158 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
CAPPARIDACEAE 
GYNANDROPSIS de Candolle : 
Cleome pentaphylla Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 523, non Linn.=Cleome gi- 
gantea (?) Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 364; ed. 3, 2 (1879) 307, t. 234, 
non Linn.=GYNANDROPSIS SPECIOSA (HBK.) DC. 
Blanco’s specimens were probably from cultivated plants, as 
the species was certainly introduced into the Philippines for 
ornamental purposes. At the present time it is of very local 
occurrence in the Archipelago, and the plants now found in 
the Philippines may have been derived from very recently im- 
ported seeds. The name arafia (Sp. “spider’’), cited by Blanco 
for this species, is now universally used in Manila for Hibiscus 
schizopetalus Hook. 
Illustrative specimen from Maragondong, Cavite Province, 
Luzon, October, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 149). 
Cleome alliacea Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 522 (sp. nov.) =Cleome alliodora 
Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 363 (nom. nov.); ed. 3, 2 (1879) 307, 
t. 283 =GYNANDROPSIS PENTAPHYLLA (Linn.) DC. (Pedicellaria 
pentaphylla Schrank). 
This species is widely distributed in the Philippines at low 
altitudes. It grows in open waste places in and about towns 
and along the seashore in some regions. It has all the appear- 
ance of an introduced weed and is undoubtedly an acnidantally 
introduced plant in the Philippines. 
Nlustrative specimen from Pasay, Rizal Province, Luzon, No- 
vember, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 747). 
POLANISIA Rafinesque 
7 Cleome viscosa Linn.; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 522— POLANISIA VISCOSA 
(Linn.) DC.; Bikes op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 364; ed. 3, 2 (1879) 308. 
A common and widely distributed weed in the Philippines, 
certainly introduced. The Linnean species was correctly inter- 
preted by Blanco. 
Illustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, December, 1913 
(Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 228). 
CRATAEVA Linnaeus 
a, CRATAEVA RELIGIOSA Forst.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 399; ed. 2 (1845) 
279; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 154, t. 176. a 
Forster’s species, as I understand it, was correctly interpreted ay 
by Blanco. It is of local occurrence in the Philippines. 
Illustrative specimens from coral limestone cliffs, Pabellones 
Islands, Taytay Bay, Palawan, May, 1913 (Merrill: Species 
Blancoanae No. 370) ; Cavite Province, Luzon, April, 1915 (Mer- 
rill: Species Blancoanae No. 914). 
