712 The Philippine Journal of Science 1921 
Var. PHILIPPINARUM W. Bekr. loc. cit. 
Folia parva, circiter 1 ad 1.5 cm longa et lata; caules flagellacei 
ascendentes, plerumque humiliores. Fl. verosimiliter V-VI. 
LUZON, Benguet Subprovince, Pauai, Bur. Sci. 4363, 4388 
Mecrns, Merrill 4769, Loher 1646 (herb. Calcutta), in Siimpfen, 
2,300 m. s. m. 
3. VIOLA MERRILLIANA W. Bckr. in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 34? (1916) 234. 
Planta humilis, acaulis, stolones radicantes tenues emittens. 
Rhizoma tenue, 2 ad 8 mm crassum, subelongatum, 2 ad 5 cm 
longum, distincte articulatum,+ obliquum. Stolones elongati, 10 
ad 20 cm longi, tenues, foliati, denique radicantes et plantas 
novellas formantes. Folia longe petiolata, parva e basi + pro- 
funde cordata rotundato-ovata acutiuscula vel triangulariter 
ovata, subacuminata, supra praecipue ad margines albido-stri- 
gosa et in medio subglabra, subtus glabra nervis prominentibus, 
plane et indistincte crenata; folia ad stolones aequaliter disposita, 
ad fines radicantes rosulata. Stipulae virides, liberae, e basi 
ovata lanceolatae, longe acuminatae, remote fimbriatae. Flores 
parvi, folia superantes, in pedunculis supra medium bracteolatis ; 
sepala ovato-lanceolata, acuta, trinervia, appendicibus brevibus 
2.5 ad 3.5 mm longis; petala oblongo-obovata, alba, violaceo-stria- 
ta, lateralia subbarbata, infimum abbreviatum naviculare brevi- 
calearatum; calear saccatum, appendices calycinas paullum 
superans; ovarium glabrum; stylus basi distincte sigmoideo- 
curvatus, versus apicem clavatus, apice bilobato-marginatus 
antice breviter rostratus. Folia 1 ad 2 cm longa, 0.8 ad 1.7 cm 
lata; petioli 2 ad 4 (ad 6) cm longi; petala 8 ad 12 mm longa. 
Fl. 1-V. 
LUZON, Benguet Subprovince, Mount Pulog, For. Bur. 16219, 
16063 bis Curran, Merritt & Zschokke, Merrill 6503, 6493: 
Lepanto District, Mount Data, Merrill 4509, 4565, alt. 2,000 bis 
3,000 m. s. m. 
Viola merrilliana ist durch die gegen den Rand hin deutlich 
behaarten Blatter sehr ausgezeichnet. 
4. VIOLA RUPICOLA Elmer Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1908) 324. 
Viola effusa W. Bckr. in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 347 (1917) 424. 
Planta acaulis, humilis, longe stolonosa; foliis minoribus, mem- 
branaceis, cordato-ovatis, supra in tota pagina albido-strigosis. 
Rhizoma subcrassiusculum, brevissime articulatum, reliquiis 
Stipularum fuscis obsitum, subperpendiculare vel obliquum. 
Stipulae lanceolatae, 5 ad 6 mm longae, fuscae vel fusco-viri- 
