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DKOTYLEDONILK. 



ARCHICHLAMYDEAE (Oumpetalas and Apetaia >. 



PIPERALES. 



PIPERACE^l 



1. PIPER Linn. 



1. P. corylistachyon (Miq.) C. DC. Prodr. 16 (1809) 1: 34G. 



(2526, 3781 Merrill) June, January; (0862 Elmer) November; (1280 Whitford) 

 May. In forests at about 100 in. Endemic. 



2. P. marivelesanum ('. DC. in Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1005) 155. 



(3727, 3780 Merrill) January; (105 Barnes) January; (2507 Meyer) Jan- 

 uary; (1750 Borden) August; (1060 WMtford) January. In forests 00 to 600 

 m. Endemic. 



3. P. miniatum Blume; C. DC. 1. c. 354. 



(0683 Elmer) November; (504, 1040 Whitford) July, January; (6077 Leiberg)' 

 July. In forests and thickets at about 100 m. Malaya. 



4. P. blancoi Merrill, nom. now P. philippincnsc C. DC. 1. c. 353, non P. phil- 

 ippinum Miq., 1844. 



(188 ^Yhitford) May. River canon at 550 m. Endemic. 



5. P. sp. 



(6805 Elmer) November; (258 Copeland) January; (2097, 2394 Borden) No- 

 vember, January; (2411 Meyer) January; (209 Barnes) January; 3248, 3768 

 Merrill) October, January; (129 Whitford) May. On exposed ridges in the mossy 

 forest above 1,000 m. 



0. P. sp. 



(1382 Merrill) October; (0855 Elmer) November. On exposed ridges at 

 1,100 m. No. G890 Elmer may be the same. 



7. P. sp. 



(1911 Borden) September; (3105 Merrill) October; (57 Barnes) October. In 

 thickets below 50 m. 



2. PEPEROMIA Ruiz. et. Pav. 



1. P. sp. 



(114, 313 Whitford) May; (6820 Elmer) November; (3205, 3721 Merrill) 

 October, January. On bowlders and trees, exposed ridges in the mossy forest 

 above 1,000 m. 



CHLORANTIIACE.E. 



1. CHLORANTHUS Swartz. 



1. C. brachystachys Plume; J look. f. Fl. Brit. End. 5. (1886) 100. 



(6050 Leiberg) July; ( 6640 Elmer ) November; (103 Whitford) April; (2514. 

 3254 Merrill) June, October; (1214 Borden) June; (2215 Meyer) December. 

 Common in forests, 350 to 500 m. Widely distributed in the Philippines, fruit 

 red. British India to Southern China and Malaya. T., Cablin. 



2. C. officinalis Blume, Hook. f. 1. c. 



(tlSSf) Elmer) November; (6129, 6136 Lciberg) July; (1769 Borden) August. 

 In forests above 250 m.. with the preceding, but the fruit white. Distribution 

 the same as for the preceding species. 



