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CALAMUS USITATUS Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 265, ed. 2 (1845) 185, ed. 



3, 1 (1877) 330, t. 9,9 (as C. mollis); Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3 



(1849) 340; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. 3 (1855) 131; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas 



'(1883) 42, t. 93, /. D; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 85; Brown & 



Merr. in Philip. Bur. Forestry Bull. 18 (1919) t. 11, 12. 



Calamus mollis Naves in Blanco FL Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 99; 



Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 280; Becc. in Rec. Bot. Surv. 



India 2 (1902) 204, Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 46, Ann. Bot. 



Gard. Calcutta 11 (1908) 82, 212, t. 61, 62, Webbia 1 (1905) 345, 



Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 342, 14 (1919) 348, Leafl. Philip. 



Bot. 8 (1919) 3046; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 



88, Philip. Journ. ScL 3 (1908) Bot. 399, 'FL Manila (1912) 124, 



non Blanco. 



Calamus haenkeanus Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3 (1849) 337; Kunth 



Enum. 3 (1841) 211; Walp. Ann. 2 (1852) 488, 5 1858) 831; 



Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1855) 127; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 275. 



Batan and Babuyan Islands, Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Bontoc, Apayao, 



Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Bulacan, Rizal, Bataan, Zambales, Laguna, 



Tayabas, Camarines, Sorsogon), Palawan, Biliran, Samar, Mindanao (Suri- 



gao), Eh7ier 11969, 17052, 17727, 18201, .Merrill 7^07, 16Jf2, 17US, HH, 2077, 



Williams 561, B. S. 28131 Fenix, 11218, 18631^ McGregor, 9571 Robinson, 



U032 Fenix, 381 Ramos, F. B. 23981 Maneja, 2A536 Aguilar, 17034, 5957, 



G297, 5982, 6338, 17273, 8h89 Curran, 2^80, 2^81, 3026 Borden, 24195 Bawdn, 



25102 Paraiso. In secondary forests and thickets at low and medium 



altitudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Abet (Tag.); abit (Tag.); arit (Bag.); babuyan (Sbl.) ; 

 balit (Ilk.) ; bari (Ibn.) ; barit (Ibn., Ilk.) ; digtan (Tag.) ; hanapas (Bik.) ; 

 kakalsan (Tag.) ; pagipe (C. Bis.) ; ritoko (Ting.) ; tindarora (Bik.) ; 

 tandulang-parang (Tag.) ; tagaloa (S. L. Bis.) ; tagokan (P. Bis.) ; tololang- 

 lutiikan (Tag.) ; uei (Pang.) ; uai (Tag., Ilk.) ; uhoi (Tagb.) ; valet (Iv.) ; 

 yantok (Tag., Sbl.). 



Var. MAJOR (Becc.) comb. nov. 



Calamus mollis var. major Becc. in Webbia 1 (1905) 345, Philip. 

 Journ. ScL 14 (1919) 349. 

 Luzon (Bataan), F. B. 2499 Meyer, Whitford SO. In forests at low 

 altitudes. 



Local name: Uai (Tag.). 



Var. PALAWAN ICUS (Becc.) comb. nov. 



Calamus mollis var. palawanicus Becc. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) 

 Bot. 233, 14 (1919) 345, Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8 (1919) 3047. 

 Palawan, Elmer 12607, F. B. 3613 Curran, B. S. 609 Foxworthy, 191, 196 

 Bermejos. In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



CALAMUS VI DALIAN US Becc. in Rec. Bot. Surv. India 2 (1902) 212, 

 Webbia 1 (1905) 350, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 11 (1908) 115, 

 464, t. 211, Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 634. 

 Calamus horrens Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 280; Ceron Cat. 

 PI. Herb. Manila (1902) 175, non Blume. 



