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especie anterior;’ he merely described a spineless or nearly 
spineless form of G. philippensis. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
October, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 122). 
CLERODENDRON Linnaeus 
Bae aris fortunatum Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 508; ed. 2 (1845) 354; 
ed. 3, 2 (1878) 291, t. 223 (as C. blancoi Naves), non Linn. =CLERO- 
DENDRON MINAHASSAE Teysm. & Binn. (Clerodendron blancoi 
Naves, C. infortunatum F.-Villar, non Gaertn.). 
This species is common on the dry hills about Manila and is 
widely distributed in the Philippines at low altitudes, although - 
otherwise known only from Celebes. I first considered the spe- 
cies as Clerodendron minahassae T. & B. [For. Bur. (Philip.) 
Bull. 1 (1903) 52] and later [Govt. Lab. (Philip.) Publ. 35 
(1905) 62] considered the Philippine form to be distinct and 
retained it under Naves’s name Clerodendron blancoit. Iam now 
of the opinion that my original identification was correct and 
that the Philippine form is the same as Clerodendron minahassae 
T, di. 
Illustrative specimens from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
October, 1913 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 8Q); Batangas 
Province, Luzon (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 432) : 
Volkameria grandiflora Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 512 (sp. nov.) ; ed. 2 (1845) 
357; ed. 8, 2 (1878) 295 (non Clerodendron grandiflorum Schauer) = 
CLERODENDRON MACROSTEGIUM Schauer. 
This reduction was made by Fernandez-Villar and is certainly 
the correct disposition of Blanco’s species. The specific name 
grandiflorum is invalidated in Clerodendron by C. grandiflorum 
Schauer and C. grandiflorum Salish. 
Illustrative specimen from Santa Inez, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
November, 1916 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 1026). 
oe Clerodendron capsulare Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 509 (sp. nov.) ; ed. 2 (1845) 
355; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 292, t. 224=CLERODENDRON COMMERSONI! 
(Poir.) Spreng. (C. neriifolium Wall.). - 
This species is common along muddy shores and tidal streams __ 
throughout the Philippines. It is generally retained as a species 
distinct from C. inerme Gaertn., but if distinct, then Poiret’s 
specific name is the older. The type of Volkameria commersonii 
Poir. was from the Philippines; see Merrill in Philip. Journ. 
> Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 245. 
Illustrative specimen from Bavang, Batangas Province, Luzon, _ 
February, 1915 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 813). re 
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