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Luzon (Bengnet), Merrill 8006, 9689, Phil. PI. 767, B. S. 12723' Fenix, 

 4-0500 Ramos & Edano. In thickets and forests, altitude 1,000 to 1,600 m. 

 A monotypic endemic genus; very close to Medinilla. 



Local name: Pagirang (Ig.). 



11. POGONANTHERA Blume 



POGANANTHERA REFLEXA Blume in Flora 14 (1831) 521, Mus. Bot. 

 Lugd.-Bat. 1 (1849) 24; Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 7 (1891) 610; 

 Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 53. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines, Sorsogon), Mindoro, Sa- 

 mar, Leyte, Negros, Panay, Dinagat, Mindanao, Basilan, Jolo, B. S. 

 20584 Ramos, 3,3881, 36579 Ramos & Edano, 24908 Edano, F. B. 24147 

 Miranda, 18983 Miranda, Elmer 15796, 12110, McGregor 313, Merrill Phil. 

 PI. 1615, Wenzel 276, 586, 1919. In forests at low and medium altitudes, 

 sometimes in the mangrove swamps. Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo, and 

 the Moluccas. 



12. MEDINILLA Gaudichaud 



MEDINILLA ACUMINATA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) Bot. 238. 

 Mindoro, Merrill 5667. In the mossy forest, altitude about 1,800 m. 

 Endemic. 



MEDINILLA AFFINIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 281. 



Luzon (Camarines, Sorsogon), Leyte, Wenzel 1091, 1003, B. S. 22191 

 Ramos, Elmer 14976, 16440, 17094 as M. pachyphylla Elm. In primary 

 forests, altitude about 500 m. Endemic. 



MEDINILLA ALBIFLORA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) Bot. 385. 



Luzon (Sorsogon), Samar, Panay, Leyte, Mindanao (Surigao), Wenzel 

 262, B. S. 234-20, 24116, 24153 Ramos, 26021 Fenix. Pseudoepiphytic in 

 primary forests at medium altitudes. Endemic. 



MEDINILLA AM PLI FOLIA Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 29 (1905) 

 37, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 107. 



Luzon (Apayao, Benguet, Tayabas, Bataan, Rizal), Elmer 6112, 8721, 

 Merrill 9668, Phil. PI. 721, F. B. 1338 Borden, B. S. 28354- Fenix. In damp 

 ravines and in the mossy forest, altitude 800 to 1,500 m. Endemic. 



Local names: Balangbanosol (Ig.) ; galandong (Tag.); lanug (Ibn.) ; 

 magalonga (Ig.). 



MEDINILLA ANNULATA C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 

 215. 

 Luzon (Laguna, Sorsogon), Polillo, Catanduanes, Leyte, B. S. 16656, 

 23630, 30441, 15365 Ramos, 10265 McGregor, 9002 Robinson, Baker 3708. 

 In primary forests at low and medium altitudes. Endemic. 



MEDINILLA ANTON 1 1 Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8 (1915) 2756. 



Mindanao (Agusan), Elmer 13477, 13633. In primary forests, altitude 

 about 1,000 m. Endemic. 



Local names: Itag (Mbo.) ; lagikau (Mbo.). 



MEDINILLA APAYAOENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 12 (1917) Bot. 

 343. 

 Luzon (Apayao), B. S. 28142 Fenix. On trees in forests. Endemic. 



