Vo] - 3 MELASTOMATACEAE 189 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Melastoma pulcherrimum Korth.; F.-Vill"' Novis. App. (1880) 88. 



Melastoma sanguineum Sims; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 87; Vidal Rev. 

 PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 134. 



Vidal's reference is based on his No. 340 from Rizal Province, Luzon, 

 and is, I suppose, Melastoma penicillatum Naud. ; not seen. 



3. OSBECKIA Linnaeus 



OSBECKIA CHINENSIS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 490; Triana in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. 28 (1871) 53; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 87; Vidal Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 113, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 133; Cogn. 

 in DC. Monog. Phan. 7 (1891) 325; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 

 (1910) Bot. 367, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 292. 

 Osbeckia zeylanica DC. Prodr. 3 (1828) 141, quoad Philip. 

 Osbeckia perrottetii DC. ex Naud. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Ill 14 (1850) 

 71; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1855) 520; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 28 (1871) 53; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 87; Cogn. in DC. Monog. 

 Phan. 7 (1891) 325. 

 Osbeckia nvultiflora Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 293, non Sm. 

 Osbeckia sinensis Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 205, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 20, 



t. 4.21. 

 Osbeckia capitata Walp. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 



Suppl. 1 : 331, non Benth. 

 Osbeckia linearis Blume in Flora 14 (1831) 473, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 

 1 (1849) 51, /. 19; Naud. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Ill 14 (1850) 70; Walp. 

 Ann. 2 (1851) 580; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1855) 519. 

 Luzon (Cagayan to Sorsogon), Culion, Busuanga, Panay, Guimaras, 

 Mindanao. In open grasslands from sea level to an altitude of 1,900 m. 

 India to Japan southward to New Guinea. 



Local names: Buguaugna (Ig.) ; korontillo (P. Bis.); magubu (Buk.) ; 

 payong-payong (Tag.); parupasagi (Bik.) ; saang-parang (Tag.); sid- 

 sidiu (Bon.); sigsiged (Ig.) ; taktakan (Tag.). 



4. OCHTHOCHARIS Blume 



OCHTHOCHAR1S JAVANICA Blume in Flora 14 (1831) 523, Mus. Bot. 

 Lugd.-Bat. 1 (1849) 40; Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 7 (1891) 480; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 424. 



Mindoro, F. B. 5518 Merritt. In mangrove swamps. 



Var. LONGIPETIOLATA Merr. op. cit. 425. 



Mindoro, Merrill 6226, F. B. 54.88 Merritt. In mangrove swamps. The 

 variety endemic, the species in Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, 

 Java, Bangka, Billiton, Borneo. 



5. SARCOPYRAMIS Wallich 



SARCOPYRAMIS DELICATA C. B. Rob. in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 35 (1908) 

 72, 75; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 368. 

 Luzon (Lepanto, Benguet) , Mindoro, Mindanao (Bukidnon, Davao). In 

 the mossy forest on the higher mountains, altitude 1,900 to 2,400 m; es- 



