300 MEKUILL. 



Solanum nigrum l.iini. Sp. I'l. (ll'y.i) :52!». 

 In old c-lcarin^'x at !)00 in. alt. (No. 5571). 

 Widi'ly (listril)uto(l in the Pliilippinos ; a weed. 

 'rn>l)ifal and tcnipciaU' iryions licncrally. 



SC KOPHULAKIACE.!:. 



VANDELLIA T.inn. 



Vandellia grandiflora ^Icrr. in I'iiiiii). Jonni. Sei. 1 (I'.HHj) Snppl. 2:',7. 

 In forots at 1.5(»(t ni. alt. ( Xo. 4401 Mdiill) .lunc. \'MH\. 

 rrcvionsly known oidy fioiii the hi.i^lilaiids nf northi'in Ln/.on. 



TORENIA Linn. 



Torenia polygonoides IJcntli. Scroiih. Ind. (1S;J5) .'5'.). 



In an old flcarin- at l.(»5() ni. alt. ( Xo. 5495). 



W'idi'ly distributotl in the Philippines hut nowhere abundant. 



British India to the Malayan Peninsula and Borneo. 



(JESNERIACE.E. 



TRICHOSPORUM Don. 



Trichosporum philippinense (Clarke) (). Ktz. Uev. (icn. PI. (1S!)1) 47S. 

 In forests at l.:50() in. alt. ( Xo. G141), ascendinjjr to 2.20(1 in.: also eollected 

 by Merritf in June, l!)()(i. at 1..S00 in. alt. (No. 437!))- 

 Previously known only from Luzon. 



Trichosporum rubrum Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Sujjpl. 227. 



In forests at 1.400 in. alt. (No. 57(i!)) ; also collected by Mcrrilt in -Inne. 1!»0(). 

 at 2.200 in. alt. (No. 4450). 



Prexiously known only from nortliern l^uzon, with a closely related if not 

 identical form from Canlaon \'olcano, Negros. 



DICHROTRICHUM INinw. 



Dichrotrichum chorisepalum Clarke in DC. .Monoj;'. Phaii. 5 (1S88) 53. 



In f(n-ests at l.SOO m. alt. ( Xo. ((142). 



Previously known fiDin the mountains of Lnzon. Ne<,n'os and Mindanao. 



CYRTANDRA Kmst. 



Cyrtandra cumingii Clarke in DC. Monoj^. IMian. 5 i iss;5) 2().']. 



In forests at 1.500 m. alt. (No. 5578). 



Widely distributed in tlie l'liili])idncs. Kndeniic. 



Cyrtandra parvifolia Merrill n. sp. 



Iiiiiiiis Liracilihiis. ,<i,-lal)ris, jmiioi-ilms plus mimis rcrniiziiicd-hii'siit is ; 

 j'oliis (i|i|)(isit is. laiiccolat is vd (ihloii^ii-lniiccnhit is, hasi aciitis. phis iiiiinis 

 rcpando-crciiatis vcl siil)iiit(';.:i-is. "i atl 1.') cm. loii<^is; pedict'llis a.\il- 

 lariliiis, solilariis. cloiipit is. medio l)ilira(lr(ilat is hractcolis mimiti.s; 

 calvcc pcrsistciitc : corolla circa l.o cm. loii^n. 



A sk'iidcr shrub 1 to ;) m. Iiii^li. I'.raiiclics liiilit ai'ay or hrowuisli, 

 ^daliroiis, sk-iidcr, terete, the yoiiiii;i'i- ones more oi' h'ss rerriiiiiuoiis- 

 hirsiitc. Jx'aves ojiposile. hiiiceolale (o ol)h)ii,u-hinceohite, '! to I.") cm. 



