126 

 8. GYMNOSTACHYUM Nees. 



1. G. affine Neee, 1. c. 94. 



(2732 Borden) March: (300 Copekmd) January. In forests 75 to 150 m. 

 Endemic. 



9. ACANTHUS Linn. 



1. A. i I icifol i us Linn.; Clarke I. c. 481. 



(2232 Meyer) December. Tn tidal thickets, common. Seashores British India 

 to Malaya and Australia. T., Dolariu. 



10. ERANTHEMUM Linn. 



1. E. bicolor Schrank ; Nees 1. c. 456. 



(22(57 Meyer) December; (2305 Borden) January; (7021 Elmer) November; 

 1 44 Whilford) April. Abundant in thickets below 100 m., widely distributed 

 in the Philippines. Malaya. 



2. E. curtatum C. B. Clarke Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1900) 89. 



(3952 Merrill) March; (2727 Borden) March. In forests 100 to 200 m. 

 Endemic. 



11. HYPOESTES K. Br. 



1. H. cinerea C. B. Clarke. 1. c. 89. 



(2292 Meyer) December. In thickets below 100 in. Endemic. 



2. H. subcapitata C. B. Clarke, 1. c. 90. 



(751, 2367, 2561 Borden) May. February; (2288 Meyer) December; (173 

 Barnes) January. In thickets and recent clearings 100 to 150 in. Endemic. 



12. JUSTICIA Linn. 



1. J. gendarussa Linn.; Clarke in Hook. f. 1. c. 532. 



(2426 Meyer) January; (188 Barnes) January; (2485 Borden) January: 

 (25 Whit ford) April. Along streams in forests 25 to 200 m.. certainly indige- 

 nous, rarely or never cultivated in the Philippines. 



2. J. luzonensis C. B. Clarke Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1906) 91. 



(2363 Borden) January; (3117, 3253 Merrill) October; (6727 Elmer) No- 

 vember; (6151 Leiberg) July; (Copeland) January. In forests and on ridges 

 100 to 1,200 m. Endemic. 



13. ROSTELLULARIA Reichb. 



1. R. procumbens (Linn.) Nees 1. c. 371. 



(2029 Borden) October. In thickets below 100 m. Tropical Asia to Malaya 

 and Australia. 



RUBIALES. 

 RUBIACEJE. 1 



1. OLDENLANDIA Linn. 



1. O. filifolia Elmer in herb. 



A slender erect, simple or somewhat branched annual 5 to 14 cm. high. Stems 

 and branches slender, striate, glabrous or slightly pubescent. Leaves linear or 



1 Mr. A. D. E. Elmer, formerly of this Bureau, had partly worked over the 

 Rubiaeece represented in the herbarium, previous to his transfer to another 

 Bureau, and his identifications have been accepted where they are apparently 

 correct. 



