PLANTS FROM BATANES AND BABUYANES ISLANDS. 407 



MYRISTICACE^. 



MYRISTICA Linn. 



M. guatteriifolia A. DC. 



Camiguin, JflOa Fcnix. 



Common and widely distributed in the Philii^pines; Labuan. 



KNEMA Lour. 



K. heterophylla (F.-Vill.) VVarb. 



Camiguin, ^OJfO Fenioc. 



Common and widely distributed in the Philippines; endemic. 



LAURACEJ^]. 



LITSEA Lam. 



L. sp. 



Batak, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3585, 3717 Fenix. Fuga, 324-^ Mearns. 

 N. v., Tub jus. 



One specimen is with mature fruit, and the other two with unopened flowers; 

 possibly Actinodaphne. 



CASSYTHA Linn. 



C. filiformis Linn. 



Sabtan, 3730 Fenix. Camiguin, JfOOfJ Fenix. N. v., Uauaqueii. 



Common along the seashore throughout the Philippines; tropics generally. 



HERNANDIACEiE. 



ILLIGERA Blume. 



I. luzonensis (Presl) Merr. 



Camiguin, 40S3 Fenix. A single specimen with larger fruits than the typical 

 form, and possibly a distinct species. 

 Philippines and Formosa. 



PAPAVERACE^. 



ARGEMONE Linn. 

 A. mexicana Linn. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 322Jf Mearns. 



A weed of American origin, now common throughout the Philippines, and the 

 tropics generally. 



CAPPARIDACE.l^. 



POLANISIA Raf. 

 P. viscosa (Linn.) DC. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3560 Fcnix. N. v., Cahdo. 

 Widely distributed in the Philippines ; tropics generally. 



