Vo1 - 3 RUBIACEAE 495 



know the basis of de Candolle's statement: "circa Manillam in ins. Philip- 

 pinis nee in Amicorum insula ut incaute scripserunt Poiret et Roemer." At 

 any rate the species is manifestly nothing but a luxuriant form of Olden- 

 landia biflo?-a Linn. 



5. HEDYOTIS Linnaeus 



HEDYOTIS APOENSIS Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 976. 

 Oldenlandia apoensis Elm. op. cit. 1 (1906) 17. 



Leyte, Mindanao (Misamis, Bukidnon, Davao), Warburg 14249, Copeland 

 1131, De Vore & Hoover 302, F. B. 16901 Rosenbluth, 1+618 M earns & Hut- 

 chinson, B. S. 15376 Ramos, 38817 Ramos & Edano. In forests, altitude 

 1,200 to 1,800 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Rapanis (Bag.). 



HEDYOTIS ASPERRIMA (Merr.) comb. nov. 



Hedyotis philippinensis Merr. var. asperrima Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 8 (1913) Bot. 38. 



Luzon (Pangasinan, Bulacan), Culion, Busuanga, Palawan, Merrill 487, 

 535, 7252, B. S. 41247 Ramos, 34116, 34108, 34115 Ramos & Edano, 29980 

 Fenix. In dry thickets at low altitudes. Endemic. 



HEDYOTIS ATROPURPUREA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 17 (1920) 426. 

 Luzon (Tayabas, east coast), B. S. 28578 Ramos & Edano. In forests, 

 altitude about 1,000 m. Endemic. 



HEDYOTIS AURICULARIA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 101; DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 

 420; Hook. f. PI. Brit. Ind. 3 (1880) 58; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1880) 106. 

 Oldenlandia auricularia F.-Muell. Census (1882) 74; Elm. Leafl. 

 Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 20. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Benguet, Bulacan, Rizal, Camarines, Albay, Min- 

 danao (Surigao, Zamboanga, Lanao), B. S. 334-95, 34065, 36752 Ramos & 

 Edano, 1376 Ramos, 2890 Mearns. In open places and thickets at low 

 and medium altitudes. India to southern China through Malaya to Aus- 

 tralia. 



HEDYOTIS BAMBUSETORUM Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 (1922) 469. 



Palawan, Merrill 9214. Along trails in bamboo thickets at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



HEDYOTIS BANKSII Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 976. 

 Oldenlandia banksii Elm. op. cit. 1 (1906) 19. 

 Luzon (Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines, Albay, Sorsogon), Panay, 

 Leyte, Negros, Banks, Merrill 7004, 7497, Phil. PI. 252, F. B. 13678 Curran, 

 7871 Curran & Merritt, 4230 Everett, 883 Klemme, B. S. 6489, 6570, 9422 

 Robinson, 28756, 26258, 30661, 26563, 29169 Ramos & Edano, 22067, 15378 

 Ravios. In the mossy forest, altitude 1,400 to 1,800 m; very closely allied 

 to H. yoderi Elm. and H. elmeri Merr. Endemic. 



HEDYOTIS BARTLINGII Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 388. 



Metabolus angustifolius DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 436; Elm. Leafl. Philip. 



Bot. 3 (1911) 980. 

 Hedyotis angustifolius Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 182; F.-Vill. Novis. 



App. (1880) 107, non C. & S. 



