122 MERRILL AND ROLFE. 



M\i^euin and llio duplicate lyi)e at Kew were examined, and .Mr. Hiown innuincd 

 us tliat Loher's and Ridley's plants were undoubtedly referable to Robert i^rown's 

 species, which was however, in his opinion, not a Ci/n<uichuni. We have ac- 

 cordingly here accepted the genus /srlmostcnniKi, adopting tiie earlie.st specific 

 name available. 



Australia. Lu/.on, and tlie Malay I'cniiisula. 



IPOMOEA Linn. 



Ipomoea quinata R. Br. Prodr. (ISIO) 480; Choisy in DC. Prodr. 9 (1845) 

 385; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 214; Forbes & Hemsl. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1890) 102. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Loher 21Ji3, 214-^i. 



Eastern India to southern China and north Australia; not previously reported 

 from the Philippines. 



Ipomoea hispida (Valilj R. & S. Syst. 4 (1819) 238. 



Convolvulus hispidus Vahl Symb. 3 (1794) 29. 



Ipomoea criocarpa R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 484; Choisy in DC. Prodr. 9 (1845) 

 309; Bentli. Fl. Austral. 4 (18G9) 420; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 

 204. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Bucd River, Merrill JfilO, November, 1905, a 

 narrow-leaved form. 



Widely distributed in the tro])ics of the Old World from Asia to Australia; 

 not previously rejiorted from llu; i'hilipi)ines. 



Ipomoea involucrata Beauv. Fl. Owar. 2 (1807) 52, t. 89. 



Ipomoea pilcvta Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1 (1832) 504; Choisy in DC. Prodr. 9 (1845) 

 365; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Iml. 4 (1883) 203; Forbes & Hemsl. in Journ. 

 Linn. See. Bot. 26 (1890) 102. 



CULION, Merrill 5^2, December, 1902. 



Tropical Africa and Asia; new to the Piiiiippines. 



MERREMIA Dennst. 



Merremia vitifolia (Burm.) Hallier f. in Engl. Bot. dalirb. 16 (1893) 552; 

 Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 74- (1905) 303. 



Convolvulus vitifolius Burm. Fl. Ind. 1 (1708) 45, t. IS, f. 1. 



Ipomoea vitifolia Sweet Hort. Brit. ctl. 2 (1830) 372; Choisy in DC. Prodr. 

 9 (1845) 301; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 213. 



Pai.awa.v (Paragua), Ewiig River, Merrill 7JJ, February, 1902; Bur. t^ri. S()2 

 Foxirorlhy, Ajtril, 190(). Balamac, liur. 8ci. JfS3 Manijuhal. Marcli. ]!)00. 



British India to the Miilay .Archipelago: new to the Pliili[)pines. 



Merremia bufalina (Lour.) comb. nov. 



Convolvulus bufalinus Lour. Fl. Cocliinchin. 1 (1790) 109. 



Ipomoea bufalina Choisy in MCm. 8oc. Phys. Cen&v. 6 (1S33) 452: DC. I'rodr. 

 9: 300. 



Ipomoea liiedcliaiin <)li\. in Hook. Icones 15 (1883) 19, /)/. I'li). 



Merremia h'iedelidiin ihilliii f. in I'jigl. Bot. Jahrb. 18 (]9(t4) 552. 



]A'/A)S, I'rovince of Rizal, .\loMtall)an, Merrill ',0'i<K .March, 100(); Xovaliches. 

 Loher 'ilhd, l-'ebruary, 1891: rr(p\ince of riiion, Bauang. I'Jiiier ')(>22, February, 

 l!»04. 



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