74 

 2. HIPTAGE Gaertn. 



1. H. luzonica Men. Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 | 1906) 33. 



(1148 Whit ford ) March. A scandent shrub on exposed ridges at 000 in. 

 Endemic. 



POLYGALACE^. 



1. POLYGALA Linn. 



1. P. chinensis Linn.; Benn. in Hook. f. PI. Brit. hid. 1 (1872) 204. 

 (3092 Merrill) October; ( 0109 Leiberg) July; (Whitford) June. In open dry 

 grass lands below 100 m. Tropical Asia. Malaya, and Australia. 



2. XANTHOPHYLLUM Roxb. 

 I. X. ap. 



(525 Harms) November. A tree in hill forests at 100 in., the specimens sterile. 

 T., Carra. 



DICHAPETALACEiE. 



1. DICHAPETALUM Dup. Th. 



I. D. tricapsulare (Blanco) .Men. Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1906) 35. 

 (2824 Meyer) .March; (3191 Merrill) October; (145 Barnes) January; (2077 

 Horde})) November: (6642 Elmer) November. In forests above 700 m. Endemic. 



EUPHOKIUACEJO. 



1. ANDRACHNE Linn. 



I. A. sp. ( ?) 



( 1934 Borden) October. Scandent. in forests at 300 in., material imperfect. 



2. FLUGGEA Willd. 



I. F. obovata (Linn.) Wall.; F. microcarpa Blume; Hook. f. PI. Brit. Ind. 5 

 (1887) 328. 



(6025 Leiberg) July; (390,534 Whitford) dune. July; (775 Borden) May. In 

 thickets below 100 m., widely distributed in the Philippines. Tropica] Asia, 

 Africa, Malaya, and Australia. T., Bayisit, 



3. PHYLLANTHUS Linn. 



1. P. blancoanus Muell. Arg.; DC. Prodr. 15 (1862) 2: 420. 



(237 Whitford) May; (3170, 37."> 1 Merrill) October, January. In forests and 

 on exposed ridges above 700 m., also represented by No. 9S Bolster and No. 3830 

 Merrill, from Mount Arayat, Province of Pampanga, Luzon, and No. 2698 Ahern's 

 collector, Bosoboso, Province of Rizal, Luzon. Endemic. 



Phyllanthus blancoanus Muell. Arg., was based on /'. niruri Blanco, non Linn. 



/'. letraiider Blanco, non Koxb.. and being known only from Blanco's description, 

 has previously been a doubtful species. The above specimens although not agree- 

 ing perfectly with Blanco's description, are the only ones 1 have seen that closely 

 approach the species as described by him, and accordingly are so referred. 



2. P. buxifolius (Blume) Muell. Arg. 1. c. 426. 



(3010 Meyer) May; (2532 Merrill) June; (2932 Horde,,) March; (1501 

 Ahern's collector) July. In forests 100 to 250 m. Java. 



3. P. niruri Linn.; Muell. Arg. 1. c. 406. 



(3157 Merrill) October. In open places along streams and in thickets below 

 100 m., widely distributed in the Philippines. Tropics generally. 



