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RUBIACEAE 517 



Local names: Balikakak (Mag.); bangkal (Tag., Mag., S. L. Bis., P. 

 Bis., Mbo., Mag.) ; bulala (Ilk., Pang.) ; bulubangkal (Bis.) ; bulubitoan 

 (P. Bis.); hambabalos (Bis.); kabag (Bis*) ; kabak (C. Bis.); mabalot 

 (Tag.); malakabak (Bag.); mambog (Bik.) ; malbog (S. L. Bis.). 



NAUCLEA ROBINSON 1 1 Merr. in Journ. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5 (1915) 537. 

 Sarcocephalus pubescens C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) 

 Bot. 225, non Valeton. 



Polillo, Samar, Leyte, B. S. 6917 Robinson, 15339, 2UU20 Ramos, 12882 

 Rosenbluth, Wenzel 112, 800, 1052, 1165. In secondary forests at low alti- 

 tudes. Endemic. 



Local name: Malbog (S. L. Bis.). 



NAUCLEA UNDULATA Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 14, nomen nudum, Fl. 

 Ind. 2 (1824) 117; Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 482. 

 Sarcocephalus undulatus Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 133; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 104; Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 32; 

 Havil. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot, 33 (1897) 28. 

 Luzon (Tayabas, Albay), Palawan, Ticao, Mindanao, B. S. 6254 Robin- 

 son, F. B. 1026 Clark, 11811 Whitford, 18295 Miranda. In secondary 

 forests at low altitudes. Moluccas, New Guinea. 

 Scarcely separable from N. orienlalis Linn. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Sarcocephalus subditus Miq.; F.-Vill. Novis. app. (1880) 104. 



18. MYRMECONAUCLEA Merrill 

 MYRMECONAU'CLEA STRIGOSA (Korth.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 17 (1920) 375. 

 Nauclea strigosa Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. (1839-42) 157; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 138; Havil. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 33 

 (1897) 52, t. 2; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 15. 

 Neonauclea strigosa Merr. in Journ. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5 (1915) 542. 

 Sarcocephalus fluviatilis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1357. 



Palawan, Busuanga, Merrill 123k, Phil. PL 1201, Elmer 12848, F. B. 

 27289 Flores, 21587 Danao, B. S. 788 Foxworthy, 41191 Ramos. In beds 

 and along banks of small streams in forests, sea level to an altitude of 

 300 m; a rnonotypic genus. Borneo. 



Local name: Amontong (Tagb.). 



19. ACRANTHERA Arnott 



ACRANTHERA PHIL1PPIN ENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) 

 Bot. 32. 



Mindanao (Zamboanga, Lanao), Merrill 8309, Williams 2357, Clemens, 

 B. S. 3664-7 Ramos & Edano. In ravines along small streams, altitude up 

 to 900 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Dulumpok (Sub.). 



20. MUSSAENDA Linnaeus 



MUSSAENDA ACUM INATISSI MA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 17 (1920) 

 436. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte), B. S. 33133 Ramos. On dry slopes, altitude 

 about 700 m. Endemic. 



