264 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
laris (Blanco) F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 40. Van Tieghem 
has transferred it to the genus Notochnella as N. fascicularis 
(Blanco) Van Tiegh. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. VIII 16 (1902) 403. 
It is rather widely distributed in the Philippines at low and 
medium altitudes. 
Illustrative specimens from Rizal Province, Luzon, March, 
1915 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae Nos. 857, 916). 
THEACEAE 
THEA Linnaeus 
Salceda montana Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 874 (gen. et. sp. nov.) ; ed. 
8, 2 (1879) 827=THEA MONTANA (Blanco) Merr. in Govt. Lab. 
Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 21. 
This species was reduced by Fernandez-Villar to Camellia lan- 
ceolata (Blume) Seem., and it is very closely related to Calpan- 
dria lanceolata Blume if not identical with it. Until there is a 
critical revision of the genus or until opportunity is had to ex- 
amine Blume’s type, it is perhaps best to consider the Philippine 
form as distinct under the name Thea montana (Blanco) Merr. 
The species is common and widely distributed on the mountains 
of the Philippines at medium and higher altitudes. 
Illustrative specimens from Bosoboso, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
March, 1915 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 841): Bataan 
Province, Luzon, March, 1915 (Species Blancoanae No. 894). 
Camellia sasanqua Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 530 ed. 2 (1845) 371; ed. 3, 
2 (1879) 322, (sesanqua) non ? Thunb.=THEA sp. 
The status of the form that Blanco described is indeterminable 
from his description. His material was from a plant cultivated 
in Manila, which he believed to be the tea plant. No represent- 
ative of the genus is to be found in cultivation in or near Manila 
at the present time. Fernandez-Villar referred it to Camellia 
drupifera Lour., but all that can definitely be determined is that 
it is a species of Thea, perhaps Thea sinensis Linn. 
TERNSTROEMIA Nuttall 
Lianosia toquian Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 319 (gen. et sp. nov.); ed. 
3, 2 (1878) 225=TERNSTROEMIA TOQUIAN F-.-Vill. (Taonabo to- 
quian Merr., Ternstroemia lobbiana Pierre). 
This species is widely distributed on the mountains of the 
Philippines. snd 
Illustrative specimen from Mount Arayat, Pampanga Prov-_ 
a, Luzon, February, 1915 (Merrill: Species Blansqanse No. 
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