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is altogether too incomplete to admit of its identification at present, thongh it 
is presumably a variety oi.M. paradisiaca L. 
MusA m-MiLis Perr. is capable of identification, as it is a variety well known, 
ospi^ially at Zamboanga, and there highly esteemed. At present, there is no 
.sulficient ground for separating specifically eitlier it or M. NinRA, next described, 
from the common banana. 
Nerium TiNCTORirM is not that species, but from the description probably 
AJstonia schoJaris R. Br. i 
XiPA FRUTicosA Lam. is Nypa fruticans Wurmb., very common along tidal 
streams throughont the Philippines. ^ 
Paxax fruticoscm L. is commonly cultivated in gardens, as stated by Per- 
rottet. 
Pandaxus latifolius Perr., a splendid species with leaves 6 m long and 
32 cm wide, growing on rocks on a small island of the Strait of Basilan. Its 
identity is not <iuitc certain at present, it may be Pandanus duhhifi Spreng., or 
it may be a distinct species. lU rediscovery can alone determine the problem. 
Pu'KK BETEL L. Common in cultivation. 
Rttizopiioka taqal Perr. is the widely distributed mangrove tree known as 
Ccriops candoJlcana Arn., based on Rhizophora iimorensis DC. PVodr. 3 (1828) 
32. But this is antedated by Perrottet's nnme, and the species must be called 
Cerrops tagal fPerr.). The common Pliilippine name for this species is "Tangal," 
whence Perrottet's specific name. 
Sagus gomutus Perr. is Arenga saccharifera Labill. 
Sagus rhumphi is Corypha sp., not Sagus rumphii Willd. 
Smilax, a new species named Macabujay, is probably Tinospora crispa Miers 
to which the name is usually applied, and to which Perrottet's remarks apply, 
so far as they go. 
Sterculia foktida L. a very comnu-u species, 
Taberxaemoxtana semperflobens Perr. i« 1\ pand<waqm Poir 
Tabebnaeaioxtaxa arborescens Perr. is a common tree species of this genus, 
faiHy distinct in the field, but very dimeult to separate from the preceding on 
herbanum material, and its position can not yet be satisfactorily stated ' 
Ten other species are credited to the Philippi^ies, but without even generic 
Identification. From tlie native names and descriptions it is possible to place 
some of them with certainty, but some of the names given are probably Javan 
am not 1 h.Iippme. "Acl. dc. Indians de Manille" is PithecoloUum acle (Blanco) 
Vidal, if that is really its generic position; "Arbol a brea des Indiens*' is 
Cananum luzonicum (BInme) A. Gray; and "Banava" is Lag erst roe mia speciosa 
(L.) Pers. 
