THE FLOliA OF jMOUXT MALrOX. 309 



PLUCHEA Cass. 



Pluchea scabrida DC. Prodr. 5 (1830) 453. 

 In an old clcarinir at 300 m. alt. (No. ^^(\^) . 

 I.nzon to Mindanao. Endeniie in tho Pliili])])ines. 



DICHROCEPHALA DC. 



Dichrocephala latifolia DC. Prodr. 5 (l,S3(i) 372. 

 in an old clcarinj- at 300 ni. alt. (No. .").")S4). 

 Previously known in the Pliilipitiiics only from Luzon. 

 Tropical Africa, to China and .Japan. 



LAGENOPHORA Cass. 



Lagenophora billardieri Cass. i:)ict. Sc. Nat. 25 (1820) 111." 

 -In forests at 2,000 ni. alt. (No. 4442 Merritf.) June, 1000. 

 Previously known in the Phili])i)ines only from tlie mountains of northern 

 and central Luzon. 



British India to Japan, Malaya and northern Australia. 



SENECIO Linn. 



Senecio mindoroensis Elm. Leaflets Philip. Bot. 1 (lOOG) 1,^)5. 

 In an old clearinji' at 300 m. alt. (No. .'i.'iTO) ; also collected by Merritt (No. 

 4402) in June, 1000, at 1 ,.'JO0 m. alt., the latter specimens not typical. 

 Luzon to Mindanao. Endemic in tlie Philip])ines. 



BIDENS Linn. 



Bidens pilosa Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1703) 832. 

 In an old clearing at 300 m. alt. (No. .')500). 

 Widely distributed in the Philippines. 

 Temperate and tropical regions of the World. 



AINSLIAEA DC. 



Ainsliaea reflexa Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1000) Suppl. 242. 

 In mossy ridge forests at 2,400 m. alt. (No. .5781). 

 Previously known only from the mountains of Luzon. 



LACTUCA Linn. 



Lactuca thunbergiana (A. (Jray) Maxim, in Bull. Acad. Petersb. 19 (1874) 

 530. 



In crevices of bowlders and ledges along the Alag River 100 to 300 m. alt. (No. 

 0143). 



From northern Luzon to southern Mindanao, but usually at mucli greater 

 altitudes. 



.Tapan, soutliern China and Formosa. 



CREPIS Linn. 



Crepis japonica (DC.) Benth. Fl. Hongk. (1801) 194. 



In an old clearing at 300 m. alt. (No. 5583). 



Japan, soutliern China and India tlirough Malaya to northern Australia. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines. 



