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GUT T I F E BE2E . 
GARCINI A 'Linn. 
Garcinia binucao (Blanco) Choisy Guttif. Ind. 34; Vesque in DC. Monog. 
Phan. 8 (1893) 454. 
In forests at 175 m. alt. (No. 4322 Merritt) June, 1906. 
DIPTEROCABPACE2E. 
SHOREA Eoxb. 
Shorea squamata (Turez.) Bentli. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. 1 (1862) 193. 
In forests at 700 m. alt. (No. 5751). 
Widely distributed in the Philippines. 
Borneo. 
Dipterocarpus grandiflorus Blanco, and Shorea guiso Blume were both abundant 
from near Subaan to the-Alag River ascending to an altitude of about 400 m. 
BEGONIACEiE. 
BEGONIA Linn. 
Begonia incisa A. DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. IV. 1 1 (1859) 129; Podr. 15 1 
(1864) 321. ' 
In forested ravines at 700 m. alt. (No. 5685). 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; endemic. 
Begonia pseudolateralis Warb. in Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 51. 
Along the Alag River at 200 m. alt. (No. 6154). . 
Previously known from Luzon and Mindoro. 
Begonia sp. 
In forests at 1,200 to 1,800 m. alt. (Nos. 5515, 5607). 
Begonia sp. 
In forests at 1,700 m. (No. 6135). 
M E LA 8 T O MAT AC E At . 
MELASTOMA Bunn. 
Melastoma polyanthum Blume in Flora 2 (1831) 481; Cogn. in DC. Monog. 
Phan. 7 (1891) 354. 
In forests at 1,600 m. alt. (No. 4397). 
Widely distributed in the Philippines. 
British India to Malaya and northern Australia. 
SARCOPYRAMIS Wall. 
Sarcopyramis sp. 
In mossy forests 900 to 2,200 m. alt. (No. 5793) ; also Nos. 4386, 4461 
Merritt, June, 1906. 
This genus is generally considered to be monotypic, the only species recog- 
nized by most botanists being S. nepalensis Wall, extending from the Himalayan 
region to Java and Sumatra. The species here in question is also found on 
Mounts Data and Santo Tomas, northern Luzon, and in the intermediate table- 
lands (Nos. 4608, 4491 and 4809 Merrill) and also on Mount Apo, Mindanao 
