202 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1922 



Luzon (Benguet), B. S. 8426 McGregor, '31787 Santos. On slopes in 

 pine forests, at Pauai, extending into the mossy forest along trails, altitude 

 2,000 to 2,400 m. Temperate regions in both hemispheres. 



LUZULA EFFUSA Buchenau Krit. Verz. June. (1880) 53, 88, Engl. Pflan- 



zenreich 25 (1906) 61; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 337. 



Luzon (Benguet), Merrill 6490. In the upper border of the mossy forest 



and in the summit grasslands on Mt. Pulong, altitude about 2,700 m. 



Himalayan region, China. 



STEMONACEAE 



1. STEMONA Loureiro 



STEMONA PHILIPPINENSIS Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 

 (1904) 16. 



Masbate, Merrill 3061. On ridges in thickets of forests at low alti- 

 tudes. Endemic. 



Local name: Sigid (P. Bis.). 



STEMONA TU SEROSA Lour. PI. Cochinch. (1790) 404; C. H. Wright in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 32 (1896) 495; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 

 (Philip.) 6 (1904) 16, Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 135. 

 Roxburghia gloriosoides Roxb. PI. Coromandel 1 (1795) 29, t. 32. 



Luzon, without definite locality, Palawan, Leyte, Negros, Merrill 792, 

 Loher 6969, Wenzel 174-6, Eskridge. In thickets and forests at low alti- 

 tudes; rare or local. India to Formosa and southward to the Moluccas. 



Local name: Lubilubi' (C. Bis.). 



LILIACEAE 



1. IPHIGENIA Kunth 



IPHIGENIA INDICA (Linn.) Kunth Enum. 4 (1843) 213; Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. 6 (1892) 357; C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) 

 Bot. 176. 

 Melanthium indicum Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 226. 



Luzon (Cavite, Rizal, Laguna), Mindanao (Bukidnon, Davao), Weber 

 11*62, Williams 2962, Loher 1913. In open grasslands at low and medium 

 altitudes; rare or local. India to Australia. 



2. THYSANOTUS R. Brown 



THYSANOTUS CHINENSIS Benth. Fl. Hongk. (1861) 372; Hallier f. in 



Nova Guinea 8 (1914) 991. 

 Thysanotus chrysantherus F. Muell. Fragm. 5 (1866) 202; Naves 



Novis. App. (1880) 266; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 153, 



Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 277. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet, Pangasinan), 

 Cuming \981, Merrill U51, 7750, Williams 971, 1455, B. S. 4905, 27527 

 Ramos, F. B. 4.836, 15618 Curran. On open grassy slopes at medium 

 altitudes, ascending to 1,600 m. Malay Peninsula, Indo-China,, southern 

 China, New Guinea, tropical Australia. 



3. DIANELLA Lamarck 



Dl AN ELLA CAERULEA Sims in Curtis's Bot. Mag. 15 (1801) t. 505; 

 Red. Lil. 2 (1805) t. 79; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 

 266, 5 (1910) Bot. 337; Hallier f. in Nova Guinea 8 (1914) 993. 



