100 



loiifT. (liMisi'ly lanatf. Ovary {ilaljious, narrowly ovoid; style 2 mm. !on<i; stifrma 

 capitate. Fruit oblong-ovoid about 2 cm. lonfjf, 1 cm. thick when dry, yellow, 

 f^Jabrons, apiciilate, ribbed when diy. ;i-\alv('d. Seeds many, ovoid to oblon,<f 

 ovoid, 4 to 5 mm. long, somewhat compressed, acute, often minutely apiculate, 

 glabrous, nearly or quite surrounded by the thin, pale, lacerate aril. 



(3039 Borden) May, IDO.t; (138 MrrriU) Decades Philip. Forest Fl., coll. 

 Borden) July, distributed as (Uiscaria (ulujinosa Blanco. In forests at about 

 130 m., T., Calauag. 



The type of the species is No. 3143 Ahern\s collcclor, Antii)olo, Province of 

 Rizal, dune, 1905. 



l»ASSIFJ>()KArE.l^]. 



1. MODECCA Lam. 



1. M. coccinea JJlaiico, Kl. Filip. ed. 2 (1S4.')) 4.13. 



(7, (i9, 1048 Whitford) April, January; (2927 Borden) INIarcli ; ((i7S2 llhncr) 

 November. In forests 70 to 200 m. 



The above specimens are all with fruits only, and accordingly 1 am unable 

 definitely to determine at this time whetlier or not Blanco's species is valid, or 

 whether it should be reduced to some Malayan or Asiatic form. The species is 

 rather common and widely distributed in Luzon, in dry tliickets and open forests. 

 Following Engler, Modeccn is a synonym of Adenia, but with the present doubt 

 regarding the validity of Blanco's species, it is for the [)resent retained in 

 Modecca rather than to make a new combination. 



2. M. triloba Blanco, 1. c. 452 non ( ?) Roxb. 



(1757, 2352 Borden) August, January. In forests at about 100 m. The 

 remark.s vmder the preceding species apply also to tlie present tnini. 



CARICAC^E.E. 



1. CARICA Limi. 



1. C. papaya Linn. S]). 1*1. (17."):{) 1050. 



()ccasi(mally cultivated about dwellings at Laraao. widely distriltuted in tlie 

 Philippines. Introduced from tro])ical America. Sp.-Fil.. /'(ipd/ja. 



datiscackj:. 



1. OCTOMELES .Mi.|. 



1. O. sumatrana .Mi.|. Kl. Ind. liat. Sup|d. IISOO) 33(i. 



(2043 H(irdeii) Mardi. In foicsts at 130 m. .Malaya ami Xew (luinea. T., 

 Cahal. 



According to Warburg, the l'liilip|iinc and Kastnu Malayan foi'm is a distinct 

 species, Octoincles inohiccinni Warb.. but this is rcducrd by Schumann and Lautci'- 

 bach' to 0. Sumatra Miq. 



begoniace.e. 



1. BEGONIA Linn. 



1. B. rhombicarpa A. DC. Ann. Sc. Nat. I\. 11 (1859) 129. 



(204, 492. 49!». 500, 1297. 1345 W'liilfunh .lul.\ to September; (;n24. 3802 

 Merrill) October, August; (0949, (i(i80 Elmer) Novend)er; (753 liorden) May. 

 On damp banks in ravines, wet or dry clifls. along streams, and on usually 



' Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgebiele Siidsee (1901) 457. 



