300 
MERRILL. 
Solanum nigrum Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 329. 
In old clearings at 900 m. alt. (No. 5571). 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; a weed. 
Tropical and temperate regions generally. 
SCROPHULARIACExE. 
VAN DELLI A Linn. 
Vandellia grandiflora Merr. in'Pliilip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 237. 
In forests at 1,500 m. alt. (No. 4401 Merritt) June, 1906. 
Previously known only from the highlands of northern Luzon. 
TORENIA Linn. 
Torenia polygonoides Benth. Scroph. Ind. (1835) 39. 
In an old clearing at 1,050 m. alt. (No. 5495). 
Widely distributed in the Philippines but nowhere abundant. 
British India to the Malayan Peninsula and Borneo. 
GESNERIACEiE. 
TRICHOSPORUM Don. 
Trichosporum philippinense (Clarke) O. Ktz. Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 478. 
In forests at 1,300 m. alt. (No. 6141), ascending to 2,200 m. ; also collected 
by Merritt in June, 1906, at* 1,300 m. alt. (No. 4379). 
Previously known only from Luzon. 
Trichosporum rubrum Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 227. 
In forests at 1,400 m. alt. (No. 5769) ; also collected. by Merritt in June, 1906, 
at 2,200 m. alt. (No. 4450). 
Previously known only from northern Luzon, with a closely related if not 
identical form from Canlaon Volcano, Negros. 
DICHROTRICHUM Reinw. 
Dichrotrichum chorisepalum Clai'ke in DC. Monog. Phan. 5 (1883) 53. 
In forests at 1,800 m. alt. (No. 6142). 
Previously known from the mountains of Luzon, Negros and Mindanao. 
CYRTANDRA Forst. 
Cyrtandra cumingii Clarke in DC. Monog. Phan. 5 (1883) 263. 
In forests at 1,500 m. alt. (No. 5578). 
Widely distributed in the Philippines. Endemic. 
Cyrtandra parvifolia Merrill n. sp. 
Ramis gracilibus, glabris, junior ibus plus minus ferrugineo-birsutis ; 
foliis oppositis, lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, basi acutis, plus minus 
repando-crenatis vel subintegris, 2 ad 4.5 cm. longis; pedicellis axil- 
laribus, solitariis, elongatis, medio bibracteolatis b'racteolis minutis ; 
calyce persistente; corolla circa 1.5 cm. longa. 
A slender shrub 1 to 3 m. high. Branches light gray or brownish, 
glabrous, slender, terete, the younger ones more or less ferruginous- 
hirsute. Leaves opposite, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 2 to 4.5 cm. 
