MALPIGHIACEAE 213 
MELIACEAE OF UNCERTAIN STATUS 
Cedrela taratara Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 131 (sp. nov.); ed. 3, 1 
(1877) 234=? 
A species of entirely doubtful status, but possibly in part the 
same as Toona calantas Merr. & Rolfe. Blanco definitely states 
that he had specimens from Bohol, where it was known as 
sandana, but also cites the Tagalog name taratara and the 
Bicol name baloncauit. He describes only the leaves and saw 
no flowers and fruits. It is suspected that it is in part, as to the 
sandana from Bohol, the same as Pterocarpus indicus Willd., 
for Blanco describes the wood of his Bohol specimen as being 
similar to that of asana—Pterocarpus indicus Willd. Taratara 
is sometimes applied to Dysoxylum cumingianum C. DC., is 
recorded for Dysoxylum sp. from Negros, for Aglaia laevigata 
Merr., and for a species of Myristica, while taratara babaye 
(i. e., female taratara) is recorded for Aglaia cuprea Merr. 
The name bolongcauit is unknown as applied to any tree; it 
means “leaf” and “hook,” i. e., a faleate leaf. Fernandez-Villar 
retains the species under Blanco’s name. 
MALPIGHIACEAE 
TRISTELLATEIA Thouars 
Hiraea reclinata Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 378, non Jacq.=Tristellateia 
malintana Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 267 (sp. nov.); ed. 3, 2 (1878) 
132, t. 485=TRISTELLATEIA AUSTRALASIAE Rich. 
In thickets near tidal streams, back of mangrove, etc., through- 
out the Philippines. 
- Tllustrative specimen from Taytay, Palawan, May, 1913 (Mer- 
rill: Species Blancoanae No, 278). 
HIPTAGE Gaertner 
Triopteris jamaicensis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 350; ed. 2 (1845) 267; ed. 
3, 2 (1878) 133, non Linn. =HIPTAGE LOHERI Merr. nom, nov. 
Blanco’s Triopteris jamaicensis was reduced by Fernandez- 
Villar to Hiptage madablota Gaertn., which is certainly correct 
as to the genus, but wrong as to the species; Gaertner’s species 
is unknown from the Philippines. I am convinced that I am 
correct in interpreting Triopteris jamaicensis Blanco as that 
species of Hiptage which is found in the vicinity of Manila. 
Blanco cites specimens from Malinta, Rizal Province, Luzon, and 
from Cebu; the latter doubtless the form recently described by 
Mr. Elmer as Hyptage cebuensis. Hiptage loheri is very closely 
allied to H. javanica Blume, and the specimens I now refer to 
H. loheri were previously reported by me as H., javanica Blume. 
