Vo1 - 3 RUBIACEAE 519 



MUSSAENDA MAGALLAN ENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 996. 

 Mussaenda macrophylla Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 118, non 

 Wall. 



Mindoro, Sibuyan, Elmer 12451, Cuming 1535, 1877, McGregor 131, Mer* 

 rill 4072, 986, 1212, F. B. 12048, 8779, 4330, 6904 Merritt. In thickets and 

 forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



Local name: Agboi (P. Bis.). 



MUSSAENDA M ULTIBRACTEATA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 11 (1916) 

 Bot. 34. 



Luzon (Tayabas, Camarines, Sorsogon),. Catanduanes, D. S. 23585, 

 23715, 30509 Ramos, 29093, 28687, 33861 Ramos & Edano. In primary 

 forests at low and medium altitudes. Endemic. 



MUSSAENDA NERVOSA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 994. 



Luzon (Nueva Ecija), Mindanao (Bukidnon, Davao), Elmer 10510, B. 

 S. 26422, . 39077 Ramos & Edano. ' In forests up to 1,200 m altitude. 

 Endemic. 



Local name: Buy an (Bag.). 



MUSSAENDA PALAWAN ENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) 

 Bot. 103. 



Palawan, Merrill 867, B. S. 15531 Fenix. In thickets and old clearings 

 at low altitudes. Endemic. 



MUSSAENDA PHILIPPICA A. Rich, in Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 5 

 (1834) 245; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 242, Fl. 

 Manila (1912) 448, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 362; Elm. Lean. Philip. 

 Bot. 3 (1911) 992, 4 (1912) 1341, 5 (1913) 1875. 



Mussaenda frondosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 167, ed. 2 (1845) 118, 

 ed. 3, 1 (1877) 211, t. 58; Walp. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 

 (1843) Suppl. 1: 349; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 107; Vidal 

 Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 29, t. 56, f. G, non Linn. 



Calycophyllum grandiflorum Meyen Reise 2 (1835) 234; Walp. in 

 Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 356; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 113. 



Mussaenda grandiflora Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 21 (1884) 

 311; Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 152; Merr. in Philip. Bureau 

 Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 53, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 128; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 13, non Benth. 



Mussaenda glabra F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 108, non ? Vahl. 



Mussaenda acutifolia Bartl. ex DC. Prodr. 4 (1830>) 370 ? sphalm 

 "in Mexico." 



Northern Luzon (Cagayan) to Palawan and Mindanao, in most or all 

 islands and provinces. Common in thickets and secondary forests at low 

 and medium altitudes. Endemic? 



This is suspiciously similar to much Malayan and eastern Polynesian 

 material currently but erroneously referred to M. frondosa Linn. 



Local names: Agboi (P. Bis.); ati-ati (C. Bis.); ayaunakilat (Mag.); 

 balikarap (Tag.); balai-lamok (Ilk.); boyon (S. L. Bis.); buyon (Tagb., 

 Co Bis., S. L. Bis., Sul) ; darumabi (Mag.); galas-virgen (Tag.); gibuyan 

 (Sub.); hunbabuyin (Tag.); kahoi-dalaga (Tag., Sbl.) ; katudai-bantai 



