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independent of Blume’s earlier consideration of the same species 
under the same name. 
Illustrative specimens from Taytay, Palawan, May, 1913 and 
from Batangas Province, Luzon, April, 1915 (Merrill: Species 
Blancoanae Nos. 320, 1042). 
OTOPHORA Blume 
Sapindus baccatus Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 290 (sp. nov.) =Koelreuteria 
edulis Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 202 (nom. nov.) ; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 14, 
t. 110=OTOPHORA FRUTICOSA Blume. 
Capura pinnata Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 264 (sp. nov.) =Capura purpurata 
Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 184 (nom. nov.); ed. 3, 1 (1877) 328= 
OTOPHORA FRUTICOSA Blume (Otophora nigrescens F.-Vill., Otole- 
pis nigrescens Turcz., Sapindus arborescens Llanos, non Spreng., Oto- 
phora paucijuga F.-Vill., non Hiern, Otophora pinnata Merr.). 
Sapindus baccatus Blanco (Koelreuteria edulis Blanco, Oto- 
phora blancoi Blume) is certainly identical with Otophora fruti- 
cosa Blume, for Blanco’s description unmistakably applies to 
Blume’s species. The identity of Capura pinnata Blanco (Capura 
purpurata Blanco) with Otophora fruticosa Blume, while reason- 
ably sure, is not as certain as the preceding, unless Blanco erred 
in certain observations. Otophora fruticosa Blume is of very 
wide distribution in the Philippines and is abundant in many 
regions. 
Illustrative specimen from Taytay, Palawan, May, 1913 (Mer- 
rill: Species Blancoanae No. 374). 
TRISTIRA Radlkofer 
Melicocca triptera Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 203 (sp. nov.) ; ed. 3, 2 
(1878) 16=TRISTIRA TRIPTERA (Blanco) Radlk. (Zollingeria trip- 
tera Rolfe). 
Blanco’s specimens were from Parafiaque, Rizal Province, Lu- 
zon, a town immediately south of Manila, but the species has 
long since been exterminated in this vicinity. The species was 
interpreted by Radlkofer from Cuming 1857, from the Island 
of Bohol, in the southern part of the Philippines, several hundred 
miles south of Manila, and an island from which Blanco had 
no material. The specimens distributed herewith absolutely rep- 
resent Blanco’s species, and even if specifically distinct from 
~Cuming’s specimens, should be taken to typify Tristira triptera 
(Blanco) Radlk.; not having specimens of Cuming’s plant for 
comparison, the question of identity cannot be determined at 
this writing. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
October, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 539). 
