154 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
Sebifera balongai Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 820 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 567; 
ed. 3, 3 (1879) 235 (balongay) =LITSEA GLUTINOSA (Lour.) C. B. 
Rob., var. it 
This was reduced by Fernandez-Villar to Litsea litoralis F,- 
Vill. (Tetranthera litoralis Blume), which is apparently merely 
a glabrous or nearly glabrous form of Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) — 
C. B. Rob. I can suggest no other disposition of Blanco’s species 
and am of the opinion that Fernandez-Villar was correct in 
this disposition of it. The name balongai cited by Blanco is 
unknown to me as applied to the Lawraceae, but Blanco’s descrip- 
tion is certainly that of a Litsea. He compares it with his 
description of Sebifera glutinosa, i. e., Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) 
C. B. Rob. 
Olax baticulin Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 589 (sp. nov.) ; ed. 3, 1_ (1877) 
- 88=LITSEA sp. 
There is grave doubt as to whether this species should be 
considered as published in the second edition, as the generic 
name Olax is capitalized as usual in Blanco’s work, but is | 
followed by a period, and the word baticulin appears in ordinary 
type, not differentiated from the description; it is, however, 
definitely published in the third edition The description is en- 
tirely inadequate, and my identification of it has been based 
chiefly on the fact that the illustrative specimens are from the 
species known in the vicinity of Pangil, Laguna, as baticulin, 
and from which timber sold under that name is secured. The 
name baticulin is rather promiscuously applied to a number of 
different lauraceous trees, especially in the genus Litsea. Olax — 
baticulin was reduced by Fernandez-Villar to Litsea obtusata — 
(Meissn.) F.-Vill., a species that does not extend to the Philip- 
pines. The species, as I interpret it, seems to be very closely 
allied to Litsea albayana Vid., but I am unwilling to replace 
Vidal’s specific name until flowering specimens of Olax baticulin 
Blanco, or the species as I interpret it, are secured. 2 
Illustrative specimen from near Pangil, Laguna Province, 
Luzon, comm. F. W. Foxworthy, January, 1915 (Merrill: Species 
Blancoanae No. 1006). ae 
CRYPTOCARYA R. Brown 
Salgada lauriflora Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 221 (gen. et sp. nov.) ; ed. 
3, 2 (1878) 50=CRYPTOCARYA LAURIFLORA (Blanco) Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 254 (Eusideroxylon borneense F.-Vill., 
non Bihania borneensis Meissn; Cryptocarya luzoniensis Vid.). eee 
This species is rather widely distributed in Luzon at low and 
medium altitudes. Blanco’s description applies unmistakably to 
Cryptocarya as here interpreted. £. SOehOs 
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