272 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
18 cm) long, while the pericarp of the fruit is described as 
fragile. The description conforms to Parashorea plicata, and 
I have not the slightest hesitation in adjusting the synonymy. 
The native name cited by Blanco, malaanonan, is valueless in 
interpreting the species, as it is a made up one, literally “false 
anonang,” anonang—Cordia myxa Linn., and, as used to-day, is 
very loosely applied, although I have specimens of Parashorea 
plicata Brandis from Laguna Province, Luzon, bearing this name. 
Illustrative specimen from Mount Maquiling, Laguna Province, 
Luzon, comm. N. Catalan, June 20, 1914, with the Tagalog name 
malaanonang (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 1 058). 
VATICA Linnaeus 
VATICA MANGACHAPOI Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 401 (sp. nov.) =Vatica 
apteranthera Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 281 (nom. nov.); ed. 3, 2 
(1878) 156. 
Vatica sinensis Blanco op. cit. 401; 280; 156 (chinensis), non J. F. Gmel.= 
? VATICA MANGACHAPOI Blanco, 
The correctness of this interpretation of Vatica mangachapoi 
Blanco is very doubtful, but I have followed Vidal, Brandis, and 
Foxworthy. It is to be noted that the name mangachapot is 
apparently never applied to the species as here interpreted, but 
is used for Hopea acuminata Merr., H. pierrei Hance, and per- 
haps some other species. Vatica sinensis is said by Blanco to 
differ from V. mangachapoi in having the anthers winged, so 
that probably the plant he described under this name was not 
the same as his V. apteranthera (=V. mangachapoi). As to 
anthesis, Vatica mangachapoi, as here interpreted, produces 
flowers from December to June in the provinces near Manila, 
while Blanco indicates May for both species discussed above. 
Foxworthy has placed here also Mocanera mangachapoi Blanco Fi. 
Filip. (1837) 450 (sp. nov.) =Dipterocarpus mangachapoi Blanco 
op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 318, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 216, but I believe this 
to be incorrect. Blanco cites the native names mangachapoi 
and guisong dilao (i. e., yellow guiso) ; forms of this name appear 
on specimens of the Philippine plant that have been referred — : 
to Shorea balangeran (Korth.) Dyer, such as guisong madlao 
and guisoe amarillo (amarillo Sp.=yellow). However, none of 
our numerous specimens of Shorea balangeran bear the other 
native name cited by Blanco, mangachapoi, and Blanco’s descrip- 
tion of the leaves as “membranaceas” does not apply to S, balan- 
geran. The identity of the species may later be determined from 
special collections in Bulacan and Rizal with reference to the 
native names cited by Blanco, and I suspect that the species is 
