342 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
when the dry season was well advanced. Fernandez-Villar con- 
sidered that Blanco correctly interpreted Physalis pubescens 
Linn. 
Ulustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, February, 1915 
(Merrill: Species Blamcoanae No. 796). 
SOLANUM Linnaeus 
SOLANUM MELONGENA Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 135; ed. 2 (1845) 
967 Bd.5, T CISTT): 110, bh 265. 
The Linnean species was correctly interpreted by Blanco. It 
occurs in the Philippines only as a cultivated plant and, judging 
from its native name, talong, is undoubtediy of prehistoric in- 
troduction into the Archipelago. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
January, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 623). 
SOLANUM NIGRUM Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 134, ed. 2 (1845) 96, 
ed. 3, 1 (1877) 175. 
Blanco correctly interpreted the Linnean species which is 
widely distributed in the settled areas of the Philippines from 
sea level to an altitude of at least 1,800 meters. It is used by 
the Filipinos as a pot herb. 
Illustrative specimen from Benguet Subprovince, Luzon, May, 
1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 464). 
Solanum zeylanicum Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 136 (zeilanicwm); ed. 2 
(1845) 97; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 178, non Scop.=SOLANUM FEROX Linn. 
This species is widely distributed in the Philippines, but from 
its occurrence is certainly an introduced plant in the Archi- 
pelago. 
Illustrative specimen from Benguet Subprovince, Luzon, May, 
1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 465). 
? Solanum mauritianum Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 134; ed. 2 (1845) 96; ed. | 
8, 1 (1877) 176, t. 86, non Willd., nee Scop. =SOLANUM VERBASCI- 
FOLIUM Linn. 
This species is common and widely distributed in the Philip- __ 
pines, in the open country, in thickets, etc., but not in the prime- a 
val forest. 8 
Illustrative specimen from Batangas Province, Luzon, August 
1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 48). 
Solanum coagulans Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 185; ed. 2 (1845) 97; ed. 3, 
1 (1877) 177, t. 49, non Jacq.=SOLANUM CUMINGI! Dunal. 
This species was reduced by Fernandez-Villar to Solanum : ‘ 
sanctum Linn., which is not known from the Philippines, while i“ 
in my former ‘consideration of Blanco’s species I expressed the 
