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Linnean species, but this appears not to be the case, as M. balsa- 
mina Linn. apparently does not occur in the Philippines. 
Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes in the 
settied areas. 
Illustrative specimen from Baiayan, Batangas Province, ta 
zon, August, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 481). 
Momordica sphaeroidea Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 771 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 
(1845) 531; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 174, t. 380=MOMORDICA COCHINCHI- 
NENSIS Spreng., forma. 
Blanco’s species has been reduced to Momordica cochinchinen- 
sis Spreng., which is undoubtedly correct. The form distributed 
herewith is exactly Momordica ovata Cogn., a species based on 
Philippine material, differing from Sprengl’s species in having 
entire, not lobed leaves. Blanco’s description of the leaves is 
“eon tres angulos,”’ thus approaching the M. cochinchinensis 
type. However, all intergrades can be found presenting entire 
or merely toothed leaves, obscurely 3-angled leaves, to prom- 
minently 3-angled and even deeply 3-lobed ones; entire and 
prominently angled leaves frequently occur not only on the same 
specimen but on the same branch. Our abundant collections 
show conclusively that Momordica ovata Cogn. is merely a form 
or variety of M. cochinchinensis Spreng. The species is widely 
distributed in the Philippines at low altitudes. 
Illustrative specimen from Batulao, Batangas Province, Luzon, 
February, 1915, there known as boyoc-boyoc (Merrill: Species 
Blancoanae No. 818). 
/ Passiflora saponaria Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 650 (sp. nov.) =Modecca ? 
saponaria Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 453 (comb. nov.); ed. 3, 3 
(1879) 53=MOMORDICA COCHINCHINENSIS Spreng., forma. 
Blanco’s description is very inadequate, and as he never saw 
flowers, he was uncertain as to the generic position of his species. 
His material was from Tagudin, Ilocos Sur Province, Luzon, 
known to the Ilocanos as libas, the fruit edible. We have three 
collections from Ilocos Norte and from Pangasinan, all bearing 
the Ilocano name libas, and this material otherwise agrees with 
Blanco’s description. The species was erroneously reduced by 
Fernandez-Villar to Modecca trilobata Roxb. It differs from 
the commoner forms of Momordica cochinchinensis Spreng. in 
its leaves being more deeply and more narrowly lobed, but the 
difference does not appear to be essential. 
Illustrative specimen from Umingan, Pangasinan Province, 
Luzon, May, 1914, the fruit indicated as edible, and with the 
Ilocano name libas (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 86). 
