8. GYMNOSTACHYUM Nees. 
1. G. affine Nees, 1. c. 94. 
(2732 Borden) March; (300 Copeland) January, in forests 75 to 150 m. 
Endemic. 
9. ACANTHUS Linn. 
1. A. ilicifolius Jjinn.; Clarke 1. c. 481. 
(2232 Meyer) December. In tidal thickets, common. Seashores British India 
to Malaya and Australia. T., Dolariu. 
10. ERANTHEMUM Linn. 
1. E. bicolor Sehrank; Nees 1. e. 456. 
(2267 Meyer) December; (2365 Borden) January; (7021 Elmer) November; 
(44 IVhitford) April. Abundant in thickets below 100 m., widely distributed 
in the Philippines. Malaya. 
2. E. curtatum C. B. Clarke Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1906) 89. 
(3952 Merrill) March; (2727 Borden) March. In forests 100 to 200 m. 
Endemic. 
11. HYPOESTES E. Br. 
1. H. cinerea C. B. Clarke, 1. c. 89. 
(2292 Meyer) December. In thickets below 100 m. Endemic. 
2. H. subcapitata C. B. Clarke, 1. c. 90. 
(751, 2367, 2561 Borden) May, February; (2288 Meyer) December; (173 
Barnes) January. In thickets and recent clearings 100 to 150 m. Endemic. 
12. JUSTICIA Linn. 
1. J. gendarussa Linn.; Clarke in Hook. f. 1. c. 532. 
(2426 Meyer) January; (188 Barnes) January; (2485 Borden) January; 
(25 Whitford) April. Along streams in forests 25 to 200 m., certainly indige- 
nous, rarely or never cultivated in the Philippines. 
2. J. luzonensis C. B. Clarke Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1906) 91. 
(2363 Borden) January; (3117, 3253 Merrill) October; (6727 Elmer) No- 
vember; (6151 Leiberg) July; (Copeland) January. In forests and on ridges 
100 to 1,200 m. Endemic. 
13. ROSTELLULARIA Reicbb. 
1. R. procumbens (Linn.) Nees 1. c. 371. 
(2029 Borden) October. In thickets l)elow 100 m. Tropical Asia to Malaya 
and Australia. 
RTJBIALES. 
RFBIACEJ^.i 
1. OLDENLANDIA Linn. 
1. O. filifolia Elmer in herb. 
A slender erect, simple or somewhat branched annual 5 to 14 cm. high. Stems 
and branches slendei', striate, glabrous or slightly pubescent. Leaves linear or 
’ Mr. A. D. E. Elmer, formerly of this Bureau, liad partly worked over the 
Ruhiaceee represented in the herbarium, ju'evious to his transfer to another 
Bureau, and his identifications have been accepted where they are apparently 
correct. 
