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duced the former to Myristica corticosa Hook. f. & Th. and the 
latter to Myristica intermedia Blume, neither of which occurs 
in the Philippines. 
Illustrative specimen from Batangas Province, Luzon, August, 
1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 504). 
LAURACEAE 
CINNAMOMUM Blume 
Laurus cinnamomum Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 319; ed. 2 (1845) 225; 
ed. 3, 2 (1878) 837=CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM Blume Bijdr. 
(1825) 568; Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. 2 (1831) 74. 
Blanco apparently correctly interpreted the Linnean species, 
although Fernandez-Villar reduced Laurus cinnamomum Blanco 
to Cinnamomum burmanni Blume; the latter species has been 
reported from the Philippines by Nees. Blanco based his de- 
scription on cultivated specimens, and the form distributed here- 
with is certainly the one Blanco described. It is occasionally 
found in towns in the Philippines in cultivation and was un- 
doubtedly introduced into the Archipelago by the Spaniards. It 
is known in the Philippines only by its Spanish name, canela. 
Illustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, January, 1915 
(Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 687). 
Laurus culilaban Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 315; ed. 2 (1845) 222; ed. 3, 2 
(1878) 51, non Linn. =CINNAMOMUM MERCADO! Vid. 
Laurus cassia Blanco op. cit. 317; 223; 53, non Linn=CINNAMOMUM 
MERCADOI Vid. 
This sylvan species is common and widely distributed in the 
Philippines at low and medium altitudes. Its most commen 
native name is calivgag, and in Bataan Province it is still known 
also as samilin, the former name being cited by Blanco under 
_ Laurus culilaban and the latter under L. cassia. Blanco’s Lau- 
rus cassia was erroneously reduced by Fernandez-Villar to Cin- 
namomum zeylanicum var. cassia Nees, and Laurus culilaban was 
erroneously reduced to C. pauciflorum Nees and C. tamala Nees 
& Eberm., neither of which occurs in the Philippines. Blanco’s 
descriptions are certainly of but a single species. ; 
Illustrative specimens from Angat, Bulacan Province, Luzon, 
December, 1914, there known as califgag (Merrill: Species Blan- 
coanae No. 758); Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, June, 1916 
(Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 971). 
PERSEA Gaertner 
Laurus persea Linn.; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 224; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 
56=PERSEA AMERICANA Mill. (P. gratissima Gaertn.). 
Blanco described the avocado from specimens cultivated in 
