78 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 
POLYCHROA MINDANAENSIS (C. B. Rob.) comb. nov. 
Pellionia. mindanaensis C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 
496. : 
Mindanao (Bukidnon, Lanao, Davao), Copeland 900, Elmer 10466, 
Clemens 407, 480, Williams 2634. In damp forested ravines at medium al- 
altitudes. Endemic. ' 
Local names: Dadar (Bag.); kalambolambo (Buk.). 
POLYCHROA MULTINERVIA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 (1922) 380. 
Mindanao (Bukidnon), B. S. 39137 Ramos & Edano. On trees in damp 
forests, altitude 900 m. Endemic. 
POLYCHROA REPENS Lour. FI. Cochinch. (1790) 559! 
Pellionia daveauana N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. (1880) 2: 262! 
This is the type of the genus Polychroa; it is occasionally cultivated 
in Manila gardens. It is a native of Burma and Indo-China. Elatostema 
repens Hall. f. is a synonym, and E. pulchrum (N. E. Br.) Hall. f., 
judging from sterile specimens ex Hort. Bogor., is very closely allied to 
Loureiro’s species. 
POLYCHROA SINUATA (Blume) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 (1922) 
382. 
Procris sinuata Blume Bijdr. (1825) 511. 
Pellionia sinuata Boer]. Hand}. Kenn. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 3 (1900) 375; 
C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 497. 
Elatostema sinuatum Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bogor. (1844) 79. 
Elatostema laciniatum Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1908) 287. 
Pellionia sordida Elm. 1. e. 
Central Luzon to Mindanao. In damp forests at low and medium alti- 
tudes, exceedingly variable in vegetative characters; Pellionia platyphylla 
Elm. in herb. (Elmer 14465) does not appear to be distinct. Java, Ce- 
lebes, Moluccas. 
Local names: Lulumed (Sub.); malatubas (S. L. Bis.). 
POLYCHROA VOLUBILIS (Elm.) comb. nov. 
Procris volubilis Elm, Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8 (1915) 2867. 
Polillo, Samar, Leyte, Camiguin, Mindanao (Agusan, Zamboanga, Bu- 
kidnon), Elmer 13856, 13898, Merrill 5196, Wenzel 1202, B. S. 10835 Me- 
Gregor, 15787 Fénix, 14487 Ramos, 39119, 36817, 36581 Ramos & Edano. 
In damp forests at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,400 m. 
Endemic. 
Local names: Nonai (Mbo.). 
7. ELATOSTEMA Forster 
ELATOSTEMA ACROPHILUM C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) 
Bot. 528, 6 (1911) Bot. 320. 
Luzon (Tayabas, Laguna, Camarines), B. S. 6577 Robinson, 22065 Ramos, 
25422 Yates, Merrill 7493, Baker 849. In the mossy forest on the higher 
mountains. Endemic. 
