1 28 MEREILL. 



t. 39, f. 0; Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 106; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (188C) 103; 

 F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 57; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 61; 

 King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66 2 (1897) 21. 



Rourea dasyphylla Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. (1861) 528. 



Connarus foliosus Jack in Wall. Cat. (1828) no. 8529, nomen. 



Connarus igneus Wall. 1. c. no. 8528, nomen. 



Rourea rugosa F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 56, non Planch. 



Connarus ferrugineus F.-Vill. 1. c. 57, non Jack. 



Luzon, Province of Ilocos Sur, Tagudin, Guerrero s. n. : Province of Union, 

 Elmer 55J/4-' Province of Pangasinan, Cuming 951: Province of Bataan, Topping 

 529, For. Bur. 2592 Meyer, For. Bur. 2567 Borden: Province of Rizal, Merrill 

 1321, 23J t l, For. Bur. 2656 Ahern's collector: Province of Laguna, Elmer. Lu- 

 bang, Merrill 965. Burias, For. Bur. 1126 Clark. 



Burma to the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. 



Blanco's name for this species is the oldest valid one that I have been able to 

 find, and it is here accordingly adopted. He describes the fruits as "without 

 hairs" which hardly applies to the above species, but in spite of this discrepancy 

 I am of the opinion that the plant he had in mind was really the above, as in 

 other characters his description applies perfectly, and does not at all apply to 

 any other species of Connaraceae known to me. The species is moreover common 

 in the regions from which Blanco received most of his material, and would hardly 

 have been overlooked by him. F.-Villar erroneously reduced Cnestis diffusa 

 Blanco to Rourea rugosa Planch., a species that does not extend to the Philippines, 

 and one to which Blanco's description does not at all apply. Cnestis corniculata 

 Blanco, non Lam., is certainly referable here. I had suspected this from Blanco's 

 description, and to verify it, Dr. Leon Ma. Guerrero kindly secured for me from 

 Blanco's type locality, Tagudin, specimens of the plant known there as Sal-laday ; 

 these specimens prove to be the same as C. diffusa Blanco. C. corniculata Blanco 

 was erroneously reduced by F.-Villar to Connarus ferrugineus Jack, a species that 

 does not extend to the Philippines. . 



EXCLUDED SPECIKS. 



Rourea santaloides W. & A.; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 56. 

 Rourea commutata Planch.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



The above two species were credited to the Philippines by F.-Villar, but probably 

 do not extend to the Archipelago. 



