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MERRILL. 
APOCYNACEiE. 
LOCH N ERA Reichb. 
L. rosea (Linn.) Reichb. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3135, 3196 Mearns. 
Common, especially along the seashore, throughout the Philippines; a native of 
tropical America, now widely distributed in the tropics of the World. 
TABERNAEMONTANA Linn. 
T. pandacaqui Poir. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3669 Fenix. 
Common and widely distributed in the Philippines ; endemic. 
T. cumingiana A. DC. 
Camigoin, 3998 Fenix. 
Common and widely distributed in the Philippines; Formosa and ( ?) Java. 
PARSONSI A R. Br. 
P. confusa Merr. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3626 Fenix. N. v., Devas. 
Known only from the Philippines. 
CERBERA Linn. 
C. odollam Gaertn. 
Camigoin, J/007 FSnix. 
Along the seashore throughout the Philippines ; seashores, India to Formosa, 
Malaya, Australia, and Polynesia. 
ASCLEPIADACE2E. 
ASCLEPI AS Linn. 
A. curassavica Linn. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3572 F6nix. N. v., Daldal. 
Throughout the Philippines; a native of tropical America, now distributed 
throughout the warmer parts of the World. 
GYMNEMA R. Br. 
G. pachyglossum Schltr. 
Babuyan, 3904 F6nix, along the seashore. 
Known only from the Philippines. 
TYLOPHORA R. Br. 
T. sp. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3835 Fenix, with fruits only, and impossible 
to determine to the species at the present time. 
D1SCHIDIA R. Br. 
D. oiantha Schltr. 
Camiguin, 3978 Fenix, on trees near the seashore. 
Known only from the Philippines. 
D. myrtillus Schltr. 
Camiguin, 4128 Fenix, on trees at the summit of the volcano. 
Known only from the Philippines. 
