228 

 HYDROPHYLLACE^]. 



ELLISIOPHYLLUM Maxim. 



Ellisiophyllum reptans Maxim. Bull. Acad. l'etersb. 16 (1871) 223. 



LUZON, Province of Benguet, I'auai (473S Merrill) November S. 1905. In the 

 mossy forest at about 2,200 in. .Japan. 



This nioiiotvpic genus lias previously been known only from Japan, and the 

 discovery of the species in the Philippines is of special interest, especially in 



connection with the now known, strong, northern Holistic element in the highlands 



of Northern Luzon. The identification has been made from the generic descrip- 

 tions in Bentham and Hooker. Genera Plantarum, and in Engler mid Prantl, 

 Nattirlichen Pflanzenfamilien, as the original description of the genus ami species 



is not available in Manila. 



BORRAGINACEJi:. 



BOTHRIOSPERMUM Bunge. 



Bothriospermum tenellum (Hornem.) Fisch. & Mey. End. Sem. (1835) 24: 



Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. hid. 4 (1883) 167. Anchusia tcnclla Hornem. 



Sort. Hafn. 1 (1813 1815) 17(>. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio (5774 Elmer) March. 1004. In waste 



places about old rice lands. An interesting addition to our knowledge of the 



northern (dement in the Philippine flora, Northern India to Manchuria, China. 



Formosa, and Japan. 



TRIGONOTIS Stev. 



Trigonotis philippinensis Merrill sp. now 



Aii erect or somewhat spreading few branched herb '2-") cm. high or 

 less, with oblong-el I ipt ieal short acuminate or apiculate leaves, white 

 flowers in terminal ebracteolate racemes, ami glabrous tetrahedral shining 

 nutlets. Branches more or less appressed hispid pubescent. Leaves 

 coriaceous, 1 to 1.8 cm. Long, 8 mm. wide or less, appressed hispid 

 pubescent on both surfaces with scattered white hairs, the petioles 1 cm. 

 Long or less, the nerves obsolete. Racemes terminal, solitary, about 10 

 cm. Long, appressed hispid pubescent, ebracteolate, the pedicels sliort, 

 elongated to 5 or (i mm. in fruit. Calyx nearly 3 mm. Long, 5-cleft, the 

 Lobes narrowly ovate, acute, hispid, nearly 2 mm. long. Corolla white, 

 1 mm. Long, the tube nearly 2 mm. Long, the 5 Lobes spreading, broadly 

 obovate, rounded, the throat with 5 rather broad scales. Stamens 5, 

 included, the filaments very short, the anthers oblong, about 0.8 mm. 

 Long. Ovary glabrous ; style simple, slender, about 1 mm. long. Carpels 

 I. with I acute edges, black, glabrous, shining, ahout 1 nun. long, the scar 

 small, basal. 



LUZON, Province of Benguet, I'auai to Baguio (470(1 Merrill) November 9, 1905. 

 (i rowing on damp mossy cliffs just, below the limits of Hie mossy forest, at an 

 altitude of about 1,!KM) in., rare. 



An interesting addition to our knowledge of the northern element in the Phil- 

 ippine flora, no species of the genus having previously been reported from the 

 Philippines, all which had been known being confined to the Asiatic continent, 

 Japan, and the Luchu Archipelago. 



