2. CEIBA Gaertn. 
1. C. pentandra (Linn.) Gaertn. Fruct. 2 (1701) 244. t. 133. Eriodendron 
anfractuosum DC.; Mast. 1. c. 350. 
(410 Wliitford) June. In tliickets and old clearings below 100 m., widely 
distributed in the Philippines. Tropics generally, cultivated or wild. T., Bohoi. 
PAKEITALES. 
STERCULIACE.P]. 
1. ME LOCH I A Linn. 
1. M. indica (Houtt.) A. Gray; Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1004) 112. 21. velii- 
tirm Bedd.; Mast, in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 374. 21. arborea Blanco. 
(6874 Elmer) November. In thickets below 100 m., widely distributed in the 
Philippines. British India and Malaya. T., Anibiong. 
2. M. corchorifol ia Linn.; Mast. 1. c. 374. 
(1017 Borden) September. In thickets and open places below 100 m., widely 
distributed in the Philippines. Tropics generally. 
2. WALTHERIA Linn. 
1. W. americana Linn.; DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 402. IF. indica Linn.; Mast. 
1. c. 374. 
(3200 21errill) October. In thickets below 100 m., widely distributed in the 
Philippines. Tropics generally. 
3. COMMERSONIA Forst. 
1. C. platyphylla Andr. ; Mast. 1. c. 378. 
(2227 Meyer) December; (0000 Elmer) November; (1457 Ahern’s eollector) 
July; (2471 Borden) January. In thickets below 100 m., widely distributed in 
the Philippines. Malaya. T., Anabo. 
4. A B ROM A Linn. f. 
1. A. augusta Linn. f. ; Mast. 1. c. 375. 
(2324 Borden) December. In thickets below 100 m., widely distributed in the 
Philippines. Tropical Asia and Malaya. T., Anabo, Anabong. 
5. PTEROSPERMUM Schreb. 
1. P. niveum Vid. Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 07. 
(1042 Wliitford) December; (2470 Borden) January. In forests and thickets 
below 100 m., widely distributed in the Philippines. Endemic. T., Bayog. 
2. P. obliquum Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 1 (1837) 520. 
(2257 Meyer) December; (1045, 2370 Borden) August, January; (1045 Whit- 
ford) December; (72 Barnes) November. In forests and thickets below 120 m. 
Endemic. T., Bayog. 
6. HELICTERES Linn. 
1. H. hirsuta Lour.; King in Journ. As. Soe. Beng. 60 (1801) 2: 82. //. 
spicata Colebr. ; Mast. 1. c. 366. 
(157 Barnes) January; (1002, 2018 Borden) August, October; (6648 Elmer) 
November; (95 Wliitford) April; (3147 Merrill) October. In thickets below 
100 m., widely distributed in the Philippines. Tropical Asia and Malaya. 
