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Luzon (Cagayan, Nueva Vizcaya, Zambales, Bulacan, Rizal), Guimaras, 

 Merrill 207, B. S. 7886 Ramos, 18010 Robinson, F. B. 5866 Curran. On 

 grassy slopes at low and medium altitudes; not common. Tropical Africa 

 and Asia to Malaya. 



OLDENLANDIA HORNERIANA Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 190; Rolfe 

 . in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 213; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 

 118,. Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 151; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 

 (1906) 21. 



Luzon (Pangasinan), (Cuming 974). A species known to me only by 

 the original description. Sumatra. 



OLDENLANDIA OVATI FOLIA (Cav.) DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 427; Merr. 



in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) Bot. 46. 

 Hedyotis ovatifolia Cav. Ic. 6 (1801) 52, t. 573, f. 1. 

 Oldenlandia nudicaulis Roth. Nov. PL Sp. (1821) 95; Hook. f. Fl. 



Brit. Ind. 3 (1880) 70; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 107; Elm. Lean. 



Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 20; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 



Suppl. 127. 



Luzon (Bulacan, Bataan, Laguna), Mindanao (Davao), Merrill 3303, 

 Phil. PI. 1490, Williams 65, 124, Elmer 11052. In open grasslands, old 

 clearings, etc., at low altitudes. India to Java. 



OLDENLANDIA PTERITA (Blume) Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 193; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 243; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 

 3 (1911) 974. 

 Hedyotis pterita Blume Bijdr. (1826) 972. 

 Gonotheca blumei DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 429. 



Oldenlandia alata Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1880) 70; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 107, non Koenig (Oldenlandia alata Koenig = O. 

 biflora Linn.). 

 Luzon (Cagayan), Palawan, Negros, Mindanao (Davao, Zamboanga), 

 Merrill 6730, Warburg 14246, De Vore & Hoover 124, Copeland 596, B. S. 

 7824 Ramos, 213 Bermejos. In clearings, plantations, etc., at low altitudes, 

 but either rare or local. India to Malaya. 

 Local name: Bulag-bulag (Sul.). 



OLDENLANDIA STENOPHYLLA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 17 (1920) 439. 

 Luzon (Cavite), B. S. 22591 Ramos & Deroy. On rocks along streams, 

 altitude about 600 m. Endemic. 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Oldenlandia lineata Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 20. 



This was apparently intended as a transfer of Spermacoce lineata Roxb. 

 The specimen cited, Elmer 6611, is juvenile and indeterminable with 

 certainty but may be referable to Knoxia corymbosa Willd. It has nothing 

 to do with Roxburgh's species. 



Oldenlandia strigulosa Bartl.; F.-Vill Novis. App. (1880) 107. 



Oldenlandia multiflora Cav.; DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 427; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 2 (1857) 192. 



Cavanilles definitely states "Habitat in Amicorum insula Babao" [Vavao, 

 Friendly Islands] a group visited by the Malaspina Expedition. I do not 



