290 T/ie Philippine Journal of Science 1916 
throw additional light on the exact status of Restiaria nigra, but from 
the evidence and data at present available it seems best to consider it 
under Columbia subobovata Hochr. 
TRIUMFETTA Linnaeus 
TRIUMFETTA REPENS (Blume) Merr. & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 
(1908) 111. 
Porpa repens Blume Bijdr. (1825) 198. 
Triumfetta radicans Boj. in Ann. Sci. Nat. II 20 (1843) 103; Gagnep. 
in Not. Syst. 1 (1910) 172. 
Triumfetta subpalmata Soland. ex Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. 28 (1890) 
2, t. 293, f. 1. 
Amboina, Hitoe lama, Rel. Robins. 1806, November 5, 1913, on sandy 
beaches. 
Madagascar, the Seychelles, Borneo, Java, the Philippines, Keeling 
Islands, small islands in the Gulf of Siam, and those off the northeastern 
coast of Australia. 
MALVACEAE 
HIBISCUS Linnaeus 
HIBISCUS VITIFOLIUS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 696. 
Boeton, Baoe baoe, Rel. Robins. 2478, July 23, 1913. 
India and Ceylon to tropical Australia. 
HIBISCUS SCHIZOPETALUS Hook. f. in Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 6524. 
Amboina, cultivated, Rel. Robins. 2006, August 9, 1913. 
A native of tropical Africa, now cultivated in most tropical countries. 
SI DA Linnaeus 
SIDA JAVENSIS Cav. Diss. 5 (1788) 10, t. 134, f. 2. 
Boeton, Baoe baoe, Rel. Robins. 2482, July 13, 1913. Bali, Boeleleng, 
Rel. Robins, 2517, July 7, 1913. 
Widely distributed in the tropics of the Old World. 
SIDA CORYLIFOLIA Wall. Cat. (1829) no. 1865. 
Boeton, Baoe baoe, Rel. Robins. 2479, July 13, 1913. 
Burma, Indo-China, the Philippines, Java, and Madura. 
SIDA RHOM Bl FOLIA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 684. 
Amboina, Lateri, Rel. Robins. 1695, August, 1913, along roadsides. Bali, 
Boeleleng, Rel. Robins. 2438, July 7, 1913. 
Tropics of the World. 
STERCULIACEAE 
MELOCHIA Linnaeus 
M ELOCHIA CONCATENATA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 675. 
Melochia corchorifolia Linn. 1. c. 
Amboina, Batoe gadjah, Rel Robins. 1764, August 1, 1913, in open 
grassy places, altitude about 50 meters. 
The Linnean specific name concatenata has page priority over corchori- 
folia, the latter, however, being the universally used name for this common 
