178 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1^22 



Epipremnum medium Engl, in DC. Monog. Phan. 2 (1879) 250, quoad 



Philip.; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 289. 

 Epipremnopsis media Engl, ex Engl. & Krause in Pflanzenreich 37 

 (1908) 1, quoad Philip. 

 Batan and Babuyan Islands, Luzon (Bataan, Laguna, Camarines, Sor- 

 sogon), Catanduanes, Panay, Mindanao (Agusan, Zamboanga, Cotabato), 

 B. S. 35662 Ramos & Edano, 22852 McGregor, 11716 Eohinson, 3902 Fenix, 

 Elmer 16052, 18223, Merrill 8071. In forests at low and medium altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



Local names: Lusigut (Ilk.); takhib (Iv.). 



8. SCINDAPSUS Schott 



SCINDAPSUS AUREUS (Lind. & Andre) Engl, in Pflanzenreich 37 (1908) 

 80; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 139. 

 Pothos aurea Lindl. & Andre in 111. Hort. (1880) 69, t. 381. 

 Cultivated for ornamental purposes, but never observed in flower. A 

 native of the Solomon Islands. 



SCINDAPSUS CURRANII Engl. & Krause in Pflanzenreich 37 (1908) 138. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Laguna, Tayabas, Sorsogon), Mindoro, Negros, Cami- 

 guin de Misamis, F. B. 8014, 8027 Curran & Merritt, 13711 Curran, 11376 

 Merritt, 26916 Mabesa, 25707 Foxworthy, B. S. 2W6J!f Ramos, Elmer 18^75, 

 lJi.590, 16556. In primary forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



Local name: Lukmoi (Tag.). 



SCINDAPSUS FALCIFOLIUS Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 37 (1905) 119; Engl. & 

 Krause in Pflanzenreich 37 (1908) 79. 

 Jolo, Warburg in herb. Berol. Celebes. 



SCINDAPSUS HEDERACEUS Schott in Bonplandia 5 (1857) 45; Naves 

 Novis. App. (1882) 289; Engl. & Krause in Pflanzenreich 37 

 (1908) 76, 138, /. 32, E-N. 

 Scindapsus pictus Hassk. var. argyraeus Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 25 (1898) 



13, Pflanzenreich 37 (1908) 80. 

 Scindapsus argyraea EngL in DC. Monog. Phan. 2 (1879) 255; 

 Naves Novis. App. (1882) 289 (argyracea). 

 Luzon (Laguna, Sorsogon), Catanduanes, Negros, Leyte, F. B. U27U Eve- 

 rett, 26U36 Catalan, B. S. 15019, 12028, 30383 Ramos, 23151 McGregor, 

 29233 Ramos & Edano, Elmer 15230. In primary forests at low altitudes. 

 Malay Peninsula and Cochinchina to Borneo, Sumatra, and Java. 



Scindapsus argyraea Engl, as represented by Engl. Araceae exsic. 265 is 

 a juvenile form with mottled leaves; this is common in Laguna Province, 

 Luzon. In mature plants the leaves are usually not mottled. 

 Local names: Maragayaman (Ilk.); putoputohan (Tag.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Scindapsus pertusus Schott; Vidal Cat. PI. Prov. Manila (1880) 47. 



9. SPATHIPHYLLUM Schott 



SPATHIPHYLLUM COMMUTATUM Schott in Oester. Bot. WochenbL 

 7 (1857) 158, Prodr. (1860) 424, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3 

 (1863) 79; Engl, in DC. Monog. Phan. 2 (1879) 230; Vidal Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 154, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 281; Naves 



