492 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Plantago philippica Cav. Ic. 4 (1797) 35, t. 359, /. 2. 



This was supposed to have come from Santa Cruz, Laguna Province, 

 Luzon, but it is certainly no Philippine plant; probably from South Amer- 

 ica or Mexico, erroneously localized as Philippine. 



RUBIACEAE 



1. BIKKIA Reinwardt 



BIKKIA PHILIPPINENSIS Val. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 23 (1923) No. 6. 

 Bikkia grandiflora Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 427; 

 Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 973, non Reinw. 



Cebu, Mindanao (Surigao), Sulu Archipelago (Sibutu), Merrill 5297, 

 Elmer 12025, B. S. 3U38, 3U583 Ramos & Pascasio. In thickets along 

 the seashore. Endemic. 



2. DENT ELLA Forster 



DENTELLA REPENS (Linn.) Forst. Char. Gen. (1776) 26, t. 13; DC. 

 Prodr. 4 (1830) 419; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 146, ed. 2 (1845) 

 103, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 190; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 196; Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1880) 42; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 106; Elm. 

 Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 4; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) 

 Bot. 435, Fl. Manila (1912) 447, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 357. 

 Oldenlandia repens Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 40. 

 Throughout the Philippines in open waste places in and about towns at 

 low and medium altitudes. India to southern China through Malaya to 

 tropical Australia and Polynesia. Introduced in Mexico. 

 Local name: Dilang-butiki (Tag.). 



3. XANTHOPHYTUM Blume 



XANTHOPHYTUM FRUTICULOSU M Reinw. ex Blume Bijdr. (1826) 989; 

 DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 413; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 106; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 328; C. B. Rob. op. cit. 6 

 (1911) Bot. 227; Elm. Lead. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 973, 5 (1913) 

 1905; Valeton in Ic. Bogor. 4 (1912) 157 (var brevipes Valeton). 

 Metabolus ferrugineus Bartl. ex DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 436. 

 Xanthophytum villarii Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 150. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines, Sorsogon), Polillo, 

 Leyte, Panay, Bucas Grande, Mindanao (Agusan, Surigao), Haenke!, Vidal 

 3921, Warburg 12961/., Merrill 6695, Loher 6324, Elmer 13721, 17000, Wenzel 

 879, B. S. 32984-, 20590, 10971 Ramos, 28527 \ 28985, 31058, 33737, 35414, 

 31108 Ramos & Edano, 35113, 34390 Ramos & Pascasio. In damp primary 

 forests at low and medium altitudes. Java, Borneo. 

 Local name: Ludlud (Mbo.). 



4. OLDENLANDIA Linnaeus 



OLDENLANDIA B1FLORA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 119; DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 

 426; Trimen Fl. Ceyl. 2 (1894) 317; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 447, 

 Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 357. 

 Oldenlandia panicidata Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) 1667, p. p.; Burm. 

 f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 38, t. 15, f. 1; DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 427; Blanco 

 Fl. Filip. (1837) 61, ed. 2 (1845) 44, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 82; Miq. Fl. 



