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and imperfect, but under R. plicata he definitely states that the 
petals are pilose on the margins and with a single cilia, and 
compares it to R. polyandra with the expression “de la cual tal 
vez es una simple variedad.” 
Illustrative specimen from Taytay, Palawan, May, 1913 (Mer- 
rill: Species Blancoanae No. 379). 
COMBRETACEAE 
TERMINALIA Linnaeus 
Terminalia latifolia Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 3876, non Sw.=Terminalia 
mauritiana Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 264; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 126, t. 144, 
non Lam.=TERMINALIA CATAPPA Linn. 
This species is widely distributed in the Philippines along the 
seashore and is frequently planted as a shade tree inland. It 
is universally known as talisay. 
lilustrative specimen from Umingan, Pangasinan Province, 
Luzon, May, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 197). 
Gimbernatia calamansanai Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 266 (sp. nov.) ; 
ed. 3, 2 (1878) 129=TERMINALIA CALAMANSANAI (Blanco) 
Rolfe. 
A species widely distributed in the Philippines at low and 
medium altitudes, commonly known to the Tagalogs as calaman- 
sanat. 
_ Illustrative specimens from Rizal Province, Luzon, October, 
1912, in flower; Butuan Subprovince, Mindanao, October, 1913, 
in fruit (Merrill: Species Blancoanae Nos. 605,"472, sterile). 
Terminalia angustifolia Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 377, non Jacq.=TERMI- 
NALIA EDULIS Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 265 (sp. nov.); ed, 3, 2 | 
(1878) 127. 
Terminalia edulis Blanco is a valid species, 7. mollis (Presl) 
Rolfe being a synonym. It is a very large tree and of wide 
distribution in the Philippines at low and medium altitudes. 
It is universally known as calwmpit. 
Illustrative specimen from Angat, Bulacan Province, Luzon, 
December, 1914, there known as calumpit (Merrill: Species 
Blancoanae No. 812). 
Gnidia oppositifolia Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 299; ed. 2 (1845) 208; ed. 3, 
2 (1878) 25, non Linn.=TERMINALIA POLYANTHA Presl. 
-Fernandez-Villar referred this to Combretum wallichii DC., 
a species that does not extend to the Philippines, and one to 
which Blanco’s description does not conform. After consider- 
able study of the description, I am convinced that Blanco had 
before him a form of Terminalia polyantha Presl, and have ac-— 
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