Vol. 2 POLYGALACEAE 385 
POLYGALA VENENOSA Juss. ex Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 5 (1804) 493; DC. 
Prodr. 1 (1824) 331; Ceron Cat. Pl. Herb. Manila (1892) 18; 
Chodat in Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genéve 31’ (1893) 98; 
Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 277. 
Mindoro, Palawan, Leyte, Negros, Camiguin de Misamis, Dinagat, Min- 
danao, Sulu Archipelago. In damp primary forests at low and medium 
altitudes, scattered. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
Local names: Taram (Bag.); hagnaya (P. Bis.). 
EXCLUDED SPECIES 
POLYGALA GLAUCOIDES Linn.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 3° (1804) 896 “In Zeylonia 
inque Philippinis.” 
The Philippine reference was undoubtedly based on an erroneously iden- 
tified or localized specimen. 
2. SECURIDACA Linnaeus 
SECURIDACA ATRO-VIOLACEA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) A671, 
Palawan, Elmer 12774, 138236 (or 13288). In forests at and above 225 
m altitude. Endemic. 
SECURIDACA CORYMBOSA Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 277 (1854) 
360; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 14; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 
(1885) 95, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 51; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae 
(1918) 214. 
Securidaca volubilis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 556, non Linn. 
Securidaca complicata Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 388, ed. 3, 2 
(1879) 349, non HBK. 
Securidaca cumingti Hassk. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 1 (1863) 
180. 
Securidaca tavoyana F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 14; Vidal Sinopsis 
Atlas (1883) 138, t. 9, f. A, non Wall. 
Luzon (Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Pangasinan, Tayabas, Bataan, Rizal, 
Laguna), Mindoro, Negros. In forests at low and medium altitudes. En- 
demic. 
Local names: Balagon (Pamp.); baut (Ilk.); gogong-bakai (Bik.); 
gogong-bisaya (Tag.); hinaki (P. Bis.); udok (Ig.); oyangya (Tag.). 
SECURIDACA PHILIPPINENSIS Chodat in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 4 (1896) 233. 
Luzon (Sorsogon), Leyte, Panay, Bohol, Mindanao (Lanao), Cuming 
1852, Elmer 17235, F. B. 10552 Curran, Wenzel 840, 940, 1053, Clemens 
488, B. S. 35466 Ramos & Edanio. In primary forests at low and medium 
altitudes. Endemic. 
Local names: Balunos (Bik.); salabi (Bag.). 
38. SALOMONIA Loureiro 
SALOMONIA CANTONIENSIS Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 14; DC. Prodr. 
1 (1824) 334; Benth. Fl. Hongk. (1861) 44; Benn. in Hook. f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1872) 206; Hassk. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 1 
1863-64) 144. 
Luzon (Bontoc), Panay, Mindanao (Lanao), Vanoverbergh 3797, Cle- 
mens 16, B. S. 30953 Ramos. On open slopes and in thickets at medium 
altitudes; rare. India to southern China, Malaya, and tropical Australia. 
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