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ALETRIS l>imi. 



Aletris spicata ('I'luinh.) l'"rinicli. .loiirn. dc \U>\. 10 (IS'.Ki) I'J'.i. Ilt/iioxia 



i>l)ic<ilu Tliuiil). Fl. .7a|>. (IS^.")) I'M. Ahlris ju jKniicit ( iioii 'I'liuiil).) Laiiil). 



Trans. Linn. 8oc. 10 (1811) 407; ('. II. Wri-lit in Forl.cs & ik-msl. Joiun. 



Linn. Soc. Hot. 36 (ino.'J) 70. 



Luzox, Province of I'.cn^iuct. Uujiias (4085 Mvirill) Oi'tdhiT "iS, 1!»()."): i'iiuai 



to Ha<,nii<) (4S01 Merrill) NovimmIkt it. I'tO."). 



Widely distributed in tlie liijililands of Henjiuet I'rovince, Ijut not almnilant, 



•^rowinji on dry grassy slopes in tliin ]pine forests 1 ."iOO to 2.000 ni. An interest- 



inj,' addition to our kno\vled<ie of the northern element in tlie I'liilippine lloru. 



• Ia])an and the Corean Archij)ela<io to Central and Southern China and Formosa. 



DISPORUM Salisl). 



Disporum pullum Salisb. Trans. Hort. 8oc. 1 (1.S12) :5.S1 : Wright in Forbes 

 & Ilemsl. Journ. Liiui. Soc. Bot. 36 (1904) 142. 

 Luzon, District of Fepanlo. Mount Data (48.57 Merrill) Novendier, 1904. No 

 s])eeies of the genus has previously been reported from the Archipelago. It is 

 an interesting addition to the northern element in the Philip])ine flora. Not 

 abundant in the mossy forest at an altitude of about 2,200 m., the specimens in 

 fruit only. .lapan to Formosa, China ami temperate Flimalaya, Java and Sumatra. 



SALICACE^. 



SALIX Linn. 



Salix azaolana Uhinco. i'l. Filip. ed. 2 (1S4.")) ,j;5!l; ed. :(, 3 (1S7!I) ISS; Merr. 

 (iovt. Lab. i'ubl. 27 (liJOo) SI. Salix Ivlrusitcrma Llanos (non Roxb.?) 

 Men:. .\e. Cienc. .Mad. (18.58); Fl. Filip. ed. .3, 4 (1880) 100; F.-Vill. Nov. 

 A]. p. ( 18S:n 210. 

 J.,LZO.\, Province of llizal, J5osoboso ( 1!IS7. 2l;^n Micni'.s rollcclor] November, 

 December, 1904, the former witli staminale (lowers, the hitter with mat\ire fr\iits. 

 lilanco's desciijitioTi of this sjx'cies is xciy short and iui])erfeet. and a transla- 

 tion folhiws: 



Salix (en. typ. Salis) azaolana, Azaola's willow. Leaves alternate, incised, 



serrate, attenuate at the apex, glabrous. l''lo\\crs dioecious. '^Staminate 



flowers in aments. Caly.v bitid. Stamens more than 12 (Azaola). Anthers 



globose, ""i'istillate Mowers. Calyx as in tlie male, .\chene ono.-=:.l Irrr. 



the triniL as I hid,- us a hkiii's IkxIi/ <iii<l irliicli i.s found dloii;/ the iiKirtiinn of 



rivers in ('nlunijiil. (l'ro\ince of l>ulae;in. Luzon.) (Hvrn to InioirlaUjc hi/ 



P. Llanos. *Tiauii. 



Llanos, followed by h'.-N'illa r. reduced this species to Salix Irl r(isiicnii<( iloxb.. 



I he latter adding that lie had seen sjiecimens sent to him l>y Llanos and also 



that, lie had >een living specimen'^ at <,>uiiigua. i'loNinee of IJulacan. Luzon. 



There is little do\ii)t but that the spceiiiieiis cited above reproeiit I'.laiico's 

 species, althoii;jh hi^ desciipl ion is \eiy iiii|ierfecl : so far the only one of the 

 genus known fi(]|ii tli<' riiili|ipines and one not previously collected except bv 

 Llanos and I', \illar. no material of 1 hcNe eaily c<dlections being pre-~erved. 

 .\ltliough iSlanco cites Caliiinpil as the locality fitnii which his mateiial came. 

 it seems ]>robable thai it wa>. only sent to liiiii from that town, having been 

 ecdleeted at some other locality. During a recent (rip n|i the I'ampanga Kiver. 

 a stop of several days was made at Caluiiipit. and a caiefni search failed to 



