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RUBIACEAE 527 



Borden, 2691 Ahern's collector, 3726 Merritt. In forests at low and medium 

 altitudes. Endemic. 



Local name: Basa (P. Bis.). 



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EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Webera corymbosa Willd.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 108. 

 Webera odorata Roxb.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



27. RANDIA Houstoun 



RANDIA AURICULATA (Wall.) K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl Nat. Pflan- 

 zenfam. 4 4 (1891) 75; King & Gamble in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 72 2 (1903) 207; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 427. 

 Webera auriculata Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2 (1824) 537. 

 Cupia auriculata DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 394. 

 Pseudixora auriculata Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 210. 

 Anomanthodia auriculata Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1880) 108. 

 Randia corymbosa Boerl. in Koord. & Val. Bijdr. Boom. Java 8 (1902) 

 88, non W. & A. 

 Luzon (Laguna), Mindoro, Negros, Leyte, Mindanao (Agusan), Basilan, 

 Whitford 162U, Merrill 7317, F. B. 6792 Merritt, 7278, U265 Everett, 19066 

 Curran, B. S. 16169, 161U9 Reillo. In primary forests at low altitudes. 

 Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



RANDIA BAKERI Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 109. 



Luzon (Tayabas), Samar, Baker 3253, B. S. 2H88 Ramos. In primary 

 forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



RANDIA GRACI LI FLORA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 109. 



Mindanao (Misamis), F. B. 17988 Miranda. In forests along small 

 streams, altitude about 120 m. Endemic. 



RANDIA LANCEOLATA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) Bot. 57. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Apayao), F. B. 11626 Fischer, B. S. 28123' Fenix. On 

 rocky river banks subject to overflow in times of heavy rain. Endemic. 



RANDIA MICROCARPA (Bartl.) comb. nov. 



Gardenia ? microcarpa Bartl. ex DC. Prodr. ; 4 (1830) 384; F.-Vill. 



Novis. App. (1880) 109. 

 Randia cumingiana Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 179, Rev. 

 PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 153; Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry Bull. 

 1 (1903) 53, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 130, Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 449; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 32. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte to Sorsogon, in most provinces) , Golo, Mindanao 

 (Zamboanga). Common in thickets and some secondary forests at low 

 altitudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Kanin-palak (Ilk.); malabanahi (Sbl.) ; matang-labuyo 

 (Tag.); pala-pala (Bik.). 



RANDIA MINDORENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 28. 



Mindoro, Merrill 3326, Cuming 1579, F. B. 9975 Merritt, B. S. 31301 Es- 

 critor, 408,95, 4.0922 Ramos. In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



