93 

 2. CEIBA Gaertn. 



1. C pentandra (Linn.) Gaertn. Fruct. 2 (1791) 244. t. 133. Eriodendron 

 anfractuosnm DC; Mast. 1. c. 350. 



(41C Whitford) June. In thickets and old clearings below 100 m., widely 

 distributed in the Philippines. Tropics generally, cultivated or wild. T., Boboi. 



PAREITALES. 



STERCULIACE.E. 



1. MELOCHIA Linn. 



1. M. indica (Houtt.) A. Gray; Perk. Frag. PI. Philip. (1004) 112. M. vclu- 

 tina Bedd.j Mast, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. lnd. 1 (1874) 374. M. arborea Blanco. 



(6874 Elmer) November. In thickets below 100 m., widely distributed in the 

 Philippines. British India and Malaya. T., Anibiong. 



2. M. corchorifolia Linn.; Mast. 1. c. 374. 



(1917 Burden) September. In thickets and open places below 100 m., widely 

 distributed in the Philippines. Tropics generally. 



2. WALTHERIA Linn. 



1. W. americana Linn.; DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 492. W. indica Linn.; Mast. 

 1. c. 374. 



(32G9 Merrill) October. In thickets below 100 in., widely distributed in the 

 Philippines. Tropics generally. 



3. COMMERSONIA Foist. 



1. C. platyphylla Andr.; Mast. 1. c. 378. 



(2227 Meyer) December; (6690 Elmer) November; (1457 Ahern's collector) 

 July; (2471 Borden) January. In thickets below 100 m., widely distributed in 

 the Philippines. Malaya. T., Anabo. 



4. ABROMA Linn. f. 



1. A. augusta Linn, f . ; Mast. 1. c. 375. 



(2324 Borden) December. In thickets below 100 in., widely distributed in the 

 Philippines. Tropical Asia and Malaya. T., Anabo, Anabong. 



5. PTEROSPERMUM Schreb. 



1. P. niveum Vid. Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 67. 



(1042 Whitford) December; (2470 Borden) January. In forests and thickets 

 below 100 in., widely distributed in the Philippines. Endemic. T., Bayog. 



2. P. obliquum Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 1 (1837) 529. 



(2257 Meyer) December; (1045, 2370 Borden) August, January; (1045 Whit- 

 ford) December; (72 Barnes) November. In forests and thickets below 120 m. 

 Endemic. T., Bayog. 



6. HELICTERES Linn. 



1. H. hirsuta Lour.; King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 60 (1891) 2: 82. //. 

 spicata Colebr. ; Mast. 1. c. 366. 



(157 Barnes) January; (1602, 2018 Borden) August, October; (6648 Elmer) 

 November; (95 Whitford) April; (3147 Merrill) October. In thickets below 

 100 m., widely distributed in the Philippines. Tropical Asia and Malaya. 



