115 



3. D. discolor Willd.; Hiern 1. c. 260. D. philippinensis Gurkc, non A. DC. 

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



Borneo, occasionally cultivated in other tropical countries. T., Mabolo. 



4. D. nitida Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1906) 57. 



(6713 Elmer) November; (1067 WMtford) January; (267 Merrill) Decades 

 Philip. Forest FL, coll. Borden, January. In forests 100 to 200 in. Endemic. 



5. D. pilosanthera Blanco; Hiern 1. c. 213. 



(564, 582, 584, 595, 600 Barnes) March; (700, 710, 833, 1752, 2738, 2952, 

 3038 Borden) May, April; ( 1225 Whit ford) April; (148 Merrill) Decades Philip. 

 Forest FL, coll. Ahern's collector, July. In forests 100 to 500 m., widely dis- 

 tributed in the Philippines. Endemic. T.. Bolongeta, 



SYMPLOCACE^. 



1. SYMPLOCOS Linn. 



1. S. confusa Brand in Engler'fl Pflanzenreich 6 (1901) 88. 



(1185, 1343 WMtford) March, September; (3240, 3723, 3960 Merrill) October, 

 January, March; (2619 Meyer) February; (791 Borden) May. On exposed 

 ridges in the mossy forest above 1,200 m. Malayan Peninsula, Southern China, 

 and Borneo. 



2. S. elmeri Brand in Perk. Frag. FL Philip. (1904) 36. 



(1333 WMtford) May; (2718 Borden) February. In forests 150 to 600 m. 

 Endemic. 



3. S. polyandra (Blanco) Brand in Engler's Pflanzenreich 1. c. 36. 



(1925 Borden) September; (60 Merrill) Decades Philip. Forest FL, coll. Barnes, 

 January; (76 Barnes) November. In forests 100 to 200 m. Endemic. 



4. S. oblong if olia (Presl) Vidal; Brand 1. c. 55. 



(199 Barnes) January; (2606 Meyer) February; (1223, 1246 Borden) June; 

 (133 Whitford) May; (189 Merrill) Decades Philip. Forest FL, coll. Barnes, 

 January. In forests 300 to 700 m. Endemic. 



5. S. sp. 



(1157, 1196 Whitford) March; (2647 Meyer) February; (1511 Ahern's col- 

 lector) August. In forests and on exposed ridges 800 to 1,100 m. 



C0NT0RTJE. 

 OLEACEyE. 



1. LINOCIERA Sw. 



1. L. coriacea Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 181. 



(2305 Meyer) December; (1049 Whitford) January. In forests at about 

 100 m. Endemic. 



2. L. cumingiana Vidal, Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 185. 



(749, 1403, 1539, 1552, 1621, 2348 Borden) May to January; (2226 Meyer) 

 December. (1460 Ahern's collector) July; (82, 1023, 1070 Whitford) April, 

 December, January. In forests and thickets 40 to 180 m. Endemic. 



3. L. luzonica (Blume) F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 128. 



(2350 Borden) January; (1167 Whitford) March. In forests, the former at 

 100 m., the latter apparently dwarfed, at 1,100 in. Possibly not distinct from 

 the preceding species. Endemic. 



