VoL 2 SAXIFRAGACEAE 219 



HYDRANGEA LOBBII Maxim, in Mem. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. VII 10 



(1867) 15; Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1886) 212; Vidal Rev. PI. 



Vase. Filip. (1886) 124; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 



Suppl. 59, 2 (1907) Bot. 275, 5 (1910) Bot. 351. 



Northern Luzon to Mindanao, in the mossy forest on most of the higher 



mountains, altitude 1,000 to 2,400 m. Lobb 446, on which the species 



was based, was from Luzon, not from Java. Endemic. 



Local names: Batibati (Bag.); luk (Bon.); sugusug (Bon.); umum 



<I&). 



HYDRANGEA PUBIRAMEA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 12 (1917) Bot. 

 267. 

 Luzon (Benguet, Tayabas, east coast), B. S. 26521, 40337, 40374 Ramos 

 & Edano. In wet foi'ests, altitude 300 m or above. Endemic. 



Var. PARVI FOLIA Merr. op. cit. 268. 



Luzon (Nueva Ecija), B. S. 26511 Ramos & Edano. In damp forests 

 at or above 300 m altitude. Endemic. 



HYDRANGEA SUBINTEGRA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 

 408. 



Batan Islands (Batan), B. S. 3776 Fenix. In thickets or open forests. 

 Endemic. 



Local name: Gagadang (Iv.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Hydrangea oblongifolia Blume; F.-Vill. Novis App. (1883) 351. 



Some horticultural forms of Hydrangea hortensia Sieb. are cultivated 

 in Baguio and are occasionally brought to Manila. 



4. DICHROA Loureiro 



DICHROA PHILIPPINENSIS Schltr. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 52 (1914) 122. 

 Dichroa febrifuga F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 77, Vidal Phan. Cuming. 

 Philip. (1885) 111, non Lour. 

 Luzon (Apayao, Ifugao, Benguet, Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines), Min- 

 doro, Catanduanes, Camiguin de Misamis, Mindanao. In the mossy forest 

 on the higher mountains. Endemic. 



Local names: Kalantud (Tag.); pamagtingan (Bag.). 



DICHROA PLATYPHYLLA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 11 (1916) Bot. 13. 

 Luzon (Albay, Sorsogon), Catanduanes, Mindoro, Leyte, B. S. 23416, 

 30454, 41010 Ramos, 6453 Robinson, Wenzel 1018. In damp forests at 

 medium altitudes. Endemic. 



5. ITEA Gronovius 



ITEA MACROPHYLLA Wall, in Roxb. PI. Ind, 2 (1824) 419; DC. Prodr. 4 

 (1830) 6; Hook. f. & Th. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 2 (1858) 77; 

 Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 212; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 124; Stapf in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. 4 (1894) 148; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 59, 5 (1910) Bot. 351; 

 Hallier f. in Meded. Rijks Herb. 37 (1918) 4. 

 Itea luzonensis Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 528. 



