v °l- 3 RUBIACEAE 543 



TIMONIUS QUJNQUEFLORUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 

 116. 

 Luzon (Tayabas, east coast), B. S. 20885 Escrilor. In forests at low 

 or medium altitudes; closely allied to T. arboreus Elm. Endemic. 



TIMONIUS ROTUNDUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 17 (1920) 317. 



Dinagat, B. S. 35176 Ramos & Pascasio. In forests at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



TIMONIUS SAMARENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 12 (1917) Bot. 165. 

 Timonius macrophyllus Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 

 246; Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 1010, non Valeton. 

 Samar, Bucas Grande, F. B. 12856 Rosenbluth, B. S. 35127 Ramos 

 & Pascasio. In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 

 Local name: Kauilan (S. L„ Bis.). 



TIMONIUS TERNIFOLIUS (Bartl.) F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 109; Elm. 

 Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 36. 

 Petesia ternifolia Bartl. ex DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 395. 

 Babuyan Islands (Camiguin), Luzon (Iloeos Norte), Culion, Busuanga, 

 Palawan, Panay, Haenke!, Merrill 575, 9172, Phil. PI. 1267, B. S. 32263, 

 32361 McGregor, 32874, 32731, 32736, 37363, 41275 Ramos, F. B. 26631 

 Velasco. In thickets and forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



TIMONIUS URDANETENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1899. 



Mindanao (Agusan), Elmer 14197. On exposed ridges in the mossy 

 forest, altitude about 1,650 m. Endemic. . 



Local name: Mayponog (Mbo.). 



TIMONIUS VALETON 1 1 Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 1012. 



Sibuyan, Mindanao (Surigao), Elmer 12342, B. S. 34623, 34398. In for- 

 ests at low and medium altitudes. Endemic. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Timonius jambosella Thw.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 109. . 



Timonius nitidus (Bartl.) F.-Vill. 1. c. 



Petesia nitida Bartl. ex DC Prodr. 4 (1830) 395. 



"In insulis Philippicis et Marianis" de Candolle 1. c. The Philippine 

 locality is. probably an error, especially in view of the facts that recently 

 collected Guam material exactly matches the type, a fragment of which 

 is before me, while the species has not been found in the Philippines. 



Timonius rumphii DC; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 109. 



40. COFFEA Linnaeus 

 COFFEA ARABICA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 172; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 



156, ed. 2 (1845) 110, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 198, t. 53; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



Bat. 2 (1857) 304; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 111; Merr". in 



Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 389, Fl. Manila (1912) 451, Sp. 



Blancoanae (1918) 366. 



Introduced by the Spaniards, now widely scattered in cultivation and 

 a very important crop before the blight was introduced in the last decade 

 of the preceding century. Coffee. 



Local names: Cafe (Sp.) ; kahana (Sul.) ; kapi (Ilk., If., Tag.). 



