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opinion that it was probably only a variety of Solanum melon- 
gena Linn. It is identical with Solanum cumingii Dunal, the 
type of which was from the Philippines. It is widely distrib- 
uted in and about towns at low altitudes in the Philippines. 
Illustrative specimen from Baliuag, Bulacan Province, Luzon, 
December, 1915, there known as tarambulo (Merrill: Species 
Blanocanae No. 938). 
Solanum sinense Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 137 (sp. nov.) —SOLANUM TUBE- 
ROSUM Linn.; Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 97; ed. 8, 1 (1877) 179. 
The species that Blanco described in the first edition of his 
Flora de Filipinas as a new species, Solanum sinense, he cor- 
rectly reduced in the second edition of the same work to Solanum 
tuberosum Linn. His specific name sinense was derived from 
the fact that he considered that the plant was a native of China, 
or at least was introduced into the Philippines from China. The 
potato thrives in the Philippines only at medium and higher 
altitudes and is grown successfully in various parts of the 
Mountain Province, Luzon. The tubers, however, are small in 
size and inferior in quality. 
Illustrative specimen from Baguio, Benguet Subprovince, Lu- 
zon, July, 1915, comm. H. Sandkuhl (Merrill: Species Blanco- 
anae No. 948). 
DATURA Linnaeus 
DATURA FASTUOSA Linn.; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 100; ed. 2 (1845) 
73; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 136, t. 35. 
The Linnean species was apparently correctly interpreted by 
Blaneo. It occurs as an occasional weed in and about towns, 
especially near the sea, but is not nearly as abundant in the 
Philippines as is the form with white flowers, D. fastuosa var. 
alba (Nees). The suffix itim on the native name talampunay 
na itim means black, in reference to the purple flowers. The 
form with double corollas is cultivated in the Philippines. 
Illustrative specimen from Batangas Province, Luzon, Febru- 
ary, 1915 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 805). 
Datura metel Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 98; ed. 2 (1845) 72; ed. 8, 1 (1877) 
136, t. 34, non Linn. =DATURA FASTUOSA Linn. var. ALBA (Nees) 
Cc. B, Clarke. 
This form is common in waste places in and about towns 
throughout the Philippines, but is certainly an introduced plant, 
although probably of prehistoric introduction. Its common 
(Tagalog) name in and about Manila is talongpunay. 
Illustrative specimen from Taytay, Palawan, May, 1913 (Mer- 
rill: Species Blancoanae No. 529). 
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