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5. ILLICIUM Linnaeus 

 ILLICIUM MONTANUM Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 81. 



Luzon (Bontoc), Vanoverbergh 1048. In forests, altitude 1,650 m. 

 Endemic. 



ILLICIUM PHILIPPINENSE Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1910) Bot. 254. 

 Luzon (Zambales), Mindoro, F. B. 9515 Curran & Merritt, 4411 Merrltt, 

 B. S. 5078 Ramos. On exposed ridges and peaks of Mt. Tapulao and Mt. 

 Halcon; altitude 1,600 to 2,100 m. Endemic. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Illicium anisatum Linn.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 3. 



ILLICIUM san-ki Perr. in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 3 (1824) 121; C. B. Rob. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) 305. 



Perrottet described the fruits of one form of the star anise, and the 

 leaves of some other plant, possibly a Clausena. Neither Illicium anisatum 

 Linn, nor /. verum Hook f. occurs in the Philippines, but the fruits of both 

 are imported in considerable quantities by the Chinese, among whom it is 

 known as sanki, whence Perrottet's specific name. 



6. DRIMYS Forster 



DRIMYS PIPERITA Hook. f. Ic. II 5 (1852) t. 896; Stapf in Trans. Linn. 



Soc. Bot. 4 (1894) 128; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 



53, 2 (1907) Bot. 272, 5 (1910) Bot. 349. 



Northern Luzon to Mindanao, abundant on exposed ridges and peaks 



and in the mossy forests of the higher mountains of Luzon, Mindoro, Leyte, 



Negros, Panay, and Mindanao. Borneo to New Guinea. 



Local names: Amututin (Ig.) ; bauang (Mbo.) ; inototan (Ig.) ; lupol 

 (Bon.); malagus (Bag.). 



EXCLUDED GENUS 



Schizandra elongata Hook, f . ; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 4. 



ANONACEAE 



1. GRIFFITHIANTHUS Merrill 



(Griffithia Maingay, non H. & H.) 



GRIFFITHIANTHUS MERRILLII (C. B. Rob.) W. H. Brown ex Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 231. 

 Mitrephora merrillii C. B. Rob. in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club. 35 (1908) 67. 

 Mitrephora ferruginea Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 17 (1904) 



16, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 54, non Boerl. 

 Mitrephora viridifolia Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1716. 

 Mitrephora maingayi Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 12, t. 5, f. F; 

 F-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 347, non Hook. f. & Th. 

 Northern Luzon to Mindanao. In forests at low and medium altitudes. 

 Borneo. 



Local names: Batag-ukai (Bik.) ; binahian (Tag.); binaliuan (Tag.); 

 buan (Lan.) ; dalinas (Tag.) ; dalinhas (Tag.) ; lanutan (Tag., P. Bis.) ; 

 lapnisan (S. L. Bis.) ; paginga (Ibn.) ; pamahogan (Mbo.) ; panganan 

 (Neg.). 



