18 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
pines those species they thought ought to grow in the Archipelago. In | 
almost no case is a reduction of Blanco’s species queried, nor is a specific 
identification qualified by the addition of a question mark. 
In the Novissima Appendix numerous new combinations ap- 
pear, these frequently being erroneously credited to Bentham 
and Hooker f. The new names are often difficult to detect, and 
about forty of them have not been included in Index Kewensis 
or its supplements to date. A list of these has been given 
elsewhere.'® Naves in his treatment of the Orchidaceae ad- 
mitted numerous nomina nuda from Boxall’s manuscript list 
supplied to him by Vidal. There is no way of determining the 
status of these names, and accordingly the few nomina nuda 
overlooked by the compilers of Index Kewensis have been 
ignored by me. 
The species described by Fernandez-Villar are few in number 
and for the most part fall as synonyms. Below is given a com- 
plete list of those described by him as his own species, as those 
of Vidal, or of Naves. The list includes redescriptions of Blan- 
coan species, for which Fernandez-Villar usually proposed new 
specific names, and the few of other authors, such as Presl, 
Laguna, and Hance. 
SPECIES DESCRIBED BY FERNANDEZ-VILLAR AND BY NAVES 
IN THE NOVISSIMA APPENDIX 
Dillenia reifferscheidia F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 3. 
_ The basis of this is Reifferscheidia speciosa Pres] Rel. Haenk. 1 (1825) 
74, t. 62, which is also the basis of Dillenia speciosa Gilg, non Thunb. It is 
figured in the third edition of the Flora de Filipinas, t. 354. Fernandez- 
Villar’s specific name is the correct one for this endemic species. 
Talauma gigantifolia F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 4, non Miq. 
From the brief description the form Fernandez-Villar erroneously re- 
ferred to Miquel’s species is Talawma angatensis (Blanco) F.-Vill. 
Monocarpia blancoi F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 6. 
This is nominally a new name for Macanea arborea Blanco and the 
description applies to the form Blanco described under this name. Mono- 
carpia blancoi F.-Vill. is a synonym of Alphonsea arborea (Blanco) Merr.; 
see p. 146. i 
Pittosporum fernandezii Vidal ex F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 13, Cat. Pl. 
Prov. Manila (1880) 17. 
This is a synonym of Pittosporum pentandrum (Blanco) Merr.; see p. 161. 
Vidalia lepidota F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 18— Kayea paniculata (Blanco) 
Merr. 
_. The Philippine plant is not referable to Mesua ? lepidota T. Andr. as 
Fernandez-Villar supposed. A duplicate of Vidal’s specimen on which 
Fernandez-Villar’s description was based is preserved in the Kew Herba- 
“Merrill, E. D. An Interpretation of Rumphius’s Herbarium Amboi- 
nense (1917) 46-50. : ; 
