486 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Rungia repens (Linn.) Nees; Lindau in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 40. 



Of the specimens cited Merrill 157 is R. philippinensis C. B. Clarke, 

 while Merrill 495 and 789 are forms of R. diver si formis Nees. I do not 

 know R. repens Nees as a Philippine species. 



20. DICLIPTERA Jussieu 



DICLIPTERA CLARKEI Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1689. 



Palawan, Elmer 12585, Merrill 9529, Phil. PI. 1377, as Peristrophe. On 

 forested ridges and along trails through primary forests up to an altitude 

 of 800 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Lalatok (Tagb.). 



DICLIPTERA CONTORTA (Blanco) Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 355. 



Ruellia contorta Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 496, ed. 2 (1845) 347, 



ed. 3, 2 (1878) 278. 

 Peristrophe contorta F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 157. 

 Hypoestes contorta Nees in DC. Prodr. 11 (1847) 156. 



Luzon (Pangasinan, Zambales, Bulacan, Batangas), Guimaras, Siquijor, 

 Mindanao (Zamboanga), Merrill Sp. Blancoanae 802, Phil. PI. 219, Piper 

 386, Williams 2342, B. S. 34039 Ramos & Edano. In thickets at low alti- 

 tudes; earlier collections were identified, after the late C. B. Clarke, as 

 D. glabra Decne. Endemic. 



Local name: Sapin-sapin (Tag.). 



DICLIPTERA LEONOTIS Dalz. ex C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 4 (1885) 553; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 435. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Bontoc, Pangasinan, Rizal), B. S. 27535 Ramos, 

 116 Foxworthy (det. C. B. Clarke), 19269 Reillo. In thickets at low alti- 

 tudes, ascending to 1,200 m. India. 



The form credited to the Philippines as D. burmanni Nees by Usteri, 

 Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 123, probably belongs here or with the 

 preceding species. 



21. HYPOESTES R. Brown 



HYPOESTES AXILLARIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 (1922) 449. 



Mindanao (Zamboanga), Merrill 5473, B. S. 16384, 16503 Reillo, F. B. 

 9231 Whitford & Hutchinson. In shaded ravines at low altitudes. En- 

 demic. 



HYPOESTES CINEREA C. B. Clarke in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 

 (1906) 89; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 126, Sp. 

 Blancoanae (1918) 356. 

 Justicia viridis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 15, ed. 2 (1845) 11, ed. 3, 1 



(1877) 21, non Forsk. 

 Dicliptera viridis Hassk. in Flora 47 (1864) 54. 

 Hypoestes rosea F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 157; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas 



(1883) 34, t. 72, f. D, non Nees. 

 Hypoestes malaccensis Lindau in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 40, 

 non Wight. 

 Luzon (Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Pangasinan, Pampanga, Bulacan, Ba- 

 taan, Rizal), Mindoro, Merrill 1418, 1451, 1717, 4674, 5017, Phil. PI. 1939, 



