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TETRACERA SCAN DENS (Linn.) Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 



365. 

 Tragia scandens Linn, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 18, Amoen. 



Acad. 4 (1759) 128. 

 Delima sarmentosa Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1076; DC. Prodr. 1 



(1824) 69; Miq. PL Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858) 7; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 



(1880) 2; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 11, t. 2, f. C, Phan. Cuming. 



Philip. (1885) 91. Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 36 (var. hebecarpa 



Hook. f. & Th.). 

 Delima frangulae folia Presl Rel. Haenk. 2 (1830) 73; F.-Vill. Novis. 



App. (1880) 2. 

 Tetracera sarmentosa Vahl Symb. 3 (1794) 70; Blanco Fl. Filip. 



ed. 2 (1845) 320, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 227; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 



(Philip.) 27 (1905) 15, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 94, Fl. 



Manila (1912) 331. 

 Delima aspera Blanco FL Filip. (1837) 429, ed. 2 (1845) 299, ed. 



3, 2 (1878) 191, t. 190. 

 Tetracera monocarpa Blanco op. cit. (1837) 450. 

 Tetracera macrophylla F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 2, non Wall. 

 Tetracera volubilis Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 262 5 sphalm. (T. 



scandens intended). 

 Delima hebecarpa DC. Syst. 1 (1818) 407. 



Luzon (Pangasinan, Zambales, Tarlac, Bataan, Rizal, Cavite, Laguna), 

 Mindoro, Busuanga, Palawan, Biliran, Mindanao. In dry thickets at low 

 altitudes, often common. India to southern China and Malaya. 



Local names: Dangilian (Bag.); malakatmon (Tag., Pamp.) ; malbas- 

 tigbalang (Tag.); pakiling (SbL). 



TETRACERA SUBROTUNDATA Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1771. 

 Palawan, Elmer 130U8. In primary forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Tetracera assa DC; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858) 8; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 . (1880) 2. 



I do not know on what collection Miquel's Philippine record was based; 

 the species is unknown to me as Philippine. Its proper name is Tetracera 

 indica (Christm. & Panz.) Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 367. 



2. DILLENIA Linnaeus 



DILLENIA BOLSTERI Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 305. 



Mindanao (Surigao), Bolster 311, Wenzel 1886, Piper 22h, 515, B. S. 

 8U78U Ramos & Pascasio. In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



DILLENIA CATMON Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 7 (1915) 2610. 



Mindanao (Agusan), Elmer 1356U. On forested ridges and peaks, alti- 

 tude about 1,200 m; very similar to and manifestly a close ally of D. philip- 

 pinensis Rolfe. Endemic. 



Local name: Katmon (Mbo.). 



