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8. STROBILANTHES Blume 



STROBILANTHES APOENSIS (Elm.) comb. nov. 



Hypoestes apoensis Elm. Leafl. Philip.. Bot. 7 (1915) 2544. 



Mindanao (Davao), Elmer 10722. In primary forests, altitude about 

 1,100 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Pamagitan (Bag.). 



STROBILANTHES ANTONII Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 7 (1915) 2550. 



Mindanao (Bukidnon, Agusan), Elmer 13610, B. S. 38782, 39183 Ramos 

 & Edano. In primary forests, altitude about 1,050 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Tayungung (Mbo.). 



STROBILANTHES CINC1NNALIS C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 

 (1906) Suppl. 249. 

 Luzon (Lepanto, Benguet), Merrill 4574, F. B. 1U36 Darling, B. S. 

 8^,70 McGregor. In the mossy forest, altitude 2,000 to 2,400 m. Endemic. 



STROBILANTHES HALCONENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) 

 Bot. 302. 

 Mindoro, Merrill 5586, F. B. 4370 Merritt. In primary forests, altitude 

 about 900 m. Endemic. 



STROBILANTHES MEARNSI1 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 

 322. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet), Mea,ms, Bona 139, Vanoverbergh 963, 

 B. S. 5727 Ramos, F. B. 15920 Bacani. In wet thickets and forests, alti- 

 tude 1,400 to 2,000 m. Endemic. 



STROBILANTHES MERR1LLII C. B. Clarke in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 

 35 (1906) 92; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 125. 



Luzon (Bataan), Merrill 3713, Williams 7U, Elmer 6815, Whitford 155, 

 F. B. 1581, 2094 Borden. On ridges in the mossy forest on Mt. Mariveles, 

 altitude 1,000 to 1,300 m. Endemic. 



STROBILANTHES PACHYS C. B. Clarke ex Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 20 (1922) 456. 

 Luzon (Nueva Vizcaya, Tayabas), Vidal 3412, B. S. 14378 McGregor, 

 26545 Ramos & Edano. In forests, altitude about 900 m. Endemic. 



STROBILANTHES PALAWAN ENSIS Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 

 1686. 



Palawan, Elmer 13249, Merrill 745. In primary forests, altitude 200 to 

 500 m. Endemic. 



STROBILANTHES PLURI FORM IS C. B. Clarke in Govt. Lab. Publ. 

 (Philip.) 35 (1906) 93; Merr. Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 125, 5 (1910) Bot. 386. 

 Strobilanthes penstemonoides Rendle in Journ. Bot. 34 (1896) 355, 

 non T. Anders. 



Luzon (Ifugao, Bontoc, Benguet, Pampanga, Bataan, Rizal, Laguna, Ta- 

 yabas, Batangas), Mindoro. Common in the mossy forest on the higher 

 mountains, altitude 1,000 to 2,200 m. Endemic. 



Local names: Kalimugsu (Tag.); tuhod-manok (Tag.). 



