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description of Balingayum was based, it is evident that Mr. Lolier was 

 correct in his identification of the genus. Planchon^ has suggested that 

 Balingayum might be referred to Erythropalum, of the Olacacew, tliis refer- 

 ence being accepted with doubt by Bentham and Hooker' and Engler.' 

 F.-Villar* considers Balingayum to be a distinct genus of the Onagraceae. 

 It is evident that F.-Villar had specimens of the plant in question, as he 

 adds some data to the description given by Blanco, but although he redis- 

 covered Blanco's Balingayum decumhens, he failed to identify it with 

 Calogyne. Below are given parallel descriptions of Balingayum decumbens 

 Blanco and Calogyne pilosa R. Br., to which species Blanco's plant is 

 evidentlv referable : 



Balingayum decumbens Blanco. 



A small prostrate herb, the stems 

 terete, glabrous. 



Leaves alternate, sessile, oblong, 

 narrow, glabrous, with small 

 remote teeth and somewhat lobed 

 at the base. 



Calyx adnate, 5-lobed, the lobes 

 lanceolate. 



Corolla of 5 linear petals, each ter- 

 minated by 2 lateral appendages 

 which close, forming a hood. 



Stamens 5, inserted on the recep- 

 tacle; anthers terminated by a 

 beak. 



Style 1, short, thick; stigmas 3, 

 the middle one shortest. 



Capsule oval, 1-celled, 

 seeds compressed. 



6-seeded ; 



Calogyne pilosa R. Br. 



An erect or branching and diffuse 

 annual, ^ to 1 ft. long, more or 

 loss hispid. 



Leaves sessile or the lower ones 

 petiolate, the upper stem-clasp- 

 ing, lanceolate or almost linear, 

 marked with few distant teeth, 

 and the floral ones usually with 



1 or 2 lobes on each side at the 

 base. 



Calyx adnate, 5-lobed, the lobes 

 lanceolate, leafy, hirsute. 



Corolla 5-lobed, the upper lobes 

 unequally winged, with an in- 

 flcxed, concave auricle; the lower 

 lobes equally winged. 



Stamens 5; anthers mucronate- 

 acuminate. 



Style divided to near the base into 



2 branches, and a third shorter 

 intervening one. 



Capsule nearly globular; seeds com- 

 pressed (number not given in de- 

 scription available, but presuma- 

 bly U, as the ovary is described as 

 G ovuled) . 



A comparison of the above descriptions will, it is believed, settle without 

 doubt the status of Balingayum so far as the genus is concerned. Regard- 

 ing the species, judging from Philippine material only and descriptions 



•Ann. Sc. Nat. IV., 2:260. 



"Gen. PI., 1:384. 18G2. 



'Engler und Prantl Nat. Pfianzenfam. III., 1 :2:{(J. 1894. 



*Nov. App., 93. 1880. 



