75 



Semecarpus philippinensis Engler in DC. Monog. Phan. 4:481. 1SS3. 



(1146 Cuming, cotype.) This is undoubtedly the form described by 

 Blanco as Semecarpus cuneiformis, & much earlier name, and considered by 

 the author^ to be a form of 8. perrottetii March. I am unable to dis- 

 tinguish from this species Semecarpus elmeri Perk. (1. c. 26). (1176 

 Merrill), Baco, Mindoro, January, 1902). An mideveloped specimen in 

 bud only; 



GUTTIFEREaE. 



Garcinia binucao (Blanco) Clioisy Guttif. Ind. 34; Panch. et Triana Mem. 

 Guttif. 205; Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch., Enum. 28; Vesque in DC. 

 Monog. Phan. 8:454. Cambodgia bimucao Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. 1, 

 434. 1837; ed. 2, 302. 1845; ed. 3, 2:196. Garcinia cambogia F.-Vill. 

 Nov. App. 16. 1880, non Desrouss. Garcinia duodecandra Pierre, 

 Fl. Forest. Cochinch. t. 6-^. f. 7, 10, 11; Vesque, Epharm. 2: tt. 12J,, 

 125; DC. Monog. Phan. 8:442. 

 (Cuming, 1509.) This specimen is identical with Xos. 612, 713, 783 Bor- 

 den, from the Province of Bataan, Luzon, which certainly represent Blanco's 

 species, agreeing with his description, being common in the forests of central 

 Luzon, the fruits being acid and edible, the tree being universally kno\vn to 

 the Tagalogs as Binucao or Bilucao. Garcinia binucao has previously been 

 a doubtful species, known only from Blanco's description and Pierre dis- 

 tinguished his Garcinia duodecandra from G. binucao only by the petioles, 

 Blanco describing the petioles of G. binucao only by the relative term, "very 

 short." 



SAPOTACE^. 



Sideroxylon duclitan Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. 1, 129. 1837; ed. 2, 92. 1845; 



ed. 3, 1:168; A. DC. in DC. Prodr. 8:185. 1844; F.-Vill. Nov. App. 



124. 1882; Vidal, Phan. Cuming. Philip. 124. 1885; Rev. PI. Vase. 



Filip. 176. 1886. Sideroxylon ramiflorum Merrill, Govt. Lab. Publ. 



17:43. 1904. 

 (770 Cuming) ; also represented by the following specimens: Luzon, Ma- 

 nila (3412 Merrill), October, 1903; Province of Rizal, Bosoboso (2793 Mer- 

 rill), July, 1903; Province of Bataan, Laniao River (77 Barnes), November, 

 1903 (2308 Meyer), December, 1904; (2353 Borden), January, 1905. Min- 

 danao, District of Zamboanga, San Ramon (Hallier), February, 1904. 



The above. specimens are all apparently identical with Cuming's specimen, 

 and agree very closely witli Blanco's description of the species, and accord- 

 ingly Sideroxylon ramiflorum sliouhl be reduced ns a synonym of S. durlilan. 

 The species erroneously identified by the author as Sideroxylon duclitan 

 Blanco, is apparently a new species (see page 56). Blanco states that 

 this tree was well known to the natives by the name Duclitan. but our 

 specimens bear the Tagalog names Bancalande, Malapaho and Nato. Sider- 

 oxylon balitbitan Blanco, described as differing from S. duclitan only in its 

 wider leaves, is probably not specifically distinct from the above species. 



* Govt. Lab. Publ., 27:36. 1905. 



