318 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1S23 



4. HOPPEA Willdenow 



HOPPEA DICHOTOMA Willd. in Ges. Nat. Fr. Neue Schrift. 3 (1801) 

 435; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. PI. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 100; Merr. 

 & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 120. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Abra, Benguet, Pangasinan), Loher 5045, B. S. 

 4-922, 7S00, 27430 Ramos. In open places at low and medium altitudes, 

 in Benguet ascending to 1,800 m; rare or local. India. 



5. CANSCORA Lamarck 



CANSCORA DIFFUSA (Vahl) R. Br. ex Wall. Cat. (1831) No. 4361; 

 Griseb. in DC. Prodr. 9 (1845) 64; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 

 558; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 103; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 137; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 128, 

 Rev. PL Vase. Flip. (1886) 191; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 367, 

 Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 307. 

 Gentiana diffusa Vahl Symb. 3 (1794) 47. 

 Exacum diffusum Willd. Sp. PI. 1 (1797) 637. 



Cobamba dichotoma Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 210, ed. 2 (1845) 355, 

 ed. 3, 2 (1878) 293. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Apayao, Bontoc, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Panga- 

 sinan, Zambales, Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite, Tayabas), Mindoro. On banks, 

 cliffs, and in ravines along streams from sea level to an altitude of 1,500 

 m. Tropical Asia and Africa through Malaya to tropical Australia. 

 Local names: Kobamba (Tag.) ; malingal (Tag.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Canscora decussata R. & S. ; Llanos ex F.-Vill. & Naves in Blanco Fl. 

 Filip. ed. 3, 4 1 (1880) 105; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 137. 



Canscora perfoliata Lam.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



6. MICROPHIUM C B. Clarke 

 MICROPHIUM sp. 



Palawan, Ehner 12923, as Lysimachia sp. nov. In forests at low al- 

 titudes. Endemic. 



The only other known species of the genus occurs in the Malay Pen^ 

 insula; the Palawan form is undescribed. 



7. CRAWFURDIA Wallich 



CRAWFURD1A LUZONIENSIS Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 191. 



Luzon (Lepanto, Bontoc, Benguet, Laguna, Tayabas), Mindanao (Bu- 

 kidnon), Merrill 4504, 7511, Vanoverbergh 1496, 2581, B. S. 31780 Santos, 

 38511, 38896 Ramos & Edano, F. B. 15996 Bacani. In the mossy forest 

 and in very damp shaded ravines, altitude 1,100 to 2,400 m. Endemic. 



8. GENTIANA Linnaeus 



GENTIANA APOENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1909) Suppl. 223. 



Mindanao (Davao), Copeland 1161, 1432, De Vore & Hoover 371. Occa- 

 sional in turf at the summit of Mt. Apo, altitude about 2,800 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Mangidtasa (Bag.). 



