VoL 3 RUBIACEAE 499 



HEDYOTIS PHANEROPHLEBIA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) 

 Bot. 34. 

 Mindanao (Misamis), F. B. 4552 Mearns & Hutchinson. In forests, al- 

 titude about 1,700 m. Endemic. 



HEDYOTIS PHILIPPENSIS (Willd.) Merr. ex C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 222, 8 (1913) Bot. 37. 

 Spermacoce philippensis Willd. ex R. & S. Syst. 1 (1825) 401; DC. 

 Prodr. 4 (1830) 556; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 333; F.-Vill. 

 Novis, App. (1880) 113; Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 981. 

 Metabolus laevigatus DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 436. 

 Hedyotis laevigata Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 178; F.-Vill. Novis. 



App. (1880) 106. 

 Hedyotis congesta R. Br. in Wall. Cat. (1829) No. 844, nomen nudum; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 107; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 

 (1906) Suppl. 127, 2 (1907) Bot. 303. 

 Knoxia corymbosa Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 9, non Willd. 

 Metabolus prostratus Blume Bijdr. (1826) 991. 



Hedyotis prostrata Korth. in Nederl. Kruidk. Arch. 2 (1851) 160; 



Valeton in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 44 (1909) 544; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 



Sci. 8 (1913) Bot. 36, t. 1. 



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



and provinces. In forests, chiefly at low and medium altitudes; often 



common. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



Local names: Dilang-butiki (Tag.); magdadakan (S. L. Bis.); ma- 

 lantubas (S. L. Bis.); pulapasagit (P. Bis.). 



Var. MEYENIANA (Walp.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) Bot. 38. 

 Spermacoce meyeniana Walp. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 

 Suppl. 1: 353, Repert. 6 (1846) 29; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 113; 

 Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 981, 4 (1912) 1356. 

 Range and habitat of the species in the Philippines, and scarcely dis- 

 tinguishable from it. 



HEDYOTIS PILOSISSIMA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 232; 

 Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 975. 

 Luzon (Bulacan, Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines, Albay) , Catanduanes, 

 Samar, Panay, Mindanao (Agusan, Surigao), Merrill 6704, 7290, Wenzel 

 1885, B. S. 13350, 10918, 20478, 30391, 17597 Ramos, 28481, 34142, 33609, 

 33815, 31059, 31459 Ramos & Edano, 22947, 22969 McGregor. In forests 

 and in damp shaded ravines at low altitudes. Endemic. 



HEDYOTIS PULGARENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1333. 



Palawan, Elmer 13212. On forested ridges, altitude about 900 m; closely 

 allied to H. philippensis (Willd.) Merr. 



HEDYOTIS RADICANS (DC.) Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 181; F-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 107; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 

 436; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1859. 

 Metabolus radicans DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 435; Elm. Leafl. Philip. 

 Bot. 3 (1911) 980. 



Batan Islands, Luzon (Cagayan, Camarines, Sorsogon), Panay, Negros, 

 Mindanao (Surigao, Agusan), Haenkel, B. S. 3799 Fenix, 13989, 23647 



