306 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
STRYCHNOS Linnaeus 
Ignatia amara Linn. f.; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1887) 82=Strychnos philippensis 
Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 61 (sp. nov.); ed. 3, 1 (1877) 116= 
STRYCHNOS IGNATII Berg. Mat. Med. 1 (1778) 146. 
Blanco correctly interpreted Ignatia amara Linn. f., which 
was published in 1781, in the first edition of his Flora de Filipi- 
nas, but for some reason described it as a new species in the 
second edition. The species is widely distributed in the central 
and southern Philippines but has not as yet been found in Luzon. 
It is a sylvan species of somewhat local occurrence, apparently 
being most abundant in Samar, and Samar seems to be the chief 
.source of the commercial supply of the seeds. It is definitely 
known from the islands of Samar, Biliran, Leyte, and Mindanao, 
and has been reported from Masbate and Cebu. The fruits are 
globose, 10 to 12 cm in diameter, and each contains from 15 . 
to 18 seeds embedded in very soft fleshy pulp. The pulp is almost 
exactly “luteus” of Saccardo’s Chromotaxia, with a squash-like 
odor, and the fresh seeds are greenish straw-colored, smooth, 
with a satiny sheen, and shrink considerably in drying. 
Illustrative specimen from Jaro, Leyte, October, 1914, comm. 
C. A. Wenzel, locally known as-igasud (Merrill: Species Blan- 
coanae No. 631). 
BUDDLEIA Linnaeus 
Buddleia virgata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 57; ed. 2 (1845) 38; ed. 3, 1 
(1877) 70, non Linn. f.=BUDDLEIA ASIATICA Lour. 
This was reduced by Fernandez-Villar to Buddleia neemda 
Ham., which is a synonym of Loureiro’s species. The only repre- 
sentative of the genus known in the Philippines, widely distri- 
buted, extending from sea level to an altitude of at least 1,800 
meters. 
Illustratve specimen from Baguio, Benguet Subprovince, Lu- 
zon, May, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 15). 
FAGRAEA Thunberg 
Fagraea scholaris Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 93 (sp. nov.); ed. 3, 1 
(1877) 171=FAGRAEA RACEMOSA Jack (F. morindaefolia Blume). ; 
Blanco’s species was reduced by Fernandez-Villar to Fagraea 
cordifolia Blume, a species that is not known to extend to the 
Philippines. It is unquestionably the widely distributed and 
common Fagraea racemosa Jack, a species that is found in for- 
ested regions at low and medium altitudes throughout the 
Philippines. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
November, 1914 (M. errill: Species Blancoanae No. 163). 
