VoL 3 RUBIACEAE 575 



BORRERIA STRICTA (Linn, f.) G. F. W. Mey. Prim. PI. Esseq. (1818) 

 83, t. 1, f. 1-3; Cham. & Schlecht. in Linnaea 3 (1828) 322. 

 Spermacoce stricta Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 120; DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 

 554; Hook. f. PI. Brit. Ind. 3 (1881) 200; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1880) 113; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 120, Rev. PI. 

 Vase. Filip. (1886) 158. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet, Bulacan, Rizal), Mindanao (Lanao). 

 In open grasslands, chiefly at medium altitudes. Tropical Africa, India 

 to southern China and Malaya. 



Local name: Siksik-parang (Tag.). 



61. GALIUM Linnaeus 



GALIUM GAUDICHAUDII DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 607; Benth. Fl. Austral. 3 



(1866) 446; Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 4; Merr. in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 391. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), Merrill 4414, 6595, Phil. PL 815, Elmer 6592, 



B. S. 14-118 Robinson, 5968, 5548 Ramos, 37883 Ramos & Edano, 8338 



McGregor, F. B, 4936 Curran. On rocks, ledges, and open banks, altitude 



1,300 to 2,000 m. Tropical Australia. 



Perhaps better referable to the Javan G. subtrifidum Reinw. 



GALIUM PHILIPPINENSE Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 238, 5 (1910) Bot. 391; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 1046. 

 Galium ciliare Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 4, non Hook. f. 

 Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet, Elmer 6557, Williams 1103, Merrill 4531, 

 6521, B. S. 31827 Santos, 5786, 7040 Ramos, 4371, 4369 Mearns. On open 

 grassy slopes, altitude 1,600 to 2,400 m. Endemic. 

 Local name: Imud (Bon.). 



62. RUBIA Tournefort 



RUBIA CORDI FOLIA Linn. iSyst. ed. 12 (1767) 229; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 



2 (1857) 337; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1881) 202; Rolfe in Journ. 



Bot. 23 (1885) 213; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 121, Rev. 



PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 159; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 32; 



Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 391. 

 Luzon (Ifugao, Lepanto, Bontoc, Benguet, Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas), 

 Mindanao (Lanao, Davao). In thickets and forests, chiefly above 1,000 

 m, extending to 2,400 m, and often common in the' mossy forest. Japan 

 to India, Malaya, and tropical Australia. 



Local names: Kamagut (Ig.) ; mankit (Ig.) ; pantig-pantig (Bag.); pa- 

 tudtud (Ig.). 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED GENERA 



Allaeophania sp.; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 120, Rev. PI. Vase. 

 Filip. (1886) 158. 



Cuming 1679 on which the reference was based is a species of Hedyotis 

 near H. philippensis (Willd.) Merr. 



Anthocephalus cadamba Miq.; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 28, t. 56, /. C. 



The drawing may or may not represent Miquel's species; it was prepared 

 from specimens formerly cultivated in the Botanic Garden, Manila. 



