476 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



9. RUELLIA Plumier 



RUELLIA NUDISPICA C. B. Clarke in Philip. Jpurn. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 248. 

 Gymnostachyum nudispicum Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1700. 



Palawan, Merrill 9429, Elmer 12794, B. S. 351 Bermejos. In thickets 

 and forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



RUELLIA PANAYENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 347. 



Mindoro, Panay, B. S. 21236 Escritor, 39400 Ramos. Probably in thick- 

 ets at low altitudes. Endemic. 



RUELLIA PHILIPPINENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1690. 



Palawan, Basilan, Elmer 12922, Hallier. In thickets on the banks of 

 streams at low altitudes. Endemic. 



RUELLIA REPENS Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 89; Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 

 135, t. 41, f. 2; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 153; Vidal Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 132, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 204; 

 Lindau in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 39; Merr. Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 443. 

 Dipteracanthus lanceolatus Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. 3 (1832) 82, 

 DC. Prodr. 11 (1847) 124; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1858) 782. 

 Northern Luzon (Cagayan) to Mindanao, in most islands and provinces. 

 In open grasslands, borders of thickets, rice-paddy banks, etc., at low and 

 medium altitudes. Burma to China and Malaya. 



Local names: Lagbat (Bag.); silisilihan (Tag.); ubat-ugam (Sul.). 



10. LEPIDAGATHIS Willdenow 



LEPIDAGATHIS AM ARANTHOIDES Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 

 1695. 



Palawan, Elmer 12615. In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 

 Local name: Tiagang (Tagb.). 



LEPIDAGATHIS CINEREA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 387. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), Merrill 4395, B. S. 5912 Ramos, 31950 Santos, 

 F. B. 16078 Curran, Merritt, & Zschokke. On open grassy slopes, altitude 

 1,000 to 2,000 m. Endemic. 



LEPIDAGATHIS CLARKEI Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 344. 

 Lepidagathis incurva Merr. op. cit. 1 (1906) Suppl. 125, non D. Don. 



Luzon (Bataan), Merrill 3119, Williams 37, Whitford 493. In shaded 

 places along mountain streams, altitude 100 to 400 m. Endemic. 



LEPIDAGATHIS DISPAR C B. Clarke ex Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci! 5 

 (1910) Bot. 386. 

 ? Lepidagathis javanica Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. Manila (1892) 129, 

 non Blume. 



Luzon (Benguet, Bontoc, Nueva Ecija, Rizal), Elmer 6059, Topping 82, 

 Merrill 285, 7061, B. S. 2053 Ramos, 37918 Ramos & Edano, F. B. 2697 

 Ahern's collector. In open places, in thickets, and along streams at low 

 and medium altitudes. Endemic. 



Local name: Kabural (Ig.). 



