THE FLORA OF MOUNT PULOG. 397 
This proposed new genus is dedicated to Mr. M. L. Merritt, coauthor of the 
present paper, and a forester for several years in the service of the Philippine 
Government. Mr. Merritt made extensive botanical collections in the Archipelago, 
especially in the Island of Mindoro, in connection with the prosecution of his 
official duties, and was also a member of the Forestry Bureau party that made 
the ascent of Mount Pulog in January, 1909. 
LAGGERA Sch.-Bip. 
1. L. alata (Don) Sch.-Bip. ex Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 39 (1873) 94. 
In the lower pine region, altitude about 1,300 m, C. M. Z. 16118. 
At medium altitudes in the Philippines, not common; India to southern China, 
Java, and tropical Africa. 
ANAPHALIS DC. 
1. A. adnata (Wall.) DC. Prodr. 6 (1837) 274. 
In the pine region, altitude from 1,600 to 1,900 m, C. M. Z. 16120. 
In the Philippines known only from high altitudes in the Benguet-Lepanto 
region; mountains of northern India from Simla to Khasia, and in Martaban, 
Burma, and Kwangtung. ; 
2. A. contorta (Don) Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1881) 284. 
In the upper pine region, altitude about 2,000 m, and above the mossy forest 
on the open grassy slopes, altitude about 2,800 m, but not in the mossy forest, 
C. M. Z. 16127, Merrill 6486, McGregor 8901. 
Like the preceding species, known from the Philippines only from high altitudes 
in the Benguet-Lepanto region, its extra-Philippine range about the same, but not 
known from southern China. 
GNAPHALIUM Linn. 
1. G. hypoleucum DC. in Wight Contrib. (1834) 21; Prodr. 6 (1837) 222. 
Near the lower border of the mossy forest, C. M. Z. 16121, Merrill 6572. 
In the Philippines confined to the Benguet-Lepanto region, at higher altitudes; 
Japan to southern China, the mountains of India and Abyssinia. 
2. G. japonicum Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) 311. 
Upper pine region and in the lower part of the mossy forest, OC. M. Z. 16126, 
Merrill 6541. 
In the Philippines known only from the high mountains of the Benguet- 
Lepanto region, and from Mount Banajao, Luzon; Japan and China, southward 
to Australia and New Zealand. 
CARPESIUM Linn. 
1. C. cernuum Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 859. 
Lower parts of the mossy forest, Merrill 6563. 
Known in the Philippines only from high altitudes in the Benguet-Lepanto 
region; central Europe through the Himalayan region to China and Japan. 
SIEGESBECKIA Linn. 
1. &. orientalis Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 900. 
Upper pine region and lower mossy forest, C. M. Z. 16110. 
At medium and higher altitudes in the Philippines; cosmopolitan in warm 
countries, and extending into some temperate regions. 
