138 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 10m 
The second reference, and probably the first, was based on Anredera 
scandens Mogq. erroneously identified. 
CARYOPHYLLACEAE 
1. STELLARIA Linnaeus 
STELLARIA LAXA Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 29 (1905) 12. 
Stellaria stellato-pilosa Hayata in Journ. Coll. Sci. Tokyo 25 “ (1908) 
58, £. 22. 
Luzon (Benguet), Elmer 6612, Loher 1623, Merrill 4806, 4428, B. S. 
32004 Santos, 4440, 4457 Mearns, F. B. 15975 Bacani. On banks, cliffs, 
and in margins of thickets, altitude 1,600 to 2,300 m. I cannot distinguish 
the Formosan form from this (Faurie 541, 1885). The species is variable 
in size and in its pubescence, and is closely allied to the Indo-Chinese 
Stellaria saxatilis Ham. Formosa. 
Local name: Budbid (Ig.). 
STELLARIA MEDIA (Linn.) Cyr. Char. Comm. (1784) 36; Edgw. & 
Hook. f. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 230. 
Alsine media Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 272. 
Luzon (Benguet) Merrill 9699, B. S. 31861 Santos. In waste places, 
altitude 1,500 to 2,300 m. A universally distributed weed in the north tem- 
perate regions, a native of Asia; unquestionably a recently introduced 
plant in Benguet. 
2. CERASTIUM Dillenius 
CERASTIUM VULGATUM Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2 (1762) 627; Edgw. & 
Hook. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 228. 
Luzon (Benguet), Merrill 4326. A weed in gardens, altitude about 
1,400 m. A universally distributed weed in the North Temperature Zone, 
extending southward to the mountains of India, introduced in many other 
regions, and a recently introduced plant in Benguet. 
8. SAGINA Linnaeus 
SAGINA PROCUMBENS Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 128; Edgw. in Hook. f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 242; Merr. & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 
3 (1908) Bot. 97, 5 (1910) Bot. 346. 
Luzon (Benguet), Loher 1622, Merrill 7713, B. S. 32020 Santos. On wet 
cliffs, seepage slopes, ete., altitude 1,800 to 2,700 m. North and South 
Temperate Zones of both hemispheres. 
Local name: sungau (Ig.). 
4. ARENARIA Linnaeus. 
ARENARIA SERPYLLIFOLIA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 423; DC. Prodr. 1 
(1824) 411; Edgw. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 239; Merr. 
& Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 97; Merr. op. cit. 
5 (1910) Bot. 346. 
Luzon (Benguet), Loher 1621, Merrill 7712, B. S. 31860 Santos. On 
wet cliffs, open seepage slopes, etc., altitude 1,300 to 2,400 m. Europe, 
northern Africa, temperate and subtemperate Asia, naturalized in other 
countries, apparently indigenous in Benguet. 
