182 

 LILIACE^E. 



ALETRIS Linn. 



Aletris spicata (Thunb.) Franch. Journ. de Bot. 10 (1896) 199. Hypoxia 



spicata Tliunl). Kl. Jap. (1825) 136. Aletris japonica (non Thunb.) Lamb. 



Trans. Linn. Soe. 10 (1811) 4U7 ; C. II. Wright in Forbes A Eemsl. Journ. 



Linn. Soe. Bot. 36 i 1903) 76. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Bugias (4685 Merrill) October 28, 1905; Pauai 



id Baguio (4801 Merrill) November 9, 1905. 



Widely distributed in the highlands of Benguet Province, but not abundant, 

 growing on dry grassy slopes in thin pine forests 1,200 to 2,000 m. An interest- 

 ing addition to our knowledge of the northern element in the Philippine Bora. 

 Japan and the Corean Archipelago to Central and Southern China and Formosa. 



DISPORUM Salisb. 



Disporum pullum Salisb. Trans. Mori. Soe. 1 (1812) :s:51 ; Wright in Forbes 

 & Eemsl. Journ. Linn. Soe. Bot. 36 (1904) 142. 

 Luzon, District of Lepanto, .Mount Data (4857 Merrill) November, 1904. No 

 species of the genus lias previously been reported from the Archipelago. It is 

 an interesting addition to the northern element in the Philippine flora. Not 

 abundant in the mossy forest at an altitude of about 2,200 m.. the specimens in 

 fruit only. Japan to Formosa, China and temperate Himalaya, .lava and Sumatra. 



SALICACE^E. 



SALIX Linn. 



Salix azaolana Blanco, Kl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 539; ed. 3, 3 (1879) L88; Merr. 



Govt. Lab. Publ. 27 (1905) 81. Sali.r tetraspcrma Llanos (non Roxb.T) 



Mem. Ac. Cienc. Mad. (1858); Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4 (1880) 106; F.-Vill. Nov. 



App. ( 1883) 210. 



LUZON, Province of Ki/.al. BOSODOSO (LIST. 2139 Ahem's collector) November, 



December, 1904, the former with staminate Mowers, the latter with mature fruits. 

 Blanco's description of this species is very short and imperfect, and a transla- 

 tion follows : 



Salix (err. typ. Salts) azaolana, Azaola's willow. Least's alternate, incised, 

 serrate, attenuate at the apex, glabrous. Flowers dioecious. "'Staminate 

 Mowers in aments. Calyx bifid. Stamens more than L2 ( Azaola ) . Anthers 

 globose. "Pistillate Bowers. Calyx as in the male. Achene one.=A tree, 

 the trunk- us thick as a man's bo<l// and which is found along the margins of 

 rivers in Calumpit. ( Province of Hulacan. Luzon.) Given 1o knowledge by 

 /'. Llanos. *Tiaun. 



Llanos, followed by F.-Villar, reduced this species to Sali.r tetraspcrma Etoxb., 



the latter adding that he had Been specimens sent to him by Llanos and also 

 that he had seen living specimens at Quingua, Province of Bulacan, Luzon. 



There is little doubt but that the specimens cited above represent Blanco's 

 >pecies, although his description is very imperfect; so far the only one of the 



genus known from the Philippines and one not previously collected except by 

 Llanos and F.-Villar, no material of these early collections being preserved. 

 Although Blanco cites Calumpit as the locality from which his material came, 

 it seems probable that it was only Bent to him from that town, having been 

 collected at some other locality. During a recent trip up the Pampanga River, 

 a stop of several days was made at Calumpit, and a careful search tailed to 



