204 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS ^^^z 



4. ALOE Tournefort 



ALOE VERA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 320; Berger in EngL Fflanzenreich 33 

 (1908) 228, /. 8Jt, A-D; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 95. 

 Aloe humilis Blanco FL Filip. (1837) 256, ed 2 (1845) 179, ed. 3, 1 



(1877) 321, t. 95, non Linn. 

 Aloe barbadensis MilL Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768) No. 2; Naves Novis. 

 App. (1880) 266. 

 Cultivated for ornamental and medicinal purposes, Merrill Sp. Blanco- 

 anae 1005. Subtemperate and tropical regions generally, often cultivated. 

 Local names: Dilang-boaia (Bis.); dilang-halo (Bis.); sabila (Tag.); 

 sabila-pina (Tag.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Aloe umbellata DC; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 266. 



5. ALLIUM Tournefort 



No species of this genus occurs naturally in the Philippines, although 

 several are cultivated. These ^ include the onion. Allium cepa Linn., 

 locally known as cebollas or sibuyas, lasond (Ilk.) ; the garlic. Allium 

 sativum Linn., locally known as djos and bduang; and A. tuberosum Roxb., 

 a form locally known as cuchdi or ganda. The last is the form de- 

 scribed by Blanco as Allium* tricoccum (non Ait.) and by Loureiro as Allium 

 angulosum (non Linn.). Other species credited to the Philippines by 

 Naves Novis. App. (1880) 267 are Allium fistulosum Linn.,, A. jacquemontii 

 Kunth, A. ascalonicum Linn., and A. uliginosum Don = A. tuberosum Roxb.; 

 I have seen no Philippine specimens of the first three, and it is probable 

 that they do not occur in the Philippines even in cultivation. 



6. LILIUM Tournefort 



LILIUM LONGIFLORUM Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 2 (1794) 333; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 400. 



Y'Ami and Batan Islands, Worcester, B. S. 377U Fenix. On open grassy 

 slopes at low altitudes. Japan, China, Formosa. 



Local name: Vonitan (Iv.). 



LILIUM PHILIPPINENSE Baker in Gard. Chron. (1873) 1141, /. 2^3, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 14 (1874) 228 (philippense) ; Curtis's Bot 

 Mag. Ill 32 (1876) t. 6250; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 266; Vidal 

 Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 277; Merr. Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) 

 Bot. 337. 

 Luzon (Bontoe, Benguet, Pangasinan), B. S. 31851 Santos, 8791 McGre- 

 gor, 43^9, 3Jf93 Mearns, 8291 Ramos, Merrill ^802, Williams 1132, Elmer 

 6389. On open slopes in the pine region, altitude 1,100 to 2,300 m. 

 Formosa. 



Local names: Kanyon (Ilk.); lupliipak (Ig.) ; soyasoi (Ig.) ; tuktukpau 

 (Bon.); tubtubkau (Ig.). 



7. YUCCA Dillenius 



YUCCA ALOI FOLIA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 319; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 

 266; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 32, Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 145. 

 Planted here and there for ornamental purposes, but not naturalized. 

 A native of tropical America. 



