160. SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
Fernandez-Villar was certainly wrong in reducing Blanco’s spe- 
cies to Capparis floribunda Wall. 
Capparis odorata Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 439 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 305; 
ed. 8, 2 (1878) 201=CAPPARIS MICRACANTHA DC. 
Capparis halobagat Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 180= 
CAPPARIS MICRACANTHA DC. 
Blanco’s description is so very imperfect that even Fernandez- 
Villar made no attempt to reduce it. I have no doubt that the 
form intended by Blanco is the common and widely distributed 
Capparis micracantha DC., which Blanco otherwise described as 
halobagat in the discussion following his Capparis nemorosa. 
Illustrative specimen from Rizal Province, Luzon, October, 
1916 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 1025). 
MORINGACEAE 
MORINGA Jussieu 
MORINGA OLEIFERA Lam.; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 341; ed. 2 (1845) 
238; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 80, t. 125. 
Lamarck’s species was correctly interpreted by Blanco, and his 
specific name is older than the more commonly used Moringa 
pterygosperma Gaertner. The species is commonly cultivated 
throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes, is not 
a native of the Archipelago, but was certainly introduced in 
prehistoric times. 
Illustrative specimen from Maragondong, Cavite Province, 
Luzon, October, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 62). 
NEPENTHACEAE 
NEPENTHES Linnaeus 
NEPENTHES ALATA Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 805 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 
(1845) 555; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 214. 
This species is a valid one and is at present known only from 
the Philippine Islands. It is widely distributed in the Archi- — 
pelago, occurring from northern Luzon to Mindanao, in the 
mossy forest on the higher mountains, altitude 800 to 2,000 
meters. 
Illustrative specimen from Mount Maquiling, Laguna Prov- 
ince, Luzon, June, 1914, comm. V. Sulit (Merrill: Species Blan- 
coanae No. 507). 
NEPENTHES VENTRICOSA Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 807 (sp. nov.}; 2 
(1845) 556; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 215. 
A valid characteristic species of rather wide distribution in 
Luzon, but much less common than is Nepenthes alata Blanco. 
