142 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
PORTULACACEAE 
PORTULACA Linnaeus 
Portulaca meridiana Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 408; ed. 2 (1845) 285; ed. 
8, 2 (1878) 163, non Linn. =PORTULACA QUADRIFIDA Linn. 
This species is occasionally found in and about towns in the 
-Philippines and is Bpparenehy an introduced species in the 
Archipelago. 
-Illustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, July, 1914 ier’ 
rill: Species Blancoanae No. 130). 
PORTULACA OLERACEA Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 407; ed. 2 (1845) 
284; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 162, i: 164. 
- The Linnean species was correctly interpreted by Blanco. It 
is common and widely distributed in the Philippines, oceurring 
as a weed throughout the settled areas. 
Illustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, November, 1914 
shohlnas Species Blancoanae No..172).. +t] 
BASELLACEAE — 
. BASELLA Linnaeus yas 
BASELLA RUBRA Linn.; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 215; ed. 2 (1845) 151; 
ed. 3, 1 (1877) 272, t. 74. S Gd 
Basella lucida Linn.; Blanco op. cit. 216, 151, 273=BASELLA RUBRA Linn. 
The Linnean Basella rubra was correctly interpreted -by 
Blanco, and apparently also B. lucida Linn., but the latter is not 
specifically distinct from the former. The species is widely 
distributed in the Philippines in the settled areas at. low and 
medium altitudes, but is certainly not a native of the Archi- 
pelago; probably of prehistoric introduction. It is very gen- 
erally known as libato, but this name is also applied to the more 
recently introduced Anredera scandens Mogq., of American origin. 
Illustrative specimen from Arayat, Pampanga Province, — 
Luzon, February, sty (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 763). 
"ANREDERA Jussieu 
Gomphrena volubilis Blanco Fl. Filip, (1837) 199 (sp. nov.) ; ed. 2 (1845) _ 
140; ed, 3, 1 (1877) 252=ANREDERA SCANDENS (Linn.) Mog. 
(A. cumingii Hassk.). : 
This species is very abundant in thickets in and near Manila. 
It was introduced from tropical America by the Spaniards and 
was thoroughly established previous to the year 1837, as Blanco 
notes that it was then common in Parafiaque. Anredera cum- 
ingii Hassk. was based on Philippine material collected by 
Cuming. 
