SOLANACEAE 841 
- Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
January, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 441). 
LYCOPERSICUM Miller 
Solanum lycopersicum Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 134; ed. 2 (1845) 
96; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 176, t. 48=LYCOPERSICUM ESCULENTUM Mill. 
The tomato was introduced from Mexico at an early date 
by the Spaniards and is now naturalized and widely distributed 
in the Philippines. The form described by Blanco is the wild 
or somewhat cultivated one with fruits about 1 cm in diameter, 
as represented by the illustrative material distributed. It is 
generally known as camatis. 
Illustrative specimen from Baguio, Benguet Subprovince, Lu- 
zon, May, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 14). 
PHYSALIS Linnaeus 
PHYSALIS PERUVIANA Linn.; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 138; ed. 2 (1845) 
98; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 180. 
So far as I can determine Blanco correctly interpreted the 
Linnean species, but I have never observed Physalis peruviana 
at low altitudes in the Philippines, and I infer from Blanco’s 
statements that his plant was a low-altitude one. 
Illustrative specimen from Benguet Subprovince, Luzon, May, 
1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 463). 
Solanum serratum Blanco F1. Filip. (1837) 136 (sp. nov.) ; ed. 2 (1845) 97; 
ed. 3, 1 (1877) 179, t. 50=PHYSALIS LANCEIFOLIA Nees (1831). 
Blanco’s species is manifestly a Physalis from his description ; 
it was reduced by Fernandez-Villar to Physalis indica Lam.= 
P. minima Linn., to which the description certainly does not 
apply. The species is manifestly the Philippine and Guam form 
that has been referred by me to Physalis lanceifolia Nees, the 
type of which was from Peru, but which is also found in Mexico. 
It was undoubtedly introduced into the Philippines and Guam 
through the medium of the Acapulco-Manila galleons. 
Illustrative specimen from Umingan, Pangasinan Province, 
Luzon, May, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No, 730). 
Physalis pubescens Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 138; ed. 2 (1845) 98; ed. 3. 
1 (1877) 181, non Linn=PHYSALIS MINIMA Linn. 
This species, undoubtedly introduced into the Philippines from 
Mexico, is widely distributed in the settled areas of the Archi- 
pelago at low altitudes and presents considerable variation. 
Specimens collected in the wet season usually have much larger 
leaves than those collected, even from. the same plants, in the 
id season the material distributed. herewith was. seollected 
