382. SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
angulosa DC., which does not occur in the Philippines. While 
the original description leaves much to be desired, there is 
very little doubt that the plant Blanco had in hand when he 
wrote His description was Gynura sarmentosa DC., a species 
of wide distribution in the Philippines. 
Illustrative specimen from San, Antonio, Laguna Province, 
Luzon, October, 1915 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 950). 
CARTHAMUS Linnaeus 
Carthamus dentatus Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 616, non Vahl=CARTHAMUS 
TINCTORIUS Linn.; Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 481; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 6. 
The Linnean species was correctly interpreted by Blanco and 
was undoubtedly introduced into the Philippines in prehistoric 
times. The species is still occasionally found in cultivation, 
never wild. It is commonly known as caswmba. 
Illustrative specimen from Los Bafios, Laguna Province, 
Luzon, comm. F. C. Gates, March, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blan- 
coanae No. 614). 
EMILIA Cassini 
Cacalia sonchifolia Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 618—=EMILIA SONCHI- 
FOLIA (Linn.) DC.; Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 432; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 
Bee Bae 
The Linnean species was correctly interpreted by Blanco. It 
is widely distributed in the Philippines at low and medium alti- 
tudes as a weed in the settled areas; undoubtedly introduced. q 
Illustrative specimen from Camarines Province, Luzon, De- : 
cember, 1913 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 329). 
SPECIES OF WHOLLY UNCERTAIN STATUS 
Vangueria stellata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 167 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 
117; ed. 8, 1 (1877) 210=? 
Fernandez-Villar reduced this to Vangueria spinosa Roxb., a 
species that does not extend to the Philippines and one to which — 
Blanco’s description does not apply. According to the data 
given by Blanco the form that he described is a very charac- 
teristic one, yet I know of no Philippine species presenting the — 
combination of characters indicated by him. It is su : 
that the description was based on material originating from 
two different plants. s 
Baranda angatensis Llanos in Mem. Acad. Cienc. Madr. 2 (1859) 502 (gen. 
et sp. nov.); F.-Vill. & Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4% (1880) 
102=? + ae 
This is wholly indeterminable from the meager data given by 
Llanos. Fernandez-Villar reduced it to Barringtonia macros-_ 
