294 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
ARALIACEAE 
5 ARALIA Linnaeus 
ARALIA BIPINNATA Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 222 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 
157 (bipimata); ed. 3, 1 (1877) 282. 
This species was later described by Presl from Philippine 
material as Aralia hypoleuca Presl, but Blanco’s name is the 
older and should be retained. Aralia bipinnata Reinw. dates 
from 1856-57 and is a different species. Hemsley, Journ. Linn. 
Soc. Bot. 23 (1888) 338, has reduced Aralia hypoleuca Presl to 
A. spinosa Linn. sensu latiore. Blanco’s description is very 
imperfect; but there is no doubt as to the correctness of the 
identification, as this is the only species of the genus that is 
known from Luzon. 
Illustrative specimen from Baguio, Benguet Subprovince, 
Luzon, November, 1914, comm. H. Sandkuhl (Merrill: Species 
Blancoanae No. 164). 
POLYSCIAS Forster 
Aralia pendula Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 223 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 157; 
ed. 3, 1 (1877) 283=POLYSCIAS NODOSA (Blume) Seem. 
This species is widely distributed in the Philippines at low 
altitudes. In habit it is very characteristic, being unbranched, 
the long leaves and the ample inflorescences crowded at the sum- 
mit of the trunk. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
November, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 113). 
SCHEFFLERA Forster 
Polyscias digitata Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 224 (sp. nov.)—Aralia ? octo- — - 
phylla Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 158 (octophilla); ed. 3, 1 (1877) 
284, non Lour.=SCHEFFLERA DIGITATA (Blanco) comb. nov. 
(Schefflera macrantha Merr.). 
Fernandez-Villar reduced this to Heptapleurum rigidum Seem., of 
a species that does not extend to the Philippines, and one to © 
which Blanco’s description does not apply. Blanco’s material 
was from Cebu, and he cites the Visayan name tagima for the 
species. Attempts to locate it under the native name in Cebu 
resulted in securing specimens of Schefflera odorata (Blanco) 
Merr. & Rolfe, a species that does not conform with the descrip-_ 
tion of Polyscias digitata. The description conforms closely 
with Scheffiera macrantha Merr., a species known from Min- 
danao and from Negros; the latter island is very near Cebu. 
