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378 MERRILL AND MERRITT. 
SYMPLOCACEZ. 
SYMPLOCOS. Linn. 
1. S. depauperata Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 29 (1905) 45. 
Abundant and widely distributed in the mossy forest, C. M. Z. 18059, 18075, 
18107, McGregor 8829, 8895. 
At higher altitudes in the Benguet-Lepanto region, a variety in the mountains 
of Panay; endemic. 
2. S. imbricata Brand in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 108. 
In the mossy forest, altitude above 2,300 m, 0. M. Z. 18091, Merrill 6584. 
Known only from the mountains of Benguet and Zambales Provinces, Luzon. 
3. S. whitfordii Brand |. c. 3 (1908) Bot. 8. 
In the mossy forest, above an altitude of 2,300 m, C. M. Z. 16330, 18089. 
Previously known only from Mount Banajao, Luzon. 
OLEACEE. 
JASMINUM Linn. 
1. J. aculeatum (Blanco) Walp. in Linnaea 16, Litterb. o 223° Hasek, in 
Flora 47 (1864) 50. 
In the pine region, altitude below 1,500 m, ©. M. Z. 18191; the specimen is 
sterile but is apparently referable here. | 
Widely distributed in the Philippines but local; endemic. 
LOGANIACE. 
BUDDLEIA L. 
1. B. asiatica Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 72. 
In the upper pine region, C. M. Z. 18157. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines at low and medium altitudes; India to 
China and Malaya. 
GENTIANACEZ. 
GENTIANA Linn. 
1. G. luzoniensis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 224. 
Abundant in the open grass lands of the summit, flower open only when the 
sun is shining, C. M. Z. 16098, Merrill 6617, Mctiregor 8892. 
Known only from Mount Data, in Lepanto, and Pauai, in Benguet, with a 
very closely allied, if not identical form on Mount Banajao, Laguna. The speci- 
mens cited above, as well as others recently collected at Pauai are much taller 
than the type, but are manifestly the same species. 
SWERTIA Linn. 
1. S. decurrens ©. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 214. 
On grass covered slopes in the upper pine region, OC. M. Z. 16169. 
Known only from high altitudes in the Benguet region. 
