100 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
from specimens cultivated in India. Following Naves I pre- 
viously considered it to be a form of Agave rigida Mill. . Its 
proper name is apparently Agave cantala Roxb., although, so 
far as I know at present, this exact form has not been dis- 
covered in Mexico. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
October, 1916, there known as maguey (Merrill: Species Blan- 
coanae No. 1081). 
CURCULIGO Gaertner 
Gethyllis acaulis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 260 (Gethillis) (sp. nov.); ed. 2 
(1845) 181; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 324=CURCULIGO ORCHOIDES Gaertn. 
(at least as interpreted in Hooker’s Flora of British India). 
_. This species was reduced by Naves to Hypoxis franquevallei 
Miq.—H. aurea Lour. In my previous paper on Blanco’s spe- 
cies, through oversight, I indicated Loureiro’s species as Hypoxis 
flava, instead of H. aurea, and considered F.-Villar’s reduction 
as certainly correct. Blanco’s description, however, is unmis- 
takably that of a species of Cwrculigo, not Hypoxis in “Cor. 
[olla] superior, mui larga, con el tubo filiforme, macizo (y asi:en 
realidad no es tubo)” which refers to the long and slender beak 
or stipe extending far above the ovary and bearing the perianth. 
This species of Curculigo is widely distributed at low altitudes 
in the Philippines and has been recently found immediately 
north of Manila; Blanco’s type was from Malinta, near Manila. 
It greatly resembles Hypoxis aurea in habit and is frequently 
confused with that species. Hypoxis aurea never occurs in the 
Philippines at low altitudes and is entirely unknown from the 
provinces near Manila. 
Illustrative specimens from Taytay, Palawan, May, 1913 
(Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 260). 
TACCACEAE 
TACCA Forster 
Tacca vesicaria Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 261 (sp. nov.) =Tacca palmata 
Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 182 (mom. nov.); ed. 3, 1 (1877) 325= 
TACCA PALMATA Blume Enum. Pl. Jav. 1 (1827) 23. 
__ Blanco was correct in reducing his Tacca vesicaria to Tacca 
palmata if he intended the latter to be Blume’s species. How- 
ever, there is no evidence that he intended his Tacca palmata 
to be T. palmata of Blume, as at the end of the description he 
adds ‘“‘Espec. nueva.” The species is widely distributed in the 
Philippines at low altitudes, occurring, especially in bamboo 
thickets. Tacca rumphii Schauer (1843), typified by Philippine 
material, is a synonym. 
