Vol. l DIOSCOREACEAE 219 



DIOSCOREA PEPEROIDES Prain & Burkill in Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 

 5 (1913) 1597, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. II 10 (1914) 28 (var. vera 

 Prain & Burkill). 



■ Luzon (Benguet, Rizal), Golo, Palawan, Elmer 6399, 6400, Merrill 9441, 

 6512, 11552, 11555, Loher 7007, 7010. In thickets up to 1,300 m altitude, 

 in Palawan about limestone formations at sea level. 



Var. SAGITTI FOLIA Prain & Burkill in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. II 10 

 (1914) 28. 

 Luzon (Nueva Vizcaya), B. S. 8178 Ramos. In thickets at low or 

 medium altitudes. The species and this variety endemic, another variety 

 in Indo-China. 



DIOSCOREA SOROR Prain & Burkill in Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1598,. 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beng. II 10 (1914) 34 (var. vera Prain & Burkill). 



Luzon (Lepanto, Bataan), Elmer 6737, Bona, B. S. 594-1 Ramos. In 

 thickets at low and medium altitudes. Endemic. Probably the same as 

 D. divaricata Blanco. 

 Var. GLAUCA Prain & Burkill in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. II 10 (1914) 34. 



Luzon (Bulacan), Yoder. In thickets at low altitudes. Endemic. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Dioscorea eburnea Lour. ; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 260. 



Dioscorea glabra Roxb. ; Naves op. cit. 258. 



Dioscorea japonica Thunb.; Naves op. cit. 259. 



Dioscorea oppositifolia Linn.; Naves op. cit. 258. 



Dioscorea pyrifolia Kunth Enum. 5 (1850) 384; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 

 (1859) 571; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 258. 

 This record was based on Cuming 2314 as Philippine, but this number 

 was from Malacca; the species does not occur in the Philippines. 



Dioscorea sativa Linn.; Naves op. cit. 259. 



Dioscorea spiculata Blume; Naves 1. c. 



Dioscorea vulgaris Miq. ; Naves 1. c. 



2. STENOMERIS Planchon 



STENOMERIS CUMINGiANA Becc. in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. 2 (1870) 



8, t. 2; Scheff. in Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. 34 (1874) 70; Rolfe 



in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 215, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 278; 



Taubert in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 15 (1893) Beibl. 38:2. 



Luzon (Laguna, Sorsogon), Mindoro, Sibuyan, Leyte, Mindanao (Zam- 



boanga), Cuming 1739 in herb. Webb.!, Wenzel 1210, 962, 718, Elmer 12064, 



F. B. 26909 Mabesa, B. S. 39429 Ramos. In forests at low and medium 



altitudes. Endemic. 



STENOMERIS DIOSCOREAEFOLIA Planch, in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Ill 

 18 (1852) 320; Walp. Ann. 6 (1860) 42; Becc. in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. 

 Ital. 2 (1870) 8; Scheff. in Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. 34 (1874) 

 70; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 153, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 276; Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 216; Taubert in Engl. 

 Bot. Jahrb. 15 (1893) BeibL 38:2; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 2 (1907) Bot. 268. 



