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culatum Blanco has little in common with G. barbadense Linn. 
As the various species of Gossypium are interpreted by Watt, 
Gossypium paniculatum Blanco seems to be a distinct form, and 
one worthy of specific rank; see C, B. Robinson in Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 3438. 
Illustrative specimen from Tagudin, Amburayan Subprovince 
(formerly a part of Ilocos Sur), comm. Father M. Vanoverbergh, 
February, 1916, locally known to the Ilocanos as cdpas, and to 
- the Igorots as castil, (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 980). 
BOMBACACEAE 
BOMBAX Linnaeus 
Melaleuca grandiflora Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 615 (sp. nov.) =BOMBAX 
CEIBA Linn.; Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 372; ed. 3, 2 (1879) 324, 
t. 226. 
Apparently Blanco correctly interpreted Bombaz ceiba Linn. 
in the second edition of his Flora de Filipinas, the same plant 
being described in the first edition as a new species, Melaleuca 
grandiflora. The species is widely distributed in the Philip- 
pines at low and medium altitudes. 
Illustrative specimen from Angat, Bulacan Province, Luzon, 
December, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No, 843). 
CEI BA Gaertner 
Bombax pentandrum Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 581; ed. 2 (1845) 371; 
ed. 8, 2 (1879) 324, t. 288=CEIBA PENTANDRA (Linn.) Gaertn. 
(Eriodendron anfractuosum A. DC.). 
This species is common and widely distributed in the Philip- 
pines, but usually (? always) planted only. It is certainly not 
a native of the Archipelago. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
January, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 253). 
STERCULIACEAE 
PENTAPETES Linnaeus 
Pentapetes coccinea Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 529 (sp. nov.) =Pentapetes 
cebuana Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 369 (nom. nov.) ; ed. 3, 2 (1879) 
319, t. 285=PENTAPETES PHOENICEA Linn. 
This species is of local occurrence in open, rather wet grass- 
lands, and is of wide distribution in the Archipelago; certainly 
introduced. 
Illustrative specimen from Bataan Province, Luzon (Merrill: 
Species Blancoanae No. 342). 
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