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UVARIA Linnaeus 
Unona setigera Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 468 (sp. nov.) =Uvaria setigera 
Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 323 (Uvearia) (nom. nov.) ; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 
234, t. 195=UVARIA RUFA Blume. 
The Philippine form seems to be referable to Blume’s species. 
It has, however, been described from the Philippines by Presl 
as Uvaria solanifolia. Blanco’s description is not good, and his 
statement “petalos * * * lineares’ does not apply. In 
spite of this discrepancy, I consider that there is no doubt as 
to the correctness of the identification of Unona setigera Blanco. 
It was reduced by Fernandez-Villar to Uvaria purpurea Blume, 
which it cannot be. It is widely distributed in the Philippines 
at low altitudes, and is abundant near Manila. 
Illustrative specimen from Umingan, Pangasinan Province, 
Luzon, May, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 199). 
Unona camphorata Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 468 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 
326; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 239=UVARIA SORZOGONENSIS Presl. 
Unona susong calabao Naves in Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 494= 
UVARIA SORZOGONENSIS Presl. 
~Blanco’s description is very indefinite, and from it alone it is 
impossible definitely to determine the status of the species. The 
plant was a large vine, according to his description, and the 
description certainly applies to an annonaceous plant. The only 
possible generic reduction that can be made is Uvaria, but 
Blanco’s species cannot be Uvaria dulcis Dunal, to which it 
was reduced by Fernandez-Villar. The specific name camphor- 
ata was taken from the camphor-like odor of certain roots that 
Blanco saw in the hands of a native, but there is no reason 
for considering that these roots were from the species described 
as Unona camphorata. As to the native names cited, the Taga- 
log one, taghivalas, properly belongs with the apocynaceous 
Parameria philippinensis Radlk.; the Bicol names dalaganum 
and dalagao are unknown to me. Uvaria sorzogonensis Presl, 
is, however, known in parts of Negros as baluganos, a name 
very suggestive of dalaganao. As Uvaria sorsogonensis Presl 
is common and widely distributed in the Philippines, Blanco 
could scarcely have overlooked it, and I think that there is very 
little doubt but that the reduction here made is the correct 
disposition of his species. Presl’s species, however, may not 
prove to be specifically distinct from Uvaria ovalifolia Blume. 
Illustrative specimen from Alabat Island, MORGANS 1916 
(Merrill: Species Blancoanae No, 1 O67). 
