240 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
EUPHORIA Commerson 
EUPHORIA DIDYMA Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 288 (sp. nov.) ; ed. 2 (1845) 
201; ed. 8, 2 (1878) 10 [E. cinerea (Turcz.) Radlk.]. 
Euphoria litchi Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 285; ed. 2 (1845) 199; ed. 3, 2 
(1878) 8, non Juss. = EUPHORIA DIDYMA Blanco [E. cinerea (Turez.) 
Radlk.]. 
Euphoria didyma Blanco was erroneously reduced by Fer- 
nandez-Villar to Nephelium glabrum Noronha, and E. litehi 
Blanco to Nephelium longana Camb.; the former does not occur 
in the Philippines, while the latter is very rarely cultivated. 
Both descriptions manifestly apply to the same species, and both 
to the form commonly known as Euphoria cinerea (Turez.) 
Radlk., which is very widely distributed in the Archipelago. In 
some regions this is very generally known as guisihan, but by 
far its most common native name is alupag. 
Illustrative specimen from Angat, Bulacan Province, Luzon, 
December, 1914, there known as alpay (Merrill: Species Blan- 
coanae No. 745). 
Euphoria annularis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 285 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 
199; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 7=? EUPHORIA DIDYMA Blanco. 
I am not at all certain as to the correct status of this species, 
except that it is probably a Huphoria, and if so, then almost 
certainly the same as E. didyma Blanco (E. cinerea Radlk.). 
The description, in some respects, strongly suggests Guioa per- 
rottetii Radlk., but Euphoria annularis Blanco can scarcely be 
a Guioa. Blanco’s description is rather indefinite, but the prob- 
abilities are very great that it is only a redescription of the 
species indicated above. It is certainly not Arytera montana — 
Blume to which it was reduced by Fernandez-Villar, as Ratonia 
montana F.-Vill. 
CUBILIA Blume 
Euphoria cubili Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 287 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 200; 
ed. 3, 2 (1878) 10=CUBILIA BLANCO! Blume. 
This species was reduced by Fernandez-Villar to Cubilia rum- 
phii Blume, which is a synonym of C. blancoi, the monotypic — 
genus Cubilia being known only from the Philippines, Celebes, 
and the Moluccas. Blanco’s description of Euphoria cubili typi- _ 
fies the genus Cubilia and, following strict priority, cubili should” 
be taken up as the specific name of the plant. The large seeds are 
edible, when boiled or roasted resembling chestnuts in flavor and 
consistency. The species is widely distributed in the Philippines, 
a sylvan form growing at low and medium altitudes, but is 
i ais nowhere abundant. 
