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Lake Naujan, in forests at an altitude of about 8 m, For. Bur. 6886 Merritt, 
April, 1907, with staminate flowers. PoLmLLo, in forests, Bur, Sci. 10411 Me- 
Gregor, October, 1909, staminate flowers. A form with broader leaves (11 em), 
their margins distinctly sinuate-dentate is represented by a specimen from MIN- 
poro, Alag River, Merrill 5743, November, 1906, in forests at an altitude of 
about 140 m, with immature fruit. 
Embelia porteana Mez, if the species has been correctly interpreted by me, is 
so distinct in habit from all others of the genus, and differs also in its anthers 
being basifixed, gradually merging with the filaments, and opening by terminal 
or subterminal pores, that I am of the opinion that the section should be raised 
to generic rank. Before taking this step, however, it will be advisable to make a 
very careful examination of Porte’s specimen, and a critical comparison of the 
same with recently collected material, because Doctor Mez gives two characters, 
undoubtedly taken from Porte’s specimen, that I have been unable to observe in 
the material I have referred to Embelia porteana; these characters are the rudi- 
mentary ovary in the staminate flower, which is quite wanting in our two 
specimens, and the anthers glandular on the back, which also does not apply to 
our material. 
The specimen collected by Porte, although undoubtedly Philippine, was in all 
probability not collected near Manila. I have no information as to the regions 
visited by Porte, and, at least in the case of the present species, no definite local- 
ities are given on his labels. Judging from other species collected by him in the 
Philippines, he may have botanized in Mindoro, or in parts of Luzon opposite to 
that island. 
Loheria is named in honor of Mr. A. Loher, well known for his extensive col- 
lections of Philippine plants. It is a monotypic genus confined to the mossy 
forests of the mountains of northern Luzon above an altitude of 2,000 m. Hmbelia 
porteana Mez, on the other hand, is found in more or less humid forests in the 
low country, from about sea level to an altitude of about 150 m. 
EMBELIA Burm. 
1. E. philippinensis A. DC. Prodr. 8 (1844) 83; Mez l. ec. 306. 
In the mossy forest above an altitude of 2,250 m, McGregor 8812, Merrill 6559. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; endemic. The above specimens differ 
slightly from the original form of the species, chiefly in the pedicels exceeding the 
bracteoles in length. 
; RAPANEA Aubl. 
1. R. philippinensis (A. DC.) Mez in Engl. Pflanzenreich 9 (1902) 364. 
In the mossy forest above an altitude of 2,250 m, OC. M. Z. 18038, 18139. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines, especially at higher altitudes, although 
in some localities found near sea level; endemic. 
PRIMULACE. 
LYSI MACH 1A (Tourn.) Linn. 
1. L. ramosa Wall. Cat. (1828) no. 1490, nomen; Duby in DC. Prodr. 8 
(1844) 65. \ 
In the mossy forest above an altitude of 2,250 m, C. M. Z. 16099. 
Known in the Philippines only from high altitudes in the Benguet-Lepanto 
region and from Mount Halcon, Mindoro; Himalayan region, Khasia Mountains, 
Burma, and Java, ; 
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