220 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 



1922 



Luzon (Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Albay, Sorsogon), Catanduanes, Min- 

 doro, Leyte, Biliran, Dinagat, Mindanao, Cuming 875, Merrill 5775, 8301, 

 Phil. PI. 427, Elmer 9098, Baker 3383, B. S. 1005, 30339, 23514 Ramos, 

 35192 Ramos & Pascasio. In thickets, old clearings, etc., at low and me- 

 dium altitudes. Endemic. 



STENOMERIS WALLISII Taubert in Engl. Bot, Jahrb. 15 (1893) Beibl. 

 38: 2. 



Luzon, Wallis! in herb. Berol. Endemic. 



The genus has one other known species in Borneo and the Malay Penin- 

 sula. 



EXCLUDED GENUS 



Rajana sp.; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 260. 



IRIDACEAE 



1. BELAMCANDA Adanson 



BELAMCANDA CHINENSIS (Linn.) DC. in Red. Lil. 3 (1802) t. 121; 



Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 129; C. B. Rob. in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 196; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 152. 

 Ixia chinensis Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 36. 

 Pardanthus chinensis Ker in Konig & Sims Ann. Bot. 1 (1805) 247; 



Naves Novis. App. (1880) 252, Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 376. 



Planted for ornamental purposes but nowhere naturalized. A native 

 of southeastern Asia, now cultivated in most warm countries. 

 Local name: Abanico (Sp.). 



2. PATERSONIA R. Brown 



PATERSONIA LOWII Stapf in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. 4 (1894) 241, t. 20, 

 f. 7-9; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 268. 

 Mindoro, Merrill 5507. In an open heath on Mt. Halcon, altitude about 

 2,400 m. Borneo. The genus a typical Australian one. 



3., ELEUTHERINE Herbert 



ELEUTHERINE PALM I FOLIA (Linn.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 



(1912) Bot. 233, Fl. Manila (1912) 153, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 104. 



Sisyrinchium palmifolium Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 122; Naves Novis. 



App. (1880) 252. 

 Eleutherine plicata He»rb. in Bot. Reg. 29 (1843) sub t. 57. 

 Antholyza meriana Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 24, ed. 2 (1845) 18, ed. 

 3, 1 (1877) 33, t. 100; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 

 (1905) 85, non Linn. 

 A native of tropical America, introduced and now naturalized in some 

 parts of the Philippines, occurring in hemp plantations and, occasionally, 

 in waste places about towns, etc. ; also planted for ornamental purposes. 

 Local names: Ahos-ahos (C. Bis.) ; hagusahis (S. L. Bis.). 



EXCLUDED GENERA AND SPECIES 



Antholyza aethiopica Linn.; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 252. 

 Iris susiana Linn.; Naves op. cit. 253. 

 Gladiolus segetum Ker; Naves 1. c. 

 Watsonia meriana Ker; Naves 1. c. 



