188 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 192S 



M. decemfidum var. molle (Wall.) Clarke. I do not accept these re- 

 ductions. 



Local names: Bodung (Mbo.) ; buslog-amo (Tag.); karagan (Mbo.) ; 

 lingai (Tag.); litik-litik (P. Bis.). 



MELASTOMA POLYANTHUM Blume in Flora 14 (1831) 480, Mus. Bot. 

 Ltigd. Bat. 1 (1849) 55, t. 6; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1855) 507; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 87; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 

 134; Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 7 (1891) 354; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 107, 2 (1907) Bot. 285, 3 (1908) Bot. 

 423, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 291. 

 Melastoma asperum Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 368, non Linn. 

 Melastoma malabathricum Blanco op. cit. 367, ed. 2 (1845) 258, 



ed. 3, 2 (1878) 115, t. 152, non Linn. 

 Melastoma obvolutum Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 259, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 



117, non Jack. 

 Melastoma imbricatum Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. 28 (1871) 60, 



quoad Philip.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 87. 

 Melastoma hombronianum Naud. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Ill 13 (1849) 



278; Walp. Ann. 2 (1851) 565; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 88. 

 Melastoma fasciculare Naud. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Ill 13 (1849) 288; 

 Walp. Ann. 2 (1851) 566; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1855) 509; A. 

 Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 602; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 87, non Willd., nee Sw. 

 Melastoma baumianum Naud. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Ill 13 (1849) 

 289; Walp. Ann. 2 (1851) 567; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. 28 

 (1871) 60; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 * (1855) 509; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1880) 87; Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 7 (1891) 351. 

 Throughout the Philippines in most or all islands and provinces, often 

 common in thickets at low and medium altitudes, in places ascending to 

 2,000 m. India to southern China through Malaya to New Guinea and 

 tropical Australia. 



Local names: Agusip (P. Bis.); bakbakag (Bon.); basing (Bag.); bu- 

 guaunga (Ig.) ; boslog (Tag.); bubilo (Sub.); bugus (Tag., P. Bis.); 

 buslog amo (Tag.); butgi (If.); dungayong (Tag.); hantotongau (C. 

 Bis.) ; kalim-pusag (Ibn.) ; kapignau (P. Bis.) ; katangag (Bon.) ; letik- 

 letik (P. Bis.) ; maratungau (Ibn.) ; pungatubun (Sul.) ; sangung (Ig.) ; 

 siaiTgang (Bon.); taramchuk (Mang.) ; tohgau-tongau (Tag.); tuiigau 

 (P. Bis.); tungau-tungau (P. Bis.); tungau-tungauan (Tag.); tolay-papel 

 (Sbl.). 



MELASTOMA SUBALBIDUM Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 12 (1917) Bot. 

 354. 

 Luzon (Ifugao), B. S. 19835 McGregor, Merrill Phil. Pi, 134.9. On Mt. 

 Polis, probably at or above 1,500 m altitude. Endemic. 



MELASTOMA TOPPINGII Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 17 (1904) 

 38, Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 366. 



Luzon (Lepanto, Benguet), Topping 17, Merrill 9655, Phil. PI. 715, 

 Williams 1041, F. B. 14482 Darling, 18167 Curran, Zschokke, & Merritt. 

 In ravines and on slopes in the pine region, altitude 1,200' to 1,600 m. En- 

 demic. 



Local names: Bugogugua (Ig.) ; pagpaglat (Bon.); tagadai (Ig.). 



