146 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
MAGNOLIACEAE 
MICHELIA Linnaeus 
MICHELIA CHAMPACA Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 462; ed. 2 ARs) 
322; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 232, t. 191. 
The Linnean species was correctly interpreted by Bkincd* It 
occurs in the Philippines only as a cultivated tree and was 
probably introduced by the Spaniards. Generally known to the 
Filipinos as sampaca. 
Illustrative specimens from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
January, 1915 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae Nos. 799, 973). 
TALAUMA Jussieu 
Magnolia angatensis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 859 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 
328; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 243=TALAUMA ANGATENSIS (Blanco) F.-Vill. 
Blanco’s material was from Angat, Bulacan Province, Luzon, 
and the description is unmistakably that of a Talawma, the — 
leaves are definitely described as a foot long and four inches wide, 
and the fruit a “geme,” i. e., 16 to 20 em long.’ I am of the 
opinion that Vidal correctly interpreted the species in his Sinop- 
sis, Atlas 11, t. 3, f. A (1883), and I am now further of the 
opinion that both Talawma luzonensis Warb. and Talauma 
grandifiora Merr. must be reduced to Talauma angatensis 
(Blanco) F.-Vill. 
ANNONACEAE 
ALPHONSEA Hooker f. & Thomson 
Macanea arborea Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 431 (sp. nov.) = Monodora 
myristica Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 300; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 193, non 
Dun.=ALPHONSEA ARBOREA (Blanco) Merr. in Philip, Journ. 
Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 233 (Alphonsea philippinensis Merr., Monocarpia : 
blancoi F.-Vill.). 
This species is widely distributed in the Philippines at low 
and medium altitudes, and its synonymy, with citation of 
numerous specimens, has been discussed by me on the occasion 
of the original transfer of Blanco’s species to Alphonsea. It 
was retained by Fernandez-Villar as a valid species under the 
name of Monocarpia blancoi F.-Vill. Macanea arborea Blanco 
does not appear in Index Kewensis either under Macanea or 
Macahanea. 
Illustrative specimen from Mount Maquiling, Laguna Biov- . 
ince, Luzon, March, 1915, there known as calai (Merrill: ‘Spe- S 
cies Blancoanae No. 838). a 
