212 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
AGLAIA Loureiro 
Portesia rimosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 297 (sp. nov.) =Trichilia rimosa 
Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 250 (comb. nov.); ed. 3, 2 (1878) 99= 
AGLAIA RIMOSA (Blanco) comb. nov. (A. hexandra Turez.). 
Blanco’s species was reduced by Fernandez-Villar to Anoora 
canarana Hiern, a species that does not extend to the Philip- 
pines, and one to which Blanco’s description does not at all apply. 
While the description is rather vague and incomplete, it is ample, 
and applies in all essentials to Aglaia hexandra Turez. More- 
over this species is known in Batangas, the region from which 
Blanco secured his material, as busilac, and in Batangas Aglaia 
hexandra Turcz. fiowers in May, the indicated month of an- 
thesis for Portesia rimosa Blanco. The species is of local occur- 
rence in Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, and Batangas Provinces, 
Luzon, and also occurs in Mindoro. 
Illustrative specimen from San José, Batangas Province, 
Luzon, February, 1915, there known as busilac (Merrill: Spe- 
cies Blancoanae No. 765). 
Melia iloilo Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 241 (sp. nov.); ed. 8, 2 (1878) 
85=AGLAIA ILOILO (Blanco) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) 
Bot. 533. 
This species was reduced by Fernandez-Villar to Aglaia ar- 
gentea Blume, and it is certainly very closely allied to that 
species. For a discussion of the identity of Blanco’s species 
and the characters by which it is distinguished from Aglaia 
argentea Blume see Merrill 1. c. 
Illustrative specimen from Mount Maquiling, Laguna Prov- 
ince, Luzon, March, 1915 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 867). 
Argophilum pinnatum Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 186 (sp. nov.) ; ed. 2 (1845) 
131; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 235=AGLAIA PINNATA (Blanco) comb. nov. 
(Aglaia glomerata Merr.!). 
Fernandez-Villar reduced this to Aglaia angustifolia iy 25 in 
which he was correct as to the genus, but manifestly wrong as 
to the species, for Miquel’s species does not extend to the Phil- 
ippines, nor does Blanco’s description agree with it. The char- 
acters assigned by Blanco to Argophilum pinnatum conform 
entirely to those of Aglaia glomerata Merr., a species strongly 
marked and one that is widely distributed in the Philippines, 
but which is perhaps not specifically distinct from Aglaia palem- 
banica Mig. Other very closely allied forms are Aglaia har- 
mandiana Pierre and A. cordata Hiern; in any case, however, 
Blanco’s specific name is much the older. 
Illustrative specimen from Alabat Island, December 23, S56 
(Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 1055). 
