Synonymy of Symphorema. 3 



of the Verbenaceae^ in Engler's Pflanzenfani. vol. IV, 3", p. 180, in- 

 troduces apparently the same plant under the name of Symphorema 

 Cumingianum Bri quet. 



The synonymy is as follows: 

 Symphoreiiia luzonicum (Blanco) Villar in Blanco Flora de Fili- 



pinas vol. IV, nov. append., p. 162 (1880). 

 Scxegleeivia luQonensis Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou II, p. 212 



(1862). 

 Litsea luzonica Blanco in Flora de Filipinas ed. II, p. 284 (1845). 

 Symphorema Cumingianum, Briq. in Engler's Pflanzenfam. vol. IV, 



3^ p. 180. 

 Balibai Blanco in Flora de Filipinas ed. I, p. 406 (1837). 

 Symphorema involucratum Llanos non Roxb. in Fl. Filip. ed. Ill, 



vol. IV, p. 105. 



I have examined the following specimens: 

 Luzon, Prov. Laguna (Cuming no. 648); Manila, Tanauan, at the 

 base of Makiling (Wichura no. 1794 in flower in May); Middle Luzon, 

 San Francisco del Monte (Loher no. 4456 in flower in November); 

 Bosoboso, Morong (Loher no. 4455 in flower in March); Mindoro 

 Island, Palauan (Merrill no. 954 in bud in April). 



This plant is also in the Vienna herbarium with the inscription: 

 "Prov. Ilocos del Norte (Ylede Luzon)? Entre 1236 et 1237 coll. 

 CunnNo". The numbers of Vidal's collection which I have not seen 

 are: Luzon, Prov. Manila, San Mateo (VmAL no. 501); Prov. Tayabas 

 Unisan (Vidal no. 848). I have called the species ^'luzonicum", not 

 "hixonica" as spelled by Villar; the generic name is a neuter, being 

 derived from ov/ii(p6Qyf.ia (cumulus) in allusion to the congested bracts 

 and flowers. 



According to Villar the plant is widely distributed in Luzon. 

 The Philippine species has glabrous leaves, while in both the other 

 species, Sympthorema polyandrum Wight and Symphorema involu- 

 c/-aiwm Roxb., the leaves are densely pubescent, those oi S. polyandrum 

 being large and elliptical, and those of S. involucratum small and ovate. 



