286 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
cordingly reduced Gnidia oppositifolia Blanco to Presl’s species. 
The leaves, however, are usually alternate, although in some 
specimens they are sub-opposite. It is represented in our col- 
lections from Angat, the region where Gnidia oppositifolia was 
observed by Blanco. Gnidia philippinensis Meissn. is a synonym. 
Illustrative specimen from Nueva Ecija Province, Luzon, 
August, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 1010). 
Bucida comintana Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 856 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 
265; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 128—=TERMINALIA COMINTANA (Blanco) Merr. 
in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 300. 
This species was erroneously reduced by Fernandez-Villar to 
Terminalia chebula Retz., a species that does not extend to the 
Philippines. A synonym of it is Terminalia multiflora Merr. 
in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 17 (1904) 34, based on material 
from Luzon. Blanco’s specific name comintana was taken from 
the old name of Batangas Province. The species is still known 
in Batangas as dinglas, the native name cited by Blanco, and this 
name is also used for the species in some other provinces. __ 
Illustrative specimens from Angat, Bulacan Province, Decem- 
ber, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 757); Batangas 
Province (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 780); Rizal Prov- 
ince, Luzon, (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 918). 
COMBRETUM Linnaeus 
Combretum distillatorium Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 295 (sp. nov.) =Combre-.- 
tum laxum Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 206; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 22, non 
Aubl., nec allorum=COMBRETUM SQUAMOSUM Roxb. 
This species is widely distributed in the Philippines at low 
and medium altitudes. Blanco’s species was erroneously re- 
duced by Fernandez-Villar to Combretum ovalifolium Roxb., a 
species that does not extend to the Philippines. 
Illustrative specimen from Angat, Bulacan Province, Luzon, 
December, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 847). 
QUISQUALIS Linnaeus 
QUISQUALIS INDICA Linn.; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 361—=Quisqualis 
Spinosa Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 254 (sp. nov.); 3, 2 (1878) 109, 
t. 194; 
The plant that Blanco correctly referred to Quisqualis indica 
in the first edition of his Flora de Filipinas he described as a 
new species in the second edition. Fernandez-Villar erred in 
- reducing it to Quisqualis malabarica Bedd., a species that does 
not extend to the Philippines. It is common and widely dis- 
tributed in the Archipelago. It is commonly known as niog- — 
niogan and as tangilon. 
