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3. D. discolor \\ illcL; Hiein I. c. 2()0. D. plnliiJijinoisls Gurke, non A. UC. 

 {Borden). In thickets below 100 ni., widely distributed in the Philippines. 



Borneo, occasionally cultivated in otlier ti-opical countries. T., Maholo. 



4. D. nitida ^lerr. (iovt. Lab. Pub). 35 (l!)()(i) .■)?. 



(6713 Ehner) November; ( 10()7 Wliitfurd) .January; (2(57 Merrill) Decades 

 Philip. Forest Fl., coll. Borden, January. In forests 100 to 200 ni. Endemic. 



5. D. piiosanthera Blanco; Hiern 1. c. 213. 



(.564, 582, .")S4, fit);"), 600 Bar)iefi) March; (700, 710, 83.3, 1752, 2738, 2952, 

 30SS Borden) May, April ; (1225 Whit ford) April; (148 Merrill) Decades Philip. 

 Forest FL, coll. Aherti's eollecior, .July. In forests 100 to 500 m., widely dis- 

 tributed in tlu' Philippines. Endemic. T., Bolongeta. 



SYMPLOCACE.Il 



1. SYMPLOCOS Linn. 



1. S. conf usa l>ranil in Engler's Prianzenreich 6 ( lUOl ) S8. 



(1185, 1343 nil it ford) March, September; (3240, 3723, 3960 Merrill) October, 

 January, March; (2619 Meyer) February; (791 Borden) May. On exposed 

 ridges in the mossy forest above 1,200 m. Malayan Peninsula, Southern China, 

 and Borneo. 



2. S. elmeri Brand in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 36. 



(1333 Whitford) May; (2718 Borden) February. In forests 150 to 600 m. 

 Endemic. 



3. S. polyandra (Blanco) Brand in Engler's Pfianzenreich 1. c. 36. 



(1925 Borden) September; (60 Merrill) Decades Philip. Forest FL, coll. Barnes, 

 January; (76 Barnes) November. In forests 100 to 200 in. Endemic. 



4. S. oblongifolia (Presl) Vidal; Brand 1. c. 55. 



(Un) Barnes) January; (2606 Meyer) February; (1223, l2Aii Borden) June; 

 (133 Whitford) May; (189 Merrill) Decades Philip. Forest FL, coll. Barnes. 

 January. In forests 300 to 700 m. Endemic. 



5. S. sp. 



(1157, 1196 Whitford) March; (2647 Meyer) February; (1511 Ahern's col- 

 lector) August. In forests and on exposed ridges 800 to 1,100 ni. 



CONTORT-a:. 

 OLEACE.E. 



1. LINOCIERA Sw. 



1. L. coriacea Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 181. 



(2305 Meyer) Decendier; (1049 Whitford) January. In forests at about 

 100 m. p]ndemic. 



2. L. cumingiana \idal. Plian. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 185. 



(749, 1403, 1539, 1552, 1621, 2348 Borden) May to January; (2226 Meyer) 

 December. (1460 Ahern's eollector) July; (82, 1023, 1070 Whitford) April, 

 December, January. In forests and thickets 40 to 180 m. Endemic. 



3. L. luzonica (Blurae) F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 128. 



(2350 Borden) January; (1167 Whitford) March. In forests, the former at 

 100 m., the latter apparently dwarfed, at 1,100 m. Possibly not distinct from 

 the preceding species. Endemic. 



