204 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



ENDIANDRA LAXI FLORA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 11 (1916) Bot. 182. 



Luzon (Apayao, Tayabas), Samar, Mindanao (Agusan), F. B. 254.16 La- 

 bitag, 25423 Duldnlao, B. S. 24280, 24426 Ramos, 28110 Fenix, Elmer 13434. 

 In primary forests at low and medium altitudes. Endemic. 



Local name: Malagasaha (Tag.). 



14. LINDERA Thunberg 



LINDERA APOENSIS Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 2 (1910) 714. 



Mindanao (Davao), Agusan, Lanao, Elmer 11640, Clemens 987, F. B. 

 24350 Cortez & Fernandez. In primary forests, altitude 700 to 1,200 m. 

 Endemic. 



Local names: Hindang (Mbo.) ; sarirab (Bag.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Lindera acuminata (Blume) F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 181. 

 Lindera caesia (Reinw.) F.-Vill. 1. c. 



LINDERA MELASTOMACEA (Nees) F.-Vill. 1. C. 



Lindera strychnifolia (S. & Z.) F.-Vill. op. cit. 182. 



15. ITEADAPHNE Blume 



ITEADAPHNE PHILIPPIN ENSIS Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 2 (1910) 713. 



Mindanao (Davao), Elmer 11493. In primary forests, altitude about 

 1,800 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Boga (Bag.). 



16. CASSYTHA Linnaeus 



CASSYTHA FILIFORM IS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 35, ed. 2 (1762) 530; 

 Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 321, ed. 2 (1845) 226, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 58; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1858) 977; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 15 * 

 (1864) 255; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 182; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 407, Fl. Manila (1912) 211, Sp. Blanco- 

 anae (1918) 155. 

 Cassytha capillaris F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 182, non Meisn. 



Batan Islands to Palawan and Mindanao. In thickets, especially near the 

 sea, parasitic on various coarse grasses, shrubs, etc.; in dry regions 

 sometimes found inland up to an altitude of 500 m. Pantropic. 



Local names: Barutbarut (Ilk.); kauad-kauad (Tag.); kauad-kauaran 

 (Tag.) ; kauat-kauat (Sul.) ; malabohok (Bik., Bis., Tag.) ; uauaken-irang 

 (Iv.). 



EXCLUDED GENUS 



Laurus LANOSA Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 318, ed. 2 (1845) 224, ed. 3, 2 



(1878) 54; Meissn. in DC. Prodr. 15 J (1864) 259; Merr. in Govt. 



Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 74, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 155. 



This is possibly a Cryptocarya, but its exact identity is indeterminable 



from Blanco's imperfect description. It has nothing to do with Litsea 



villosa Blume to which it was reduced by F.-Villar. 



