364 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
two species are closely allied. I have no hesitation in adopting 
Blanco’s specific name in place of Vidal’s. His material was 
from Bauang, Batangas Province, Luzon; the nearest locality 
from which I have seen specimens of the species is the adjoining 
province, Laguna. 
SCYPHIPHORA Gaertner 
Ixora manila Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 60 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 42; ed. 
3, 1 (1877) 77, t. 277=SCYPHIPHORA HYDROPHYLLACEA Gaertn. 
This species is widely distributed in the Philippines along the 
seashore, the City of Manila probably taking its name from the 
Tagalog word nilad or nilar credited by Blanco to this species ; 
hence Blanco’s specific name manila, literally the place where 
nilar grows. 
Illustrative specimen from Culion, August, 1913 (Merrill: 
Species Blancoanae No, 635). 
HYPOBATHRUM Blume 
Serissa myrtifolia Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 164 (sp. nov.) =Remijia anga- 
tensis Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 115 (nom. nov.); ed. 3, 1 (1877) 
206=HYPOBATHRUM GLOMERATUM (Bartl.) K. Sch. in Engl. & 
Prantl Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4‘ (1891) 156 [Platymerium glomeratum 
Bartl. in DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 619; Randia angatensis F.-Vill. Nov. | 
App. (1880) 108]. 
Serissa pinnata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 163 (sp. nov.) =Remijia obscura 
Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 116 (oscura) (nom. nov.) ; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 
207=HYPOBATHRUM GLOMERATUM (Bartl.) K. Sch. [Gardenia 
obscura Vid. Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 18, 119; Randia obscura 
F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 108; Gardenia pinnata Merr. in Govt. Lab. 
Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 53]. 
There is manifestly but a single species represented by the 
two described by Blanco, for which he published four names. 
The species is dioecious or polygamo-dioecious, the staminate 
flowers many, fascicled, short-pedicelled, and the pistillate or 
perfect flowers few, long-pedicelled. It is commonly known to 
the Tagalogs as caragli or calagri and is abundant in towns in 
Bulacan Province, occurring also in Manila. ) Lien 
Illustrative specimens from Angat, Bulacan Province, Luzon, — 
July, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae Nos. 223, 688). 
PLECTRONIA Linnaeus 
Canthium monoflorum Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 166 (sp. nov.) =Canthium 
pedunculare Cav.; Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 116; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 
208=PLECTRONIA PEDUNCULARIS (Cav.) Elm. [Canthiwm lyci- _ 
oides A. Rich, ( 1830) ; Plectronia lycioides Elm. (1906) ]. oe 
This species is common in thickets at low altitudes in the 2 
provinces about Manila and also occurs ‘in Palawan. Blanco - 
