78 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 ' 



POLYCHROA MINDANAENSIS (C. B. Rob.) comb. nov. 



Pellionia- mindanaensis C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 

 496. 



Mindanao (Bukidnon, Lanao, Davao), Copeland 900, Elmer 10466, 

 Clemens 407, 430, Williams 2634. In damp forested ravines at medium al- 

 altitudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Dadar (Bag.); kalambolambo (Buk.). 

 POLYCHROA MULTINERVIA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 (1922) 380. 



Mindanao (Bukidnon), B. S. 39137 Ramos & Edaiio. On trees in damp 

 forests, altitude 900 m. Endemic. 



POLYCHROA REPENS Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 559! 



Pellionia daveauana N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. (1880) 2: 262! 



This is the type of the genus Polychroa; it is occasionally cultivated 

 in Manila gardens. It is a native of Burma and Indo-China. Elatostema 

 repens Hall. f. is a synonym, and E. pulchrum (N. E. Br.) Hall, f., 

 judging from sterile specimens ex Hort. Bogor., is very closely allied to 

 Loureiro's species. 



POLYCHROA SINUATA (Blume) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 (1922) 

 382. 

 Procris sinuata Blume Bijdr. (1825) 511. 

 Pellionia, sinuata Boerl. Handl. Kenn. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 3 (1900) 375; 



C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 497. 

 Elatostema sinuatum Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bogor. (1844) 79. 

 Elatostema laeiniatum Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1908) 287. 

 Pellionia sordida Elm. 1. c. 

 Central Luzon to Mindanao. In damp forests at low and medium alti- 

 tudes, exceedingly variable in vegetative characters; Pellionia platyphylla 

 Elm. in herb. (Elmer 14465) does not appear to be distinct. Java, Ce- 

 lebes, Moluccas. 



Local names: Lulumed (Sub.); malatubas (S. L. Bis.). 



POLYCHROA VOLUBILIS (Elm.) comb. nov. 



Procris volubilis Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 8 (1915) 2867. 



Polillo, Samar, Leyte, Camiguin, Mindanao (Agusan, Zamboanga, Bu- 

 kidnon), Elmer 13856, 13898, Merrill 5196, Wenzel 1202, B. S. 10335 Mc- 

 Gregor, 15737 Fenix, 14487 Ramos, 39119, 36817, 36581 Ramos & Edaiio. 



In damp forests at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,400 m. 

 Endemic. 



Local names: Nonai (Mbo.). 



7. ELATOSTEMA Forster 



ELATOSTEMA ACROPHILUM C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) 

 Bot. 523, 6 (1911) Bot. 320. 

 Luzon (Tayabas, Laguna, Camarines) , B. S. 6577 Robinson, 22065 Ramos, 

 25422 Yates, Merrill 7493, Baker 849. In the mossy forest on the higher 

 mountains. Endemic. 



