EUPHORBIACEAE 219 
Stilago bunius Linn.; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 782; ed. 2 (1845) 539; ed. 3, 
3 (1879) 189, t. 361=ANTIDESMA BUNIUS (Linn.) Spreng. 
‘This species is common and widely distributed in the Philip- 
pines in the settled areas at low altitudes. It is probably a 
purposely introduced species in the Philippines, although now 
thoroughly naturalized. Commonly known as bignay. 
Illustrative specimen from Umingan, Pangasinan Province, 
Luzon, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 8). 
oe vemos pentandra Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 73 (Cansiera) (sp. nov.) ; ed. 
2 (1845) 53; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 98=ANTIDESMA PENTANDRUM 
(Blanco) comb. nov. (Antidesma rostratum Tul. in Ann. Sci. Nat. III 
15 (1851) 218). 
Cansjera rheedii Blanco, op. cit. 73 (Cansiera rheedi); 52; 98, t. 25, non 
aliorum=ANTIDESMA PENTANDRUM (Blanco) Merr. ; 
There is no doubt as to the identity of both of Blanco’s spe- 
cies and equally no doubt that only a single species is represented. 
They were separated by him only on the number of stamens, 
C. rheedit with four stamens, C. pentandra with five stamens, 
- but'as is well known, the number of stamens in many species 
of Antidesma is variable, even in flowers from the same plant. 
The description of Cansjera pentandra is very short and im- 
perfect, but so far as it goes it applies unmistakably to Tulasne’s 
Antidesma rostratum, while Blanco states at the end of his 
description: ‘Todo lo demas como en la especie anterior [C. 
rheedii].” Cansjera rheedii Blanco (non aliorum) was errone- 
ously reduced by Fernandez-Villar to the very different Anti- 
desma ghaesembilla Gaertn.; and C. pentandra Blanco, by error, 
to the very different A. cumingii Muell.-Arg., Klanco’s descrip- 
tions agreeing with neither of the species to which Fernandez- 
Villar reduced them. The species is very common in thickets 
in the vicinity of Manila and is very generally known as bignay 
pogo. 
_ Illustrative specimens from Pasay, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
September, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 272) ; Angat, 
. Bulacan Province, Luzon, September, 1913 (Merrill: Species 
Blancoanae No. oT)... 
7, ANTIDESMA SPICATUM Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 794 (sp. nov.) =Anti- 
| desma alexiteria Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 547; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 202, 
non Linn., nec aliorum. 
Blanco’s Antidesma spicatum is a valid species, and he erred 
in reducing it to A. alexiteria Linn. in the second edition of his 
Flora de Filipinas. It is the species described by me as An- 
tidesma edule, Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 17 (1904) 26. Fer- 
nandez-Villar reduced it to Antidesma ghaesembilla Gaertn., an 
