544 Philippine Journal of Science 
RUBIACEAE 
HEDY0T1S Linnaeus 
HEDYOTiS FRUTICULOSA (Volk.) comb. nov. 
Oldenlandia fruticulosa Volk, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 31 (1901) 475. 
Guam, Nelson 268, in small damp ravines at Santa Rosa, 
March, 1918. The third species of the genus from Guam, the 
specimen agreeing closely with Volkens 72 and 171 from Yap, 
cotype material of the species. 
Tl MON ! US (Rumph.) de Candolle 
TIMON1US NITIDUS (Bartl.) F.-Vill. Novis. App. FI. Filip. (1880) 109. 
Petesia nitida Bartl. in DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 395. 
The original description is short and was based on material 
collected by Haenke “in insulis Philippicis et Marianis.” A 
part of the original collection is preserved in the Bernhardi 
herbarium at the Missouri Botanical Garden, an examination 
of which shows that the species is different from any of the 
rather numerous forms definitely known from the Philippines, 
but that this cotype material exactly matches several recent 
collections from Guam. I accordingly assume that the Phil- 
ippine locality cited in the original description is erroneous and 
that the actual specimens came from Guam. It is represented 
by the following specimens: Guerrero 762, Nelson 16, 138, 361, 
collected at Behia, Masso, and near Piti, where it grows in 
thickets in ravines and along streams. The local names recorded 
are sumac lada and maholoc layu. 
COMPOSITAE 
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BLUMEA de Candolle 
BLUMEA LACINIATA (Roxb.) DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 436. 
Guam, Nelson 338, in damp places near Abu, December, 1918. 
The second species of the genus to be found in Guam, doubtless 
introduced. Tropical Asia and Malaya. 
