LAURACEAE 153 
Santa Ana, now a part of the city of Manila. Vidal (Rev. Pl. 
Vasc. Filip. 11) states that it was at that date (1886) unknown 
in the Philippines. In 1902, however, a very old tree was located 
in the small park of the Cuartel de Espafia in the Walled City, 
Manila, which a few years later was destroyed by a typhoon. In 
1902 or 1903 it was re-introduced into the Philippines from 
Honolulu. Aquacate admitted by Kamel, Ray Hist. Pl. 3 (1704) 
App. 59, undoubtedly refers to this species, indicating that it 
had been introduced into the Philippines previous to the year 
1700. 
Illustrative specimen from cultivated specimens, Manila, Lu- 
zon, March, 1915 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 874). 
NOTHAPHOEBE Blume 
Aiouea (Ajovea) malabonga Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 233 (sp. nov.) = 
Laurus hexandra Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 222; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 52, 
non Willd., nec Spreng. =NOTHAPHOEBE MALABONGA (Blanco) 
Merr. 
This species was reduccd by Fernandez-Villar to [teadaphne 
confusa Blume, a species unknown from the Philippines; Blanco’s 
description does not apply to it. The form that Blanco described 
in the first edition of his Flora de Filipinas he erroneously 
reduced in the second edition to Laurus hexandra Willd; it seems 
to be a valid species closely allied to the Malayan Nothaphoebe 
umbelliflora Blume. Blanco describes the species as having 6 
stamens, but otherwise his description is excellent and agrees 
with the specimens referred here. The species is widely dis- 
tributed in the Philippines, but the numerous specimens have 
been previously confused with Cryptocarya. 
Illustrative specimen from Mount Maquiling, Laguna Province, 
Luzon, September, 1914, comm. A. Villamil, there known as 
malabonga (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 121). ? 
LITSEA Lamarck 
Sebifera glutinosa Lour.; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 819; ed. 2 (1845) 566; 
ed. 3, 3 (1879) 234, t. 860=LITSEA GLUTINOSA (Lour.) C. B. Rob. 
(L. chinensis Lam., L. tersa Merr., non Glabraria tersa Linn.). 
This species is common and widely distributed in the Philip- 
pines at low altitudes and presents considerable variation. Lour- 
eiro’s specific name is apparently the oldest valid one for the 
species, and Blanco was undoubtedly correct in referring the 
Philippine plant to Sebifera glutinosa Lour. Its common Taga- 
log name is puso-puso. 
Illustrative specimen from Los Bafios, Laguna Province, Lu- 
zon, comm. F. C. Gates, March, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blan- 
coanae No. 647). 
