274 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
BIXACEAE 
BIXA Linnaeus 
BIXA ORELLANA Linn.; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 456; ed. 2 (1845) 317; 
ed. 3, 2 (1878) 221, t. 231. 
The Linnean species was correctly interpreted by Blanco. It 
is common and widely distribtued in the Philippines in cultiva- 
tion; introduced from Mexico at an early date. It is universally 
known as achuete. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
October, 1913 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 350). 
FLACOURTIACEAE 
PANGIUM Reinwardt 
_Z Hydnocarpus polyandra Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 445 (sp. nov.); ed. 
8, 3 (1879) 200, t. 391=PANGIUM EDULE Reinw. 
This species is widely distributed in the central and southern 
Philippines at low altitudes; it is generally known as pangwi. 
Illustrative specimen from Samar, April, 1914 (Merrill: 
Species Blancoanae No. 18). 
SCOLOPIA Schreber 
_7 Banara racemosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 425 (sp. nov.) =Flacourtia coro- 
llata Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 559 (nom. nov.) ; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 220, 
t. 867=SCOLOPIA LUZONENSIS (Presl) Warb. 
Banara brevifolia Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 1 (1837) 426 (sp. nov.) =Flacourtia 
parvifolia Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 560 (nom. nov.); ed. 3, 3 (1879) 
220=SCOLOPIA LUZONENSIS (Presl) Warb. 
The first of the above was reduced by Fernandez-Villar to 
Scolopia rhinanthera Clos, a species not known from the Phil- 
ippines; and the second to Scolopia dasyanthera Benn., which 
was described from Philippine material and is a synonym of 
S. luzonensis Warb. There is no doubt whatever as to the cor- 
rectness of the reduction of Banara racemosa Blanco=Flacourtia 
corollata Blanco to Scolopia luzonensis Warb., and there is equally 
little doubt but that Banara brevifolia Blanco—Flacourtia parvi- — 
folia Blanco (F.. parviflora in Index Kewensis) is merely a small- 
leaved form of the same species. It is common and widely 
distributed in the Philippines at low and medium altitudes. 
Illustrative specimens from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
March, 1915 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae Nos. 836, 911). 
FLACOURTIA Jussieu 
Myroxylon decline Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 813 (Miroxilum) (sp. nov.) = 
Stigmarota edulis Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 560 (nom. nov.) ; ed. 3, 3 
(1879) 221=FLACOURTIA INDICA (Burm. f.) Merr. Interpret. Herb. 
Amb. (1917) 377 (F. sepiaria Roxb.). 
