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7. R. spectabile MeiT. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 29 (1905) 42. 

 3IiNi)ANA0. District of Davao, Mount Apo. Copchind I'l-iH; Dr]'ote d- Uoovrr 



■36!), in part, altitude about 2.500 ni. 



A species apparently allied to Rhododendron jacaiiicuin Blume, known only 

 from tins locality. 



8. R. dementis Merr. in Pliilip. Journ. 8ci. 3 (1908) Bot. 160. 

 Ml>'DAXAO, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 7J.<3, September-October, 



1906, and three unnumbered sheets from the same locality, a species closely allied 

 to li. xanthopetaliini, but with larger flowers. 



9. R. vidaJii Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 24 (1886) 348; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 

 (Philip.) 29 (1905) 43; Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 111. 



N. rerticiUatum Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Philip. (1886) 171; Ceron Cqi. PI. Herb. 

 Manila (1892) 106, non Low. 



K. liissoniense Rendle in Journ. Bot. 34 (1896) 356; Merr. 1. c, 43. 



Luzox, Province of Cagayan, Caua Volcano, R. N. Clark s. n., altitude 930 m: 

 Province of Bataan, Mount ]\Iariveles, Merrill 37^3, 3868; For. Bur. lo91 Borden; 

 Whitford Jio2, altitude 1,000 to 1,200 m: Province of Tayabas, INIount Banajao, 

 Elmer IJflo ; Mount Malaraya, For. Bur. 1839 Curran c£- Merritt, altitude 1,000 m. 



A shrub, usually of small size and epiphytic, the flowers white. The type of 

 the species was from the District of Bontoc, while the type of R. lussoniense 

 Rendle, in Herb. Mus. Brit., is labeled Bagnen, Mount Polls, which is also in the 

 same district. The species is somewhat variable in tlie form of its leaves. 



10. R. mindanaense Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 29 (1905) 41. 

 Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Apo, Copeland 10Jf2 ; DeVore d Hoover 13, 



altitude about 3,000 m. 



A species known only from Mount Apo. 



11. R. copeland! :\Ierr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 29 (Philip.) (1905) 42. 

 Mrs'DANAO, District of Davao, Mount Apo, Copeland 11)3 'f, l.'i39; DcVore cG 



Hoover 292, 382; Willinms 2681. altitude 2,500 to 3,100 m. 

 Also known only from ]Mount Apo. 



12. R. curranii Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 255. 



Luzon, Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, For. Bur. 8061 Curran d- 

 Merritt; Bur. Sci. 4988 Ravws, December, 1907, altitude 2,000 m. 



A species allied more closely to R. ivhiteheadii Rendle, than to R. luasoniense 

 Rendle, but with longer and relatively narrower, quite differently shaped leaves. - 

 Additional material may prove the two species too closely allied to be kept 

 separate. 



13. R. whiteheadii Rendle in Journ. Bot. 34 (1896) 356; Merr. 1. c. 43. 

 Luzon, District of Bontoc, Mount Polls, Whitehead, in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



I have seen only the type of this species, which is from Moimt Polls, according 

 to the label. 



14. R. malindangense :\rerr. in Philip. .Tourn. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 256. 

 Mindanao, Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Bur. .'flO.5 Mearns d 



Hutchinson. May, 1906, altitude about 1,800 m. 



In the original description of this species the leaves are erroneously described 

 as oblong-ovate, which should be corrected to oblong-obovate. 



