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2. HIPTAGE Gaertn. 



1. H. luzonica -Mi-ir. Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1906) 33. 



(1148 Whit ford) March. A scandent shrub on exposed ridges at 1)00 ni. 

 ]<>ndeiiiic'. 



P0LYGALACE.13. 



1. POLYGALA Linn. 



1. P. chinensis Linn.; Bnin. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1872) 204. 

 (3092 Merrill) October; (0109 Leihcrg) July; (Whit ford) June. In open dry 

 grass lands below 100 ni. Tropical Asia. Malaya, and Australia. 



2. XANTHOPHYLLUM lloxb. 

 1. X. sp. 



(525 Barnes) November. A tree in hill forests at 100 m., the specimens sterile. 

 T., Carru. 



DICHAPETALACE^.. 



1. DICHAPETALUM Dnp. Tli. 



1. D. tricapsulare (Blanco) Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1906) 35. 

 (2824 Meyer) March; (3191 Merrill) October; (145 Barnes) January; (2077 

 Borden) November; (6642 Elmer) November. In forests above 700 m. Endemic. 



EUPHOKBIACE.E. 



1. ANDRACHNE Linn. 

 1. A. sp. (?) 

 (1934 Borden) October. Scandent, in forests at 300 m., material imperfect. 



2. FLUGGEA W iiid. 



1. F. obovata I I, inn.) Wall.; F. miirocarpa Hliime; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 

 (1887) 328. 



(6025 Leiberg) July; (390, 534 TWw^/ord) June, July; (775 Borden) May. In 

 thickets below 100 m., widely distributed in the Phili])pines. Tropical Asia, 

 Africa, Malaya, and Australia. T., Bayisit. 



3. PHYLLANTHUS l-imi. 



1. P. blancoanus Muell. Arg.; DC. Prodr. 15 (1862) 2: 420. 



(237 Whilford) May; (3179, 3751 Merrill) October, January. In forests and 

 on exposed ridges above 700 m., also represented by No. 98 Bolster and No. 3830 

 Merrill, from Mount Arayat, Province of Pampanga, Luzon, and No. 2698 Ahe'rn's 

 collector, Bosoboso, Province of Rizal, Luzon. Endemic. 



Pliyllanthus blancoanus Muell. Arg., was based on /'. niruri Blanco, non Linn. 

 =P. tclrandcr Blanco, non Roxb., and being kno\\ai only from Blanco's descrii)tion. 

 has previously been a doubtful species. The above specimens although not agree- 

 ing perfectly with Blanco's description, are the only ones I have .seen that closely 

 approach the species as described by him, and accordingly are so rcfcrnMJ. 



2. P. buxi.folius (Blume) Muell. Arg. I. c. 426. 



(3010 Meyer) May; (2532 Merrill) June; (2!)32 liordcn) March; (1501 

 Ahern's collector) July. In forests 100 to 2.')0 m. Juva. 



3. P. niruri Linn.; Muell. Arg. 1. c. 406. 



(3157 Merrill) October. In open places along streams and in thickets Ixdow 

 100 m., widely distributed in the Philippines. Tropics generally. 



