170 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
~>Crudia spicata Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 261 (Crudya) ; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 
121, non Willd.=, pro parte, CYNOMETRA SIMPLICIFOLIA Harms. 
Blanco’s description for the most part applies to Crudia blancoi 
Rolfe, to which the name C. spicata Blanco properly belongs as 
a synonym. The description in part, however, is manifestly 
Cynometra simplicifolia Harms. The same native name, mala- 
tumbaga, is applied to both. 
Iliustrative specimen from Looc, Batangas Province, Luzon, 
April 24, 1915 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 924). 
CRUDIA Schreber 
Crudia spicata Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 261 (Crudya) ; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 
121, t. 244, non Willd.=CRUDIA BLANCOI Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
Bot. 21 (1884) 309 [Apalatoa blancoi Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 
(Philip.) 35 (1906) 19]. 
Fernandez-Villar considered that Blanco correctly interpreted 
Willdenow’s species, but this is certainly not the case. In my 
present interpretation I have followed Rolfe, yet it is very mani- 
fest that Blanco’s description is in part based on Cynometra 
simplicifolia Harms, and not on Crudia blancoi Rolfe as cur- 
rently accepted. I suspect that the description of the leaves 
and fruits is from the Crudia, but that of the inflorescence and 
the flowers is certainly from the Cynometra. The length of 
the spikes is given as two lines; of the flowers a half line, and 
the cited period of flowering, November, is of Cynometra sim- 
plicifolia Harms, not of Crudia blancoi Rolfe. Blanco’s speci- 
mens were, in part, from Mandaloyon and Parafiaque, points 
-near Manila; Cynometra simplicifolia Harms is still found near 
the City of Manila, but Crudia blancoi not nearer than Antipolo 
so far as our explorations show. The Tagalog name malatum- 
baga cited by Blanco is still in use for both species, but chiefly — 
for Crudia. 
Illustrative specimen from Rizal Province, Luzon (Merrill: 
Species Blancoanae No. 882). 
TAMARINDUS Linnaeus 
TAMARINDUS INDICA Linn.; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 29; ed. 2 (1845) _ 
20; ed. 8, 1 (1877) 39, t. 14. 
The Linnean species was correctly interpreted by Blanco. It 
is common in the settled areas at low altitudes in the Philippines, 
usually, perhaps always, planted. Of prehistoric introduction 
in the Philippines. — gee 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
October, 1913 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 573). 
