boeleleng, Rel. Robins. 2438, July 7, 1913. 



Tropics of the World. 



STERCULIACEAE 



ME LOCH I A Linnaeus 



MELOCHIA CONCATENATA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 675. 

 Melochia corchorifolia Linn. 1. c. 



Amboina, Batoe gadjah, Rel Robins. 1764, August 1, 1913, in open 

 grassy places, altitude about 50 meters. 



The Linnean specific name concatenata has page priority over corchori- 

 folia, the latter, however, being the universally used name for this common 



