101 



damp mossy dill's on exposed ridges, 75 In 1.300 m. Endemic. T., Pingol bato. 



Variable in vegetative characters, the form growing on dryer banks and cliH's 

 with small leaves like the type (510 Cumin;/), the form in more shaded moist 

 places with larger leaves approaching Begonia merrillii Warb., which is possibly 

 not distinct from B. rhombioarpa A. DC. 



2. B. sp. 



(:i7. - S4 Merrill) January. On damp cliffs, exposed ridges at 1,100 m. Vege- 

 tative characters of luxuriant forms of the preceding species but with very 

 much larger fruits. 



MYRTIFLOR.ffi. 

 THYJkfELIACE^E. 



1. PHALERIA .lack. 



1. P. cumingii (Meissn.) P.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) is:}. 



(1446 A hern's oollector) duly; (3181 Merrill) October; (473, 1321 Whitford) 

 duly, June; (221!) Meyer) December, L904. In thickets and forests 7f) to 400 m. 

 Endemic. 



2. WICKSTRCEMIA Endl. 



1. W. lanceolata Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 29 (1906) .SI. 



(1151 Whitford) March; (6901 Elmer) November. On exposed ridges in the 



mossy forest at 000 m. Endemic. 



2. W. meyeniana Warb. in Perk. Frag. PI, Philip. (1905) 171. 



(6793 Elmer) November; (3802 Merrill) August; (2170 Meyer) December; 

 (527 Whitford) duly. In forests 75 to 200 m. Endemic. 



3. W. ovata ('. A. Mey.; Miessn. in DC. Prodr. 14 (1850) 1: 544. 



(3860 Merrill) August; (1588 Borden) August; (DUO Whitford) September. 

 Exposed ridges in the mossy forest at 1.000 m. Endemic. 



ELAEAGNArpLE. 



1. EL>CAGNUS Linn. 



1. E. latifolia Linn.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 1ml. 5 (1886) 202. 



(2805 Meyer) March. In the mossy forest on exposed ridges at 1,300 m. 

 British India to Southern China and Malaya. 



LYTHRACRSJ. 



1. LAGERSTRCEMIA Linn. 



1. L. speciosa (Linn.) Pers. Syn, 2 (1807) 72. L. flos-reginw Pet/..; Clarke 

 in Hook. f. El. Brit. Ind. 2 (1870) 577. 



(755, 1269, 128.3, 1389, 1538. 1553, 1615, 1022, 1679, 1680 Borden) May to 

 August; (42, 356 Whitford) April, .lime; (0770 Elmer) November. In forests 

 and thickets below 100 m.. widely distributed in the Philippines. Tropical Asia 

 and Malaya. T., Banaba. 



SONNERATIACRaS. 



1. SONNERATIA Linn. f. 



I. S. pagatpat Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. I (18:57) 424. 



(1405 Borden) October; (1465 Ahem'* collector) duly. Along the rocky sea- 

 shore, widely distributed in the Philippines. Malaya. T.. Pagatpat. 



