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GENTIANACEAE 319 



GENTIANA COPELANDII Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 7 (1915) 2671. 



Mindanao (Davao), Elmer 11692. -la mosses at the summit of Mt. 

 Calelan, altitude about 2,500 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Setitliabod (Bag.). 



GENTIANA DIVERSIFOL1A Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 224. 

 Luzon (Benguet), Merrill 4443, Williams 1546. On damp rocky banks 

 and among grasses, altitude 1,200 to 1,900 m. Endemic. 



GENTIANA LUZONIENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 224, 5 (1910) Bot. 378. 

 Luzon (Benguet, Laguna, Tayabas), Negros, Merrill 4.558, 6617bis, 7026, 

 Phil. PI, 231, B. S. 31824 Santos, 8406, 8892 McGregor, 4386 Mearns. In 

 open grasslands and on exposed ridges on the higher mountains, altitude 

 1,700 to 2,400 m. Endemic. 



9. SWERTIA Linnaeus 



SWERTIA DECURRENS C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 

 214; Merr. op. cit. 5 (1910) Bot. 378. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), Williams 1529, Vanoverbergh 1003, Clemens, 

 B. S. 5424, 5531 Ramos, 38014, 38037 Ramos & Edano* On open slopes, 

 extending into the mossy forest, altitude 1,200 to 2,300 m. Endemic. 



10. LIMNANTHEMUM S. G. Gmelin 



LIMNANTHEMUM CRISTATUM (Roxb.) Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent. (1839) 

 342; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 131; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 137; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 192. 

 Menyanthes cristata Roxb. PI. Coromandel 2 (1798) 3, t. 105. 

 Vallarsia cristata Spreng. Syst. 1 (1817) 582; Wight in Hook. Bot. 

 Miscel. 1 (1834) 65, t. 123. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet, Rizal, Zambales, La- 

 guna), B. S. 7692, 11958 Ramos, 2599 Foxworthy, F. B. 19275 Curran, El- 

 mer 6572, Merrill 4518. In shallow lakes, quiet streams, and sometimes 

 in rice paddies at low and medium altitudes; on Mt. Data ascending to 

 2,100 m altitude. India to southern China. 

 Local name: Lolokisen (Ilk.). 



LIMNANTHEMUM INDICUM (Linn.) Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent. (1839) 343; 



C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 131; Miq. Fl. 



Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 563; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 137; Merr. 



Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 307. 



Menyanthes indica Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 145; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 



87, ed. 2 (1845) 63, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 118. 

 Villa-rsia indica Vent. Choix PI. Cels. (1803) sub t. 9; Wight in 

 Hook. Bot. Miscel. 3 (1833) 97, t. 30. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Benguet, Laguna), Mindoro, Bohol, Mindanao, Mer- 

 rill 5110, B. S. 23040 McGregor, 6689, 11596 Robinson, 2826 Mearns, F. B. 

 11607 Curran, 5411 Merritt. In shallow lakes and quiet streams at low 

 and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,500 m. Tropical Africa and Asia 

 through Malaya to Australia and Polynesia. 

 Local name: Butingubal (Mag.). 



