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MERRILL. 
tion of the anthers linear, 11 mm. long. Filaments 5 mm. long; anthers 
basitixed, 4 mm. long. 
Parasitic on various trees in forests at 1,800 m. alt. (No. 5733). 
Loranthus sp. 
On trees in forests at 1,700 m. alt. (4434 Merritt) June, 1900. Apparently an 
undescribed species, but with immature fruits only. 
BALAXOPIK >RACE2E. 
BALANOPHORA Forst. 
Balanophora sp. 
On roots of trees in forests at 1,800 in. alt. (No. 6156). Material too scanty 
and imperfect for specific identification. 
POLYGON AC E2E. 
POLYGONUM Linn. 
Polygonum chinense Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 363. 
Abundant on recent “slides” at 1,900 m. alt. (No. 5780). 
Throughout the Philippines at higher altitudes. 
India to Japan and Malaya. 
MENI SPERM ACEiE. 
STEPHANIA Lour. 
Stephania hernandifolia (Willd.) Walp. Repert. 1 (1842) 96. 
In forests at 1,800 m. alt. (No. 5701) . 
Widely distributed in the Philippines. 
Tropical Africa, Asia, through Malaya to Australia. 
MAGNOLIACE2E. 
DRIMYS Forst. 
Drimys piperita Hook. f. Icon. PI. t. 896. 
On forested ridges at 1,300 m. alt. (No. 6134), and in thickets on exposed ridges 
at 2,600 m. alt. (No. 6206) ; also collected by Merritt at 1,300 and 1,600 m. alt. 
(Nos. 4383, 4407). 
On most of the higher mountains of the Philippines. 
Borneo, New Guinea and New Caledonia. 
ILLICIUM Linn. 
Illicium sp. 
In forests at 1,600 m. alt. (No. 4411 Merritt) June, 1906. 
Material very scanty and with fruit only. Perhaps most closely related to 
Illicium evenium, King from Perak, although clearly distinct from that species, 
ex descriptione. The genus is new to the Philippine flora and its occurrence in 
the Philippines must be considered as evidence of previous connection with the 
Asiatic continent, the genus being represented in North America, India, China 
and Japan, and with three species extending southward to the Malayan Peninsula. 
