MUSACEAB) 105 
the same as Musa glauca Roxb., judging from Roxburgh’s figure 
and description. The Philippine plant is of large size, 3 to 4 
m high, the basal part usually much swollen, and produces no 
suckers, the plant dying after flowering. The infructescence 
is peridulous, up to 80 cm long and 30 cm in diameter, the large 
and conspicuous bracts are imbricate, persistent, and quite cover 
the fruits. The fruits are oblong-obovoid, irregularly and slightly 
3-angled, angles rounded, green, glaucous, with faint longitudinal 
veins, 9 to 11 cm long, 3.5 to 4 cm in diameter, obtuse, sessile, 
narrowed below, the pericarp about 1.5 mm thick, the pulp very 
seanty, white, inedible, the seeds large, globose, black, about 
12 mm in diameter. See Philip. Agr. Review 6 (1913) No. 9, 
t. 1 for a photographic reproduction of the habit of this species 
there characterized as ‘an unidentified wild species.” 
Illustrative specimens from Cavite Province, Luzon, Septem- 
ber, 1913, there known as virgen, the same native name that 
Blanco cites (Merrill: Species Blancoanae Nos. 337, 946). 
Musa troglodytarum Linn. var. textoria Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 247 (var. 
noy.); ed. 2 (1845) 173; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 311=MUSA TEXTILIS Née 
(M. abaca Perr.). 
This species presents considerable variation, is widely dis- 
tributed in the Philippines, and in many provinces and islands 
is extensively cultivated for its fiber, abacd or Manila hemp of 
commerce. Commercially this fiber is one of the most important 
products of the Philippines. See Teodoro in Philip. Jour. Sci. 
10 (1915) Bot. 388, t. 18, f. 6-10, for a detailed description, 
with figures. 
Illustrative specimen from cultivated specimens, Mount Ma- 
quiling, Laguna Province, Luzon, March, 1915 (Merrill: Species 
Blancoanae No. 653). 
Musa troglodytarum Linn. var. errans Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 247 (var. 
nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 172; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 310=MUSA ERRANS 
_. (Blanco) Teodoro in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 390, t. 17, f. 6-8 
This was reduced by Naves to Musa amboinensis ‘““Rumph.,” 
which is certainly incorrect, while I previously expressed the 
opinion that it was certainly a form or variety of Musa textilis 
Née. I am now of the opinion that it is probably a distinct 
species, following Teodoro who has raised Blanco’s variety to 
specific rank. It is the common wild sylvan banana in the 
forests of the provinces near Manila, the Tagalog name saguing 
maching meaning monkey banzna. 
Illustrative specimen from Angat, Bulacan Province, Luzon, 
December, 1914, there known as saguing maching (Merril: 
Species Blancoanae No. 873). 
