Vol- 3 GESNERIACEAE 455 



In damp shaded ravines along streams, on damp cliffs, etc., at low and 

 medium altitudes. India through Malaya to the Moluccas. 

 Local name: Handulumog (C. Bis.). 



RHYNCHOGLOSSUM SPUMOSUM Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 564. 



Negros, Panay, Elmer 9929, B. S. 18088 Robinson. In damp cliffs about 

 waterfalls, altitude about 900 m. Endemic. 



This resembles R. obliquum Blume, but is greatly dwarfed. 



7. RHYNCHOTECHUM Blume 



RHYNCHOTECHUM COPELANDII (Elm.) Elm. comb. nov. in herb. 

 Cyrtandra copelandii Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 7 (1915) 2661. 



Mindanao (Agusan), Elmer 13716. In humid forests, altitude about 

 1,100 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Panabdog (Mbo.). 



8. ISANTHERA Nees 



ISANTHERA DISCOLOR Maxim, in Bull. Acad. Petersb. 19 (1874) 523; 



C. B. Clarke in DC. Monog. Phan. 5 (1883) 192; Vidal Phan. 



Cuming. Philip. (1885) 131, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 201; 



Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 563, 3 (1910) 948. 

 Isanthera dimorpha Kranzl. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) Bot. 332. 

 Rhynchotechum ? tenue C. B. Clarke in DC. Monog. Phan. 5 (1883) 



199. 



Luzon (Cagayan to Sorsogon, most or all provinces), Alabat, Samar, 

 Leyte, Mindanao (Lanao, Bukidnon, Davao, Zamboanga). In damp shaded 

 ravines at low and medium altitudes, often common. Riu Kiu Islands. 

 Formosa. 



Local names: Gugulpu (If.); hamoan (Ig.) ; handalomog (C. Bis.); ka- 

 bing (Bon.) ; kamara (Buk.) ; tabis (Bag.) ; tindakal (Mbo.) ; tuktukilang 

 (Bon.). 



9. STAURANTHERA Bentham 



STAURANTHERA CAERULEA (Blume) comb. nov. 



Miquelia caerula Blume in Bull. Sci. Phys. Nat. Neerl. 1 (1830) 94, 



Ann. Sci. Nat. II 10 (1838) 256. 

 Stauranthera ecalcarata R. Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. (1840) 121, 



Ann. Sci. Nat. II 13 (1840) 167; C. B. Clarke in DC. Monog. Phan. 



5 (1883) 190. 

 Miquelia azurea Blume Rumphia 4 (1848) 34. 

 Quintilia caerulea DC. Prodr. 9 (1845) 278. 

 Stauranthera philippinensis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 950. 



Mindanao (Davao), Elmer 11145, Weber H38. On damp cliffs and 

 along streams in shaded ravines, altitude 550 to 1,000 m. Java. 

 Local name: Tumbakai (Bag.). 



10. MONOPHYLLAEA R. Brown 



MONOPHYLLAEA LONGIPES Kranzl. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) Bot. 

 168. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Apayao), B. S. 13869 Ramos, 28091 Fenix, F. B. 19600 

 Curran. On cliffs in damp shaded ravines at low altitudes. Endemic. 



