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4. AMORPHOPHALLUS Blume. 



1. A. campanulatus Blume; Engler in DC. Monog. Phan. 1 (187!)) 311. Arum 

 decurrcns Blanco; Amorphopliallus decurrens Kunth. 



(1292, 1337 Whitford) May. Common in the bamboo thickets from the sea- 

 shore to an altitude of about 50 in., widely distributed in the Philippines. Tropi- 

 cal Asia to Madagascar, Malaya to New Guinea and the Fiji Islands. T., 

 1'ungapung. 



2. A. sp. (§ Brachyspatha.) 



(1338 Whitford) May. With the preceding, (lowers only. The Tagalog name 

 is the same as for the preceding species. 



5. SCHIZMATOGLOTTIS Zoll. et Mor. 



1. S. rupestris Zoll. et Mor.; Engler in DC. Monog. Phan. 1 (1879) 350. 

 (529, 1290 Whitford) July, May. Common along shaded banks of ravines and 

 streams at an altitude of 100 m. Java. 



6. AGLAONEMA Schott. 



1. A. marantifolium Blume; Engler in DC. Monog. Phan. 1 (1879) 441. 



(3889 Merrill) August; (0759 Elmer) November; (2580 Meyer) February; 

 (0111 Leibcrg) July; (Copcland) January. Common in forests and thickets 75 

 to 200 m. Malayan Archipelago. 



7. ALOCASIA Schott, 



1. A. macrorrhiza Schott; Engler; in DC. Monog. Phan. 1 (1879) 503. 



(1278 Whitford) May. Common in wet open places near the seashore. British 

 India and Malaya. T., Biga. 



2. A. warburgii Engl. Jahrb. 25 (1898) 25. 



(510 Whitford) July. Common on forested slopes at an altitude of about 75 m. 

 Endemic. 



8. ARISAEMA Martius. 



1. A. polyphylla (Blanco) Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 27 (1905) 90. Arisaema 

 cumingii Schott. 



(1350 Whitford) September. On exposed ridges in the mossy forest, terrestrial 

 and on very mossy trunks at 1,000 in. Endemic. 



FARINOSE. 



FLAGELLARIACE.E. 



1. FLAGELLARIA Linn. 



I. F. indica Linn.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6(1892) 391. 



(2500 Meyer) January; (2359 Borden) January; ( 1428 Ahem's collector) July. 

 Scandent, common in thickets below 100 m. Widely distributed in the Philippines. 

 Tropical Asia, Africa and Malaya. T., Balinguay. 



BROMELIACE.E. 



1. ANANAS Adans. 



1. A. sativus Lindl. The pineapple, commonly cultivated. Widely distributed 

 in the Philippines, introduced from Mexico. Sp.-Fil., Pina. 

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