6 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS - 1923 



Luzon (Bontoc, Lepanto, Nueva Vizcaya), Mindanao (Davao), B. S. 

 5973, 8170 Ramos, 14162 McGregor. In thickets at medium altitudes. 

 China. 



For an entirely different adjustment of synonyms and varieties see 

 Rehder in Journ. Arnold Arb. 2 (1922) 174-177, sub Ampelopsis brevipe- 

 dunculata Koehne. 



6. CISSUS Linnaeus 



CISSUS ADNATA Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1 (1820) 405; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 



(1858-59) 606; Planch, in DC. Monog. Phan. 5 (1887) 494; Merr. 



in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 89; Gagnep. in Not. Syst. 



1 (1911) 352. 

 Vitis adnata Wall. Cat. (1832) No. 5998; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 



49; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 104, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 



(1886) 93; Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 35. 

 Cissus aristata Blume Bijdr. (1825) 183; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 311. 

 Vitis aristata F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 50. 



Northern Luzon to Mindanao, Phil. PI. 1808 Merrill. In thickets at low 

 and medium altitudes. India to Indo-China southward to Timor. 



Local names: Ayong-kabayo (Tag.); bolakau (Kuy.) ; linga-an (Bag.). 



CISSUS ASSAM ICA (Laws.) Craib. in Kew Bull. (1911) 31; Gagnep. in 

 Lecomte Fl. Gen. Indo-Chine 1 (1912) 966. 

 Vitis assamica Laws, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1875) 648. 



Luzon (Laguna to Sorsogon), Panay, B. S. 31188, 31063 Ramos & E da- 

 no, 32372 McGregor, 26826 Catalan, Elmer 1:5588 as Cissus ambigua Elm. 

 In thickets at low and medium altitudes. India to Indo-China and Malaya. 



CISSUS DISCOLOR Blume Bijdr. (1825) 181; Planch, in DC. Monog. Phan. 

 5 (1887) 496; Gagnep. in Not. Syst. 1 (1911) 354; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 11 (1916) Bot. 129. 



Mindanao (Misamis, Zamboanga), F. B. 4-882 Mearns & Hutchinson, 

 Merrill 8105. In forests, altitude 700 to 1,500 m. India to southern China 

 southward through Malaya to the Moluccas. 



CISSUS HASTATA (Miq.) Planch, in DC. Monog. Phan. 5 (1887) 502; 



Gagnep. in Lecomte Fl. Gen. Indo-Chine 1 (1912) 967, fig. 120. 

 Vitis hastata Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. -Suppl. (1861) 517. 

 Vitis sagittifolia Laws, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1875) 645; F.-Vill. 



Novis. App. (1880) 49; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 114. 



Luzon (Benguet), Merrill 9695. In thickets, altitude about 1,200 m. 

 Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



CISSUS OBLONGI FOLIA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 11 (1916) Bot. 129. 

 Cissus rostrata Merr. op. cit. 1 (1906) Suppl. 89, non Korth. 



Luzon (Zambales, Bataan, Laguna), Palawan, Catanduanes, Panay, F. 

 B. 2122, 1927 Borden, 2193 Meyer, 26375 Catalan, B. S. 26787 Edano, 30164 

 Ramos, Williams 586, 248, Whitford 1056, Merrill 3793, Elmer 6669. In 

 primary forests, altitude 100 to 900 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Katimon-daga (Tag.). 



