138 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS ' 192?J 



The second reference, and probably the first, was based on Anredera 

 scandens Moq. erroneously identified. 



CARYOPHYLLACEAE 



1. STELLAR I A Linnaeus 



STELLARIA LAXA Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 29 (1905) 12. 



Stellaria stellato-pilosa Hayata in Journ. Coll. Sci. Tokyo 25 19 (1908) 

 58, t. 2. 



Luzon (Benguet), Elmer 6612, Loher 1623, Merrill 1,806, W23, B. S. 

 32004 Santos, 4440, 4457 Mearns, F. B. 15975 Bacani. On banks, cliffs, 

 and in margins of thickets, altitude 1,600 to 2,300 m. I cannot distinguish 

 the Formosan form from this (Faurie 541, 1385). The species is variable 

 in size and in its pubescence, and is closely allied to the Indo-Chinese 

 Stellaria saxatilis Ham. Formosa. 



Local name: Budbiid (Ig.). 



STELLARIA MEDIA (Linn.) Cyr. Char. Comm. (1784) 36; Edgw. & 

 Hook. f. in Hook. f. PI. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 230. 

 Alsine media Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 272. 



Luzon (Benguet) Merrill 9699, B. S. 31861 Santos. In waste places, 

 altitude 1,500 to 2,300 m. A universally distributed weed in the north tem- 

 perate regions, a native of Asia; unquestionably a recently introduced 



plant in Benguet. 



2. CERASTIUM Dillenius 



CERASTIUM VULGATUM Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2 (1762) 627; Edgw. & 

 Hook. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 228. 



Luzon (Benguet), Merrill 4-326. A weed in gardens, altitude about 

 1,400 m. A universally distributed weed in the North Temperature Zone, 

 extending southward to the mountains of India, introduced in many other 

 regions, and a recently introduced plant in Benguet. 



3. SAGINA Linnaeus 



SAGINA PROCUMBENS Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 128; Edgw. in Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 242; Merr. & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 3 (1908) Bot. 97, 5 (1910) Bot. 346. 



Luzon (Benguet), Loher 1622, Merrill 7713, B. S. 32020 Santos. On wet 

 cliffs, seepage slopes, etc., altitude 1,800 to 2,700 m. North and South 

 Temperate Zones of both hemispheres. 



Local name: sungau (Ig.). 



4. ARENARIA Linnaeus. 



ARENARIA SERPYLLI FOLIA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 423; DC. Prodr. 1 

 (1824) 411; Edgw. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 239; Merr. 

 & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 97; Merr. op. cit. 

 5 (1910) Bot. 346. 



Luzon (Benguet), Loher 1621, Merrill 7712, B. S. 31860 Santos. On 

 wet cliffs, open seepage slopes, etc., altitude 1,300 to 2,400 m. Europe, 

 northern Africa, temperate and subtemperate Asia, naturalized in other 

 countries, apparently indigenous in Benguet. 



