() ( .)4 ROBINSON. 



Tubile, For. Bur. 8654 Merrill. APO Island, Mindoro Straits, Merrill ',l'i. 

 Bur. Sci. 119 llmiiejo. Balabac, liur. Sci. 382 Mangubut. Sim. .(olo. William* 

 312.). Leyte, Panaon Island, Lyon 13. 



Local names, vangta. Sabtan; bantal, Palaui; baraobarae, Apo [aland. 



Ceylon to Australia and Mauritius. 



2. Tournefortia horsfieldii Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) «*i>7 . 



1. 1 /on, Province of llocos Norte, Cuming 1215, Bur. Sci. 23 IS Mearnt; Bangui, 

 For. liur. I'iC'.i', Darling; Badoc, For, Bur. 18954 Merrill d- Darling: Province of 

 Benguet, Bagnio, Elmer 8467, Topping ! r l ; Mount Pulog, For. Bur. 16103 Outran 



\Urritl if- Zschokke: Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, Bur. Sci. 4799 Ramos; 

 Rio Baquiling, For, Bur. 8980 Outran! Province of Pangasinan, Yillasis, Alberto 

 86: Province of Pampanga, Arayat, Merrill 13S5. 



Very doubtfully distinct from F. sarmentosa. Duplicates of the two Cuming 

 collections upon wbicli these species were credited to the Philippines arc in this 

 herbarium, and have been very carefully examined. The most obvious difference 

 is in the extent of the pubescence, not only upon the calyx, but also the corolla, 

 rachis, and the under surface of die leaves. There is a further difference in 

 the shape of the calyx-lobes, those of T. sarmentosa being shorter and broader 

 and nioic obtuse, those of T. horsfield ii being longer (2.5 mm), narrowly 

 lanceolate, and subacute. An attempt to separate the later collections on this 

 basis, has led to the conclusion that its apparent naturalness is illusory. Miquel 

 places these species in different sections, the fruits of T. sarmentosa being capable 

 of division into two, those of T. horsfieldii into four parts. Fruits were examined 

 from all our Philippine collections having them, 20 in all. ami all nave practically 

 the same result, that they more easily divided into two. hut each of these again 

 divided nearly as easily into two. When the attempt is made by inserting a 

 needle at the base, the fust split is a quadrant in about one-fourth of the eases. 

 otherwise, the numbers above cited well agree with Miquel's description. The 

 corolla-tube, both in our specimens referred to this and to the following species 

 is longer than described for either, in a huge majority of the cases being from 

 7 to 12 mm. But it is often possible on the same branches to find others, 

 apparently mature but much shorter, so that while this may possibly be a 

 natural character, it is incapable of application. With this goes a difference 

 in the length of the corolla-lobes, both lobes and tube appearing to elongate after 

 the flowers have opened. 



Local name, pangas. Pampanga. 



Malaya. 



'3. Tournefortia sarmentosa Lam. III. 1 (179'.') 4 lt>. 



T. urvilleana (ham. in Linnaea 4 (1S29) 405. 



T. hirsutissima Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 12S; non Linn. Sp. PI. ( 175:5 1 140. 



Babuyanes Islands, Camiguin Island, Bur. Sci, 8949 Fenix. Luzon, Province 

 of Cagayan, Bur. Sci. 7906 Ramos, For. Bur. 16499 Baeaui. For. Bur. 16739 

 Curran, For. Bur. 18616 Klemme: Province of Benguet, Bur. Sci. 3305 Ramos: 

 Province of Union, Bauang, Elmer 5652: Province of Bataan, Dinalupijan, 

 Merrill 1575; Lamao River, Whitford 15, Merrill 2525, Williams 525, For. Bur. 

 2844 Meyer: Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Merrill Dec. Philip. For. Fl. 260 Ahern's 

 collector; Jala- Jala, Chamisso (carbon-print of type of T. urvilleana in herb. 

 Herol.) : Province of Laguna, Los Bafios, Rattier a n.. Elmer s. n.: Cabman, 

 Cuming 468: Province of Tayabas, Atimonan, Whitford 696: Province of Camari- 

 nes, Ahem 256. Polillo, Burdeos, Bur. Sci. 9212 Robinson. Masbate, Merrill 

 3040, For. Bur. 1692 Clark. Romulon, Copcland s. n, Lubano, Merrill 971. 

 Palawan, Puerto Princesa, For. Bur. 3549 Curran, Bur. Sci. 339 Bermejo; 



