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in some regions, growing at considerable altitudes on the moun- 
tains in northern Luzon. 
Illustrative specimen from Tayabas Province, Luzon, March, 
1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No, 601). 
HARPULLIA Roxburgh 
Ptelea arborea Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 63 (sp. nov.) —Seringia lanceolata 
Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 45 (nom. nov.); ed. 3, 1 (1877) 85= 
HARPULLIA ARBOREA (Blanco) Radlk. (H. cupanioides F.-Vill., non 
Roxb.). 
This species is common and widely distributed in the Philip- 
pines, and as indicated by Blanco, the bark is used to stupefy 
fish. It is commonly known as puas. Blancoa arborea Blume 
is a synonym. — 
Illustrative specimen from Angat, Bulacan Province, Luzon, 
September, 1913 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 339). 
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IMPATIENS Linnaeus 
/ Impatiens triflora Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 636; ed. 2 (1845) 443; ed. 3, 3 
(1879) 32, t. 424, non Linn.=IMPATIENS BALSAMINA Linn. 
This species is commonly cultivated for ornamental purposes 
throughout the Philippines, and is generally known to the Taga- 
logs as camantigui. 
Illustrative specimen from Batangas Province, Luzon, August, 
1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 591). 
RHAMNACEAE 
VENTILAGO Gaertner 
Enrila dichotoma Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 709 (gen. et sp. nov.) =Venti- 
lago monoica Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 124 (nom. nov.); ed. 3, 1 
(1877) 223—=VENTILAGO DICHOTOMA (Blanco) Merr. in Govt. Lab. 
Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 32, excl. syn. V. luzoniensis Vid. (V. made- 
raspatana F.-Vill., non Gaertn., Kurrimia gracilis Vid., Ventilago gra- 
cilis Merr. & Rolfe). . 
For a discussion of the synonymy see Merrill in Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 287. The material issued in the illustrative 
set is not exactly like the specimens from Rizal Province, Luzon, 
the type locality of the species, but does not appear to differ spe- 
cifically. In case two species are represented, Blanco’s species 
should be interpreted by Vidal 1122, For. Bur. 3073 Ahern’s 
collector, Bur. Sci. 3303 Ramos, and Loher 4685, 4686, rather 
than by the Palawan specimens. 
Illustrative specimen from Taytay, Palawan, May, 1913 (Mer- 
rill: Species Blancoanae No. 633). ij 
