74 ROBINSON. 



male flowers, which is therein correct, with the addition of the fact that the 

 rudiment of the ovary is sometimes 3-parted. It is less certain that it is not 

 a Fluggea, as the fruit is not truly capsular, but slightly fleshy, and it is 

 doubtful whether or not it is dehiscent. The embryo is straight, the testa is not 

 lacunose and much thinner than in Fluggea virosa, and the disk of the female 

 flower is not lobed. The style-arms are recumbent upon the ovary, spreading or 

 somewhat ascending. 



In some parts of Mindanao, this species is of economic importance, being 

 according to Hutchinson, the species in most common use for posts. 



N. v. Anislag, Vis., Manobo, Surigao; Tras, Moro, Rio Grande. 



3. FLUGGEA Willd. 



Branchlets terete, leaves distinctly acuminate 1. F.flexuosa 



Branchlets 4-angled, leaves not or very shortly acuminate 2. F. virosa 



1. Fluggea flexuosa Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 76. 

 Securinega flexuosa Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 450. 



Bohol (probably), Cuming 1855. If this is the correct locality, it lessens 

 the surprise that we have no further collections of this species, as this island 

 is as yet little explored botanically. The solitary leaf, which represents Cuming's 

 type in this herbarium, is often perfectly matched by leaves of other species, 

 especially Glochidion rubrum. 



Endemic. 



2. Fluggea virosa Baill. fitud. Gen. Euph. (1858) 593. 

 Phyllanthus virosus Roxb. ex Willd. Sp. PL 4 (1805) 578. 

 Xylophylla obovata Willd. Enum. PI. Hort. Berol. (1809) 329. 

 Fluggea obovata (Ham. in) Wall, ex F.-Vill. Noviss. App. (1883) 189. 

 Fluggea microcarpa Blume Bij dr. (1825) 580. 



Securinega microcarpa Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 434. 



Securinega obovata Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 - (1866) 449. 



Cicca pentandra Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 701. 



Fluggea leucopyrus F.-Vill. Noviss. App. (1883) 189, non Willd. Sp. PI. 4 

 (1805) 757. 



Securinega ovata Vidal Cat. PL Prov. Manila (1880) 44, nomen. 



Babuyanes Islands, Camiguin Island, Bur. Sci. 4011 Fenix. Luzon, Province 

 of llocos Norte, Cape Bojeador, For. Bur. 13826 Merritt & Darling ; Bangui, For. 

 Bur. 13882, 13896 Merritt d- Darling: Province of llocos Sur, Cuming 1169; 

 Santiago, For. Bur. 14067, 15658 Merritt & Darling: Province of Benguet, Sugpon, 

 For. Bur. 14120, 14117 Merritt & Darling; Twin Peaks, Elmer 6404; Baguio, For. 

 Bur. 10811 Curran : Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Bambang, For. Bur. 15815, 15821 

 Curran & Merritt: Province of Pampanga, Mount Arayat, Bolster 52: Province of 

 Bulacan, Norzagaray, For. Bur. 7205, 7210 Curran: Province of Bataan, Mount 

 Mariveles, Lamao River, Whitford 390, 534, s. n., For. Bur. 775 Borden, Leiberg 

 6025; Moron, Bur. Sci. 949 Mangubat : Province of Rizal, San Mateo, For. Bur. 

 II.!,', Ahern's collector; Bosoboso, Merrill 26^8; Antipolo, Merrill 1714; Malapad- 

 nabato, Merrill 2732, 2743; Tanay, Bur. Sci. 3341 Ramos: Province of Laguna, 

 Los Baiios, Elmer s. n. : Province of Tayabas, Gumaca, Whitford 863: Province of 

 Camarines, Maagnas, Bur. Sci. 6319 Robinson. Mas hate, Merrill 3056. Min- 

 danao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens s. n. 



This species is referred to in the Pflanzenfamilien as F. obovata (L. ) Wall. 

 Repeated search has not enabled me to find any Linnaean species referable here, 

 and the citation is probably a mere slip. The combination Fluggea obovata was 



