ALAltASTUA PUIUlMMXKXSlA, II. 187 
EUrilURRIACE^. 
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CLEISTANTHUS ITook. f. 
The Pliilippiae bistory of this genus hogins wHh tlie (l(\=(Tii)ti()n of- 
Ghila orgydk by Elaiico in the second aiVxiioii of tlie Fioca fie Fili])ina8 
(1845). This species, wliich hy its author's own statement was well 
known to Llanos, was subsequently and erroneously reduced by tlic latter 
to Cneorum tricoccuin Linn., a species not found in the IMiilippines. 
Vidal, in the atlas accompanying his Sinopsis de Faniilias y Generos 
de Plantas Lefiosas de Filipinas, figured l)oth kinds of flowers and the 
capsules of wliat lie then supposed to be Clfiistanthus ferruginrus Muell.- 
Arg. leaves, in the atlas accompanying the third edition oi the Flora 
de Filipinas, figured wliat lie believed to be Gluta orgyaUs Blanco, reduc- 
ing it doubtfully to Cleistanfhm patiikis MuelL-Arg. In the Xovi^^siuia 
Appendix, Fernandez-Villar credited to the Philippines three species of 
this genus, G. ferrugincus, G. pallidas, and G. mynanlhus, reducing to 
the first of these "Blanco's species, which he considered represented by 
Naves' plate. 
I?olfe, ro^■iowing Yillar's work, took exception to this identification, 
and publislied the new condjination, G. hiancoi liolfc, based solely upon 
''G. fermginem F. Villar, 1. c. p. 187, t S5S, non Muelh-Arg." It seems 
to the present Avriter that although G. ferrugineus F.-Villar was a mixture, 
that G. hiancoi Eolfe should be held to be typified by Xares' plate. 
Two years later, Yidal in the Eevision de Plantas Vasculares Filipi- 
iias, again published the combination G, hiancoi, this time with a descrip- 
tion, and citation as synonyms of Gluta orgyalis Elanco and Gleistanthas 
palUdus F.-A^ill. He states that he is by iio means satisfied that Blanco's 
plant luid been re-collected, but that his own specimen most nearly agreed 
with Blanco's description of any that he Inul seen. In view of the doubt, 
he preferred to name his i>h)iit for Blanco, ratlier than to transfer the 
latter's specific name to its correct genus. Obviously, G. hiancoi Vidal 
should be typified by Vidal's description and the collections upon wdiich 
the description was based. 
In the Flora of Britis]i India, Gleistanthus mynanthus was credited 
to the Plii]ip])ines. 
Finally, the transfer of Blanco's name Avas made by Merrill, with the 
citation of C. Blancoi both of Eolfe and Yidal as furtlier synonyms. In 
spite of this last fact, the use of the specitic name implies that G. orgyalis 
Merrill should be taken as the equivalent of Gluta orgyalis Blanco. 
It seems certaiii to the writer that Gluta orgyalis Blanco, Gleistanthus 
hiancoi Rolfc, and G. hiancoi Yidal are three distinct species. The 
plants collected by Curran, at almost tlie exact type locality, undoubtedly 
represent the first, and tlie last was based upon a specimen, of which a 
