IgQ ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS ^^22 



ALOCASIA SAN DERI AN A Bull. Cat. (1894) 8, fig.; Merr. Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 132; Engl. & Krause Pflanzenreich 71 (1920) 104. 

 Schizocasia sanderiana Engl, in Bot. Jahrb. 25 (1898) 26. 

 Mindanao (Misamis, Agusan), Merrill 7276, F. B. Jf762 Mearns & Hut- 

 chinson. In damp primary forests at low altitudes. A very beautiful 

 species common in greenhouse cultivation in Europe and America. 

 Endemic. 



ALOCASIA SINUATA N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. (1885) 678; Engl. & 

 Krause Pflanzenreich 71 (1920) 102. 

 This was described from cultivated specimens supposedly of Philippine 

 origin; Merrill 9568 from Palawan possibly represents it. Endemic. 



ALOCASIA WENZELII Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 13 (1918) Bot. 2. 



Biliran, Samar, Leyte, Mindanao (Agusan), Wenzel 97, B. S. 2J^266 

 Ramos, 18929 McGregor, F. B. 7615 Hutchinson. In forests at low alti- 

 tudes; perhaps a gigantic form of A. zebrina C. Koch & Veitch. Endemic. 



Local name: Handuroi (S. L. Bis.). 



ALOCASIA ZEBRINA C. Koch & Veitch in Wochenschr. Gartn. Pflan- 



zenk. 6 (1863) 331, FL des Serres 15: t. 15J^1; Naves Novis. App. 



(1882) 294; Engl, in DC. Monog. Phan. 2 (1879) 507; Merr. 



Fl. Manila (1912) 133; Engl. & Krause Pflanzenreich 71 (1920) 



105. 



Luzon (Laguna, Tayabas, Sorsogon), Whitford 6^5, Elmer 17790, 1U911, 



B. S. 6731 Robinson. In primary forests at low and medium altitudes. 



Endemic. 



Local name: Badiang (Bik.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



ALOCASIA ALBA Schott; .Naves Novis. App. (1882) 293. 

 ALOCASIA CUCULLATA Schott; Naves 1. c 

 ALOCASIA LONGILOBA Miq.; Naves op. cit. 294. 

 ALOCASIA LOWil Hook, f.; Naves 1. c. 

 ALOCASIA MONTANA Schott; Naves op. cit. 293. 

 ALOCASIA ODORA C. Koch; Naves op. cit. 294. 

 ALOCASIA PUBERA Schott; Naves op. cit. 293. 



16. COLOCASIA Schott 



COLOCASIA ESCULENTUM (Linn.) Schott Melet. 1 (1832) 18; Merr. 



Fl. Manila (1912) 134, Interpret Herb. Amb. (1917) 131, Sp. 



Blancoanae (1918) 92. 

 Arum esculentum Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 965. 



Arum colocasia Linn. 1. c. • 



Colocasia antiquorum Schott Melet. 1 (1832) 18, Naves Novis. App. 



(1882) 292; EngL in DC. Monog. Phan. 2 (1879) 491; Hook. f. 



in Curtis's Bot. Mag. Ill 50 (1894) t. 736U; Engl. & Krause in 



Engl. Pflanzenreich 71 (1920) 65. 



