96 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
Luzon, October 21, 1916, there known as sdbila (Merrill: Spe- 
cies Blancoanae No. 1005). 
ALLIUM Linnaeus 
Allium tricoccum Blanco Fl Filip. (1837) 239; ed. 2 (1845) 167; ed. 3, 
1 (1877) 301, # 87, non Ait.=ALLIUM TUBEROSUM Roxb. 
Naves reduced this to Allium uliginosum Don, which is sup- 
posed to be a synonym of A. tuberosum Roxb., which in turn was 
described from specimens grown at Calcutta. The plant is com- 
monly cultivated by Chinese gardeners in Manila as a vegetable, - 
being especially used for flavoring soups, etc. It is universally 
known as cuchai, a name derived from the Cantonese kau choy, 
indicating that the plant itself was introduced into the Phil- 
ippines by the Chinese. It rarely produces flowers in Manila.. 
It may not be distinct from Allium porrum Linn. 
Illustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, from Chinese 
vegetable gardens, flowering in June and July (Merrill: Species 
Blancoanae No, 1021). 
PLEOMELE Salisbury 
7? Pandanus inermis Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 537 (sp. nov.); ed. 3, 
3 (1879) 184, non Roxb.=PLEOMELE ANGUSTIFOLIA (Roxb.) N. 
E. Br. (Dracaena angustifolia Roxb.). 
Blanco’s entire description consists of the following: ‘“Hojas 
esparcidas, y sin ganchos.—Es un Pandan, que he visto en 
los bosques de Angat, de unos nueve pies de alto, y no se si se 
hara mayor. No tenia flores ni fruto.” By F.-Viilar it was 
reduced to Pandanus moschatus “Rumph.’’ (Miquel), a species 
that does not occur in the Philippines. Pandanus inermis 
Blanco is, without doubt, Pleomele (Dracaena), and from our 
material I cannot distinguish it from Pleomele angustifolia 
(Roxb.) N. E. Br. It is variable and is widely distributed in 
the Philippines at low and medium altitudes. 
Illustrative specimens (topotype of Pandanus inermis Blanco) © 
from Angat, Bulacan Province, Luzon, December, 1914 (Merrill: 
Species Blancoanae No. 668); Lamao, Bataan Province, Luzon, 
March, 1915 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 902). 
TAETSIA Medicus 
(Cordyline Commerson) 
Dracaena terminalis Linn.; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 263; ed. 2 (1845) 183; 
ed. 3, 1 (1877) 328, t. 98=Cordyline terminalis Kunth—TAETSIA 
FRUTICOSA (Linn.) Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 137 (Con- 
vallaria fruticosa Linn.). 
The Linnean species was correctly interpreted by Blanco, but 
the specific name fruticosa is older. It occurs in the Philippines 
only as a cultivated plant. It was probably of prehistoric in- 
