Vol. 3 



GLEACEAE 3Q3 



ridges and peaks on the higher mountains, altitude 1,700 to 2,400 m. 

 Endemic. 



Local names: Kaipan (Ig.) ; kapkapas' (Bon.) ; upunan (Ig.). 



SYMPLOCOS ZAMBOANGENSiS Brand in Fedde Repert. 14 (1916) 325. 



Mindanao (Zamboanga), Merrill 8083, 8090. In the mossy forest, alti- 

 tude about 1,050 m. Endemic. 



F.-Villar records Styrax benzoin Dry. from the Philippines, Novis. App. 

 (1880) 127; no representative of the Styraceacae has been found in the 

 Archipelago. 



OLEACEAE 



1. FRAXINUS Tournefort 



FRAX1NUS GRIFFITH 1 1 C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1882) 

 605; Lingelsh. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 72 (1920) 15. 

 Fraxinus bracteata Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1889) 84. 

 Fraxinus eedenii Boerl. & Koord. in Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. 62 



(1902) 224. 

 Fraxinus philippinensis Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 



57. 

 Fraxinus formosana Hayata in Journ. Coll. Sci. Tokyo 30 (1911) 189. 

 Fraxinus minute -punctata Hayata op. cit. 190. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Bontoc, Bataan, Rizal, Laguna), Merrill 

 2274, Phil. PI. 367, B. S. 32970, 1485 Ramos, 29783 Ramos & Edano, F. 

 B. 12396 Curran, 3082, 3200, 3386 Ahem's collector, 23983 Maneja. In 

 primary forests at medium altitudes. Bengal to southern Japan, For- 

 mosa, and Java. 



Local names: Asaas (Tag.); lagili (Tag.); lagilid (Tag.). 



2. LINOCIERA Swartz 



LINOCIERA ACUMINATISSIMA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 

 312; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1651. 



Palawan, F. B. 4506, 7454 Curran, Merrill Phil. PI. 1254. In forests 

 immediately back of the mangrove and along beaches. Endemic. 



This seems to be very close to L. caudata King & Gamble of the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



LINOCIERA CORIACEA Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 181; Elm. Leafl. 

 Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1652. 

 Mayepea coriacea Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 11. 

 Linociera purpurea F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 128, non Vahl. 



Babuyan Islands, Luzon (Cagayan, Apayao, Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas) : 

 Mindoro, Panay, B. S. 3365, 15005 Ramos, 28233 Fenix, 29143 Ramos & 

 Edano, F. B. 482 Ahem's collector, 26729, 26700 Penas. In damp primary 

 forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Anatau (Tag.); kurutan (Tag.); pulat (Tag.). 



LINOCIERA GRANDIFOLIA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1657. 



Mindanao (Agusan), Elmer 13425. In humid primary forests, altitude 

 about 150 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Kobolan (Mbo.). 



