152 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 
Local names: Alintatau (Tag.); anobling (Tag., Bis.); balikasan 
(Tag.); kumarong (Tagb.); kumarung (Tagb.); malalaskdlas (Tag.); 
malapifia (P. Bis.); malikaskasan (Bis.); marapifa (Ilk.); pala-pdla 
(Pang.); pangi-pangi (C. Bis.); patangis (Sul.); pulupifa (P. Bis.); 
tabhisan (P. Bis.). 
TALAUMA PULGARENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1809. 
Palawan (Mt. Pulgar), Elmer 13192. On forested ridges, altitude 
about 600 m; rare. Especially characterized by its small flowers. En- 
demic. 
TALAUMA PUBESCENS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 133. 
Mindanao (Bukidnon, Lanao, Davao), Clemens 686, Elmer 10858, B. S. 
15924 Fénix, F. B. 25187 Alvarez. In forests, altitude at and above 700 
m. Endemic. 
Local name: Manaiyakut (Bag.). 
TALAUMA RETICULATA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 17 (1920) 249. 
Dinagat, B. S. 35187 Ramos & Pascasio. In forests at low altitudes. 
Endemic. 
TALAUMA VILLARIANA Rolfe in Journ, Linn, Soc. Bot. 21 (1884) 307; 
Vidal Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 38; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 
(Philip) 35 (1906) 7, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 52, 5 
(1910) Bot. 348. 
Talauma mutabilis F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 4; Naves in Blanco 
Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-88) t. 148; Vidal Cat. Pl. Prov. Manila (1880) 
15, non Blume. 
Talauma gitingensis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1479. 
Northern Luzon to Mindanao, locally common in hill forests at low and 
medium altitudes, ascending to 1,600 m. Endemic. 
Local names: Anobling (Tag.); batangis (Tag.); makalaskalas (Bik.) ; 
malasapsap (Tag.); paraup (Neg.); patanis! (Tag.); patangis (Tag.). 
EXCLUDED SPECIES 
TALAUMA RUMPHII Blume; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 4. 
3. MICHELIA Linnaeus 
MICHELIA ALBA DC. Syst. 1 (1818) 449; Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. 
(1917) 228. 
Michelia longifolia Blume Bijdr. (1825) 7; Fl. Jav. Magn. (1828) 12, 
t. 2, 8; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 205. 
Luzon (Manila). Cultivated for ornamental purposes; a native of Java. 
Local name: Champdkang-puti (Tag.). 
MICHELIA CHAMPACA Linn, Sp. Pl. (1753) 586; DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 
79; Blanco F1. Filip. (1837) 462, ed. 2 (1845) 322, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 
232, t. 191; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 4; Vidal Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. 
(1886) 38; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 15; Merr. 
Fl. Manila (1912) 205, Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 223, Sp. Blan- 
coanae (1918) 146. 
Cultivated for ornamental purposes in Manila and in other towns; a 
native of India, now cultivated in most tropical countries. 
