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Citrus aurantium ]\rANDARiNUM Perr. is the commpnly cultivated small orange 
of Manila. 
Clebodendkon paniculatum Pen-, is the oldest sijccifie name for G. inter- 
medium Cham., widely distributed in the Philippines, but it had already been 
used by Linnaeus for a different species. 
Clitouka PHiLirPENSis Perr. is 0. ternatea L. 
Cocos NUCIFEBA is undoubtedly correct. 
Croton CAivrAZA Perr. is probably G. tiglium L. The most common native name 
of the latter is "Camaisa," and undoubtedly this must have been what Perrottet 
had chiefly in mind. The descriptit>n, however, is by no moans satisfactory for 
this species. 
DiANELLA PHir.TPPENSis Perr. is entirely without description; a native of 
Mindanao. Two species of Dia/nelia occur in the Philippines, but both at higher 
altitudes than Perrottet is likely to have reached. It is much more probable that 
his plant was Dracaena anguslifolia Roxb. . 
DiOSPYROS NIGRA Perr. is D. ehenaster Retz. 
DoLiciiOS BULBOSUS IS PochyrrMzus hulhosus (L.) Kurz. 
Elaeagnus philippensis Perr. E. cumingii Schlecht. is common in the Philip- 
pines, and in such places that Perrottet might have collected it, but liis descrip- 
tion is so definite that this identification must be rejected. The species intended 
is Gapparis micracaiitha R. Br., and the priority is doubtful, as both names were 
published in the same year. 
EPiDENDBUAf VANILLA L. is a specics of either Dendrohium or Vanilla: Perrot- 
tet's identification is undoubtedly wrong. 
Eugenia djouat Perr. is E. jamholaua Lam. Perrottet's specific name is from 
one of the common local names of the species, "Duhat." 
iLLiciUM SAN-Ki Perr. is probably a mixture. The fruits of the star-anise 
were the first vegetable products described as Philippine, taken hence to Europe 
by Cavendish in 1587, The name "Sank!" is still used by the Chinese of Manila 
for this species, but it is not a native of this Arcliipelago, and not known here 
except as imported. Perrottet's name was professedly fi-om Chinese sources, and 
this plant must typify his species. He also describes a living plant, and must have 
had a different one in view.^ The most likely identification of the latter is 
Glauseiia anisum-olens (Blanco) Merr. 
Inga camatchilt Perr. is Pithecolohium dulce (Willd.) Benth., an American 
species now very common in the Philippines and universally known as "Caman- 
chili." 
LAURtJS ciNNAMOMUM L. is Said to have been obtained at Manila, but it is not 
indigenous here. 
Lhebitieba LiTTOBALis, now generally' known as Ucritiera It ff oralis, is common 
along the coasts of the Philippines. 
ManQIf'era indica L. a new but unnamed variety is reported from Manila. 
Mimosa scandens L. said to be the "Beyugo" of the Philippines. The name 
"Bejuco" is applied to various species of Calamus and DacmonoropSj but it is not 
unlikely that Perrottet really had the species to which he refers, Entada scandens 
(L.) Beuth. 
MiMUSOPS elengi. Commonly cultivated in the Philippines. 
MoRTNDA UMBELLATA L. 13 fouud iu the Philippines, but M. ihwtoria Roxb., 
is commoner, and Perrottet might have had either or both. 
MoBiNGA NUX-BEN Pcrr. is Moriiiga oJeifera Lam. 
MuSA ABACA Perr. is IL tcictiUs Xee, the common ^Tanila hemp, locally 
known as "Abaoil." 
MuSA ciiAPARA Perr. is said to be a species of banana of recent importation 
into the Philippines from Cochin China, and to be still rare. The description 
