Ill 

 CORNACEJE. 



1. ALANGIUM Lam. 



]. A. meyeri Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1906) 54. 



(22S4 Meyer) December; (2334, 2569, 2728 Borden) December, February, 

 March. In forests and thickets 50 to 100 m. Endemic. 



2. MASTIXIA Blume. 



1. M. pentandra Blume; Koord. & Valeton, Bijd. Boomsoort. Java 5 (1900) 

 89. 



(208, 222, 1195 Whitford) May, March; (2201, 2773 Meyer) December, Feb- 

 ruary; (755, 1355, 2108 Borden) May, July, November; (3740 Merrill) January: 

 (151, 207 Barnes) January. Abundant in forests above 700 m. Java. 



All tbe above specimens are with fruit only, except No. 1195 Whitford, which 

 lias very young flowers, and agree closely with the long description given by 

 Koorders and Valeton, and are accordingly referred to Blume's species. No 

 representative of the genus has previously been found in the Philippines. 



METACHLAMYDEyE (SYMPETAL^l). 



ERICALES. 



CLETHRACRaj. 



1. CLETHRA Linn. 



1. C. lancifolia Turcz. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 36 (18(53) 2: 231. 



(3220 Merrill) October; (794, 2095 Borden) May, November; (6994 Elmer) 

 November; (1344 Whitford) September. On exposed ridges in the mossy forest 

 at about 1,300 m. Endemic. 



This species has erroneously been referred to Clethra canescens Reinw, by 

 various authors, and in Index Kewensis is erroneously localized as Singapore. 



ERICACELaS. 



1. RHODODENDRON Planch. 



1. R. quadrasianum Vidal; Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 29 (1905) 43. 



(6765 Elmer) November; (2090 Borden) November; (278, 1104 Whitford) 

 May, February; (3215 Merrill) October; (0032 Leiberg) July. On exposed 

 ridges in the mossy forest near the summit of the mountain. Endemic. 



2. R. schadenbergii Warb. ; Merr. 1. c. 40. 



(790, 2117 Borden) May, November; ( 685(5 Elmer) November; (450 Whit- 

 ford) July; (3255 Merrill) October; (6033 Leiberg) July. In forests on exposed 

 ridges near the summit. Endemic. 



3. R. vidal ii Rolfe; Merr. 1. c. 43. 



(452 Whitford) July; (1591 Borden) August; (3743 Merrill) January; (300 

 Merrill) Decades Philip. Forest Fl., August. With the preceding. Endemic. 



4. R. xanthopetalum Merr. 1. c. 41. 



(332 Whitford) May. Epiphytic in the mossy forest at 1,200 m. Endemic. 



