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45. MICRODESMIS Hooker f. 
MICRODESMIiIS CASEARIFOLIA Planch. in Hook. Ic. 8 (1848) ¢. 758; 
Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15° (1866) 1041; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. 5 (1887) 380; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 
283; Pax in Engl. Pflanzenreich 47 (1911) 106, 52 (1912) 286, 
63 (1914) 408. 
Tetragyne acuminata Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. (1860-61) 463; Muell.- 
Agr. in DC. Prodr. 15* (1866) 1254; Hallier f. in Meded. Rijks 
Herb. 1 (1910) 11. 
Microdesmis philippinensis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1911) 1300. 
Palawan, Bancalan, Balabac. Common in thickets, second-growth for- 
ests, etc., at low and medium altitudes. Burma to southern China, Hainan, 
Malay Peninsula, Borneo. 
Local name: Balanatu (Tagb.). 
46. TRIGONOSTEMON Blume 
TRIGONOSTEMON ACUMINATUS Merry. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 11 (1916) 
Bot. 190; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 68* (1919) 41. 
Samar, B. S. 24189, 24528 Ramos, 24890 Edano. In primary forests at 
low altitudes. Endemic. 
TRIGONOSTEMON ANGUSTIFOLIUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 
(1922), 396. 
Mindanao (Zamboanga), B. S. 36764, 36560 Ramos & Edano. On for- 
ested slopes at low altitudes. Endemic. 
Local name: Pulili (Sub.). 
TRIGONOSTEMON ANOMALUS Merv. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 16 (1920) 569. 
Mindanao (Zamboanga), F’. B. 22018 Villamil, B. S. 36612, 37297, 37326, 
37487 Ramos & Edano. In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 
TRIGONOSTEMON EVERETTII Merr.:in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 
408. 
Negros, F'. B. 7257, 5581 Everett. In primary forests at low altitudes. 
Endemic. 
Pax & Hoffmann, in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 408, consider that 
this species scarcely belongs in Trigonostemon, but from the material 
available I fail to place it elsewhere. 
TRIGONOSTEMON HIRSUTUS C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) 
Bot. 835; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 406. 
Mindanao (Zamboanga), B. S. 11798 Robinson, F. B. 9311 Whitford & 
Hutchinson, B. S. 36642 Ramos & Edano. In primary forests at low al- 
titudes. Endemic. 
Local name: Gulambog (Sub.). 
TRIGONOSTEMON LAXIFLORUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 16 (1920) 
567. 
Panay, B. S. 31097 Ramos & Edano. In primary forests at low alti- 
tudes. Endemic. 
