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48. LITOSANTHES Blume 



LITOSANTHES Bl FLORA Blume Cat. Gew. Buitenz. (1823) 21; DC. 

 Prodr. 4 (1830) 465; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 

 326; Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 1035. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Laguna, Tayabas, Sorsogon), Mindoro, Catanduanes, 

 Leyte, Negros, Mindanao, F. B. 19564, 12382 Curran, 11002, 11478 Merritt, 

 B. S. 14508, 30394 Ramos, 22854 McGregor, Merrill 6172, Warburg 14244, 

 Wenzel 1165, Loher 6858, Elmer 9586 as Lasianthus phyllanthoides Elm. 

 In damp primary forests, chiefly at medium altitudes, ascending to 1,400 

 m. Java and probably other parts of Malaya. 



Local names: Ditan (Neg.) ; bungai (C. Bis.). 



49. SAPROSMA Blume 



SAPROSMA PHILIPPINENSIS Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 1035. 



Luzon (Tayabas, Sorsogon), Elmer 9222, B. S. 231+56 Ramos. In 

 forests, altitude about 750 m. Endemic. 



50. AMARACARPUS Blume 



AMARACARPUS APOENSIS Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 8 (1915) 2804. 

 Amaracarpus microphyllus Elm. op. cit. 3 (1911) 1036, non Miq. 



Mindanao (Davao), Elmer 10737. In primary forests, altitude about 

 1,050 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Poagan (Bag.). 



51. MYRMEPHYTUM Beccari 



MYRMEPHYTUM BECCARII Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 1037. 



Sibuyan, Elmer 11467a. In thickets, altitude about 225 m. Endemic. 

 The genus is otherwise represented by one other known species in 

 Celebes. 



52. HYDNOPHYTUM Jack 



HYDNOPHYTUM ANGUSTI FOLI UM Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) 

 Bot. 162; Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 1038. 

 Mindanao (Lanao, Zamboanga), Clemens, Copeland, Williams 2426. 

 Epiphytic in forests, altitude 200 to 600 m. Endemic. 



HYDNOPHYTUM BRACHYCLADUM Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 

 (1915) Bot. 142. 

 Mindoro, B. S. 924 Mangubat. Epiphytic in forests at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



HYDNOPHYTUM FORMICARUM Jack in Trans. Linn. Soc. 14 (1823) 

 124; DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 451; Hook. f. PL Brit. Ind. 3 (1880) 

 194; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1883) 353; Becc. Malesia 2 (1885) 

 159, t. 47, f. 1-11, 48, f. 1-8; Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 7; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 307; C. B. Rob. op. cit. 6 

 (1911) Bot. 222. 

 Luzon (Tayabas), Polillo, Merrill 3368, B. S. 9084 Robinson. Epiphytic 



in mangrove swamps. Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 



