Vo] - 3 RUBIACEAE 565 



45. CHASALIA Commerson 



CHASALIA CURVI FLORA (Wall.) Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. (1858-64) 150; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1880) 176; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 

 (1906) 3, 3 (1911) 1033. 

 Psychotria ctirviflora Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2 (1824) 167. 

 Psychotria lurida Blume Bijdr. (1826) 959. 



Zwaardekronia lurida Korth. in Nederl. Kruidk. Arch. 2 (1851) 252. 

 Chasalia lurida Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 282; Merr. in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) 140. 

 Chasalia obscurinervia Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 1033. 

 Mindoro, Palawan, Balabac, Ticao, Banton, Leyte, Sibuyan Panay, 

 Mindanao, B. S. 30832, 31340 Ramos & Edano, F. B. 6834 Merritt, McGregor 

 307, 348, Merrill 54.16, 864, 5379, Elmer 7057, 12199, 11200. In primary 

 forests at low altitudes. India to Malaya. 



Local names: Kayutdimokod (Bag.); tindug-tindug (Tagb.). 



46. GEOPHILA D. Don 



GEOPHILA HERBACEA (Jacq.) O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 300; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 135, 3 (1908) Bot. 

 438; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 4, 5 (1913) 1857. 

 Psychotria herbacea Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. (1760) 16; Linn. Sp. 



PL ed. 2 (1762) 245. 

 Geophila reniformis D. Don Prodr. FL Nepal. (1825) 136; DC. Prodr. 

 4 (1830) 537; Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. 3 (1880) 178; Rolfe in Journ. 

 Bot. 23 (1885) 213; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 120, Rev. 

 PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 158. 

 Carinta herbacea W. F. Wight in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 9 (1905) 

 216. 

 Batan Islands, Luzon (Bataan, Laguna, Tayabas, Sorsogon), Balabac, 

 Biliran, Leyte, Mindanao, Basilan, Sulu. Chiefly in forests at low altitudes. 

 Pantropic. 



47. LASIANTHUS Jack 

 LASIANTHUS BORDEN I i Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 11; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 135. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Bataan), Elmer 6997, F. B. 2088 Borden, 19647 Cur- 

 ran, B. S. 14537 Ramos. In primary forests, altitude about 900 m. En- 

 demic. 



Scarcely distinguishable from L. copelandii Elm., and very similar to 

 the southern China and Formosan form currently referred to L. wallichii 

 Wight. 



LASIANTHUS ACUM INATISSI M US Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 (1922) 

 467. 



Luzon (Bontoc), B. S. 38058 Ramos & Edano. In the mossy forest, 

 altitude about 1,800 m. Endemic. 



LASIANTHUS CLEMENTIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 

 164; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 1034, 5 (1913) 1869. 



Leyte, Mindanao (Agusan, Davao, Lanao), Clemens 561, Wenzel 321, 

 Elmer 13613, Warburg 14261. In primary forests, ascending to 700 m. 

 Endemic. 



Local name: Igbot (Mbo.). 



