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RUBIACEAE 



HEDYOTIS Linnaeus 



HEDYOTIS FRUTICULOSA (Volk.) comb. nov. 



Oldenlandia fruticulosa Volk. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 31 (1901) 475. 



Guam, Nelson 268, in small damp ravines at Santa Rosa, 

 March, 1918. The third species of the genus from Guam, the 

 specimen agreeing closely with Volkens 72 and 171 from Yap, 

 cotype material of the species. 



TIMONIUS (Rumph.) de Candolle 



TIMONIUS NITIDUS (Bartl.) F.-Vill. Novis. App. Fl. Filip. (1880) 109. 

 Petesia nitida Bartl. in DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 395. 



The original description is short and was based on material 

 collected by Haenke "in insulis Philippicis et Marianis." A 

 part of the original collection is preserved in the Bernhardi 

 herbarium at the Missouri Botanical Garden, an examination 

 of which shows that the species is different from any of the 

 rather numerous forms definitely known from the Philippines, 

 but that this cotype material exactly matches several recent 

 collections from Guam. I accordingly assume that the Phil- 

 ippine locality cited in the original description is erroneous and 

 that the actual specimens came from Guam. It is represented 

 by the following specimens: Guerrero 762, Nelson 16, 138, 361, 

 collected at Behia, Masso, and near Piti, where it grows in 

 thickets in ravines and along streams. The local names recorded 

 are sumac lada and maholoc layu. 



COMPOSITAE 



BLUMEA de Candolle 

 BLUMEA LACINIATA (Roxb.) DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 436. 



Guam, Nelson 338, in damp places near Abu, December, 1918. 

 The second species of the genus to be found in Guam, doubtless 

 introduced. Tropical Asia and Malaya. 



