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Local names: Gintinanik (Ilk.); kamingi (Tag.); kayomkom (Tag.); 

 lulumboi (Kuy.) ; lumoi-manok (Pang.); makomakopahan (Tag.); oon 

 (P. Bis.); talapulukit (Mag.); tintinani (Ilk.); tulang-tulang (Ilk.). 



Var. BREVITUBA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 240. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte), F. B. 15527 Merritt & Darling. In thickets at 

 low altitudes. Endemic. 



IXORA PILOSA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) Bot. 39. 



Luzon (Tayabas), B. S. 13371, 13273 Ramos. In forests at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



IXORA PLATYPHYLLA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 120. 



Mindanao (Cotabato), F. B. 18250 Miranda. In forests at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



IXORA PROPINQUA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) Bot. 39. 



Mindanao (Zamboanga), Merrill 8254- In primary forests, altitude 

 about 800 m. Endemic. 



IXORA ROSEA Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1 (1820) 398, DC. Prodr. 4 

 (1830) 487, Bot. Reg. t. 540, Bot. Mag. t. 2428, Bot. Cab. t. 729; 

 Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 431. 



Cultivated in the larger towns for its pink flowers, Merrill 9806, 3453, 

 70867, F. B. 3575 Curran. A native of India, now cultivated in other 

 tropical countries. 



This is currently sunk in Ixora stricta Roxb. == (/. chinensis Lam.) as a 

 synonym, but I consider it to be distinct. 



IXORA SALICI FOLIA (Blume) DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 487; Elm. Leafl. Philip. 

 Bot. 1 (1906) 8, 5 (1913) 1868. 

 Pavetta salicifolia Blume Bijdr. (1826) 951. 



Luzon (Camarines), Palawan, Masbate, Biliran, Leyte, Panay, Bucas 

 Grande, Siargao, Dinagat, Mindanao (Surigao, Agusan, Bukidnon, Davao, 

 Zamboanga), Merrill 751, 7296, Ahem 480, Elmer 7052, 13527, B. S. 35075, 

 34943, 34459, 34506 Ramos & Pascasio, 30938, 33618 Ramos & Edano, 

 21430 Escritor, F. B. 19915 Tabat, 12585 Rosenhluth, 1698 Clark, 23528 

 Cenabre, 27475 De Mesa. In primary forests at low altitudes. Malay 

 Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 



Local names: Bulalakau (Tag.); lauihan (P. Bis.); pamayugsukon 

 (C. Bis.); pilat-pilat (Mbo.) ; suding (C. Bis.); udang-udang* (Bag.). 



IXORA SAMARENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 121. 



Samar, B. S. 19399, 24257, 2^251, 24253, 24255 Ramos. In primary 1 

 forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



IXORA SPARSI FLORA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) S. 



Luzon (Bataan), Elmer 6641, B. S. 6164 Robinson. In primary forests 

 at low or medium altitudes. 



IXORA TENUIPEDUNCULATA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 17 (1920) 321. 

 Mindanao (Surigao), B. S. 34475 Ramos & Pascasio. In primary for- 

 ests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



